when were you born?
© 2016 ANNAPURNA PICTURES ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
Century
Women
20th Century Women
19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution grants women the legal right to vote
Dorothea
b19247-Up is invented
Alcatraz becomes a federal penitentiary
Start of World War II — Nazi Germany attacks Poland. France, Australia and the UK declare war on Germany.
Hitler declares Total War
George Orwell's “1984” is published
Abbie
b1954NASA is formed
Julie
b1962U.S. has nearly 500K troops in Vietnam
Soft contact lenses go on sale in the U.S.
New York City blackout
President Reagan ends U.S. arms embargo against Guatemala
“The Simpsons” seen on TV for the first time
Kurt Cobain commits suicide
Columbine High School massacre
Facebook is launched and expands to select colleges and Ivy leagues
Michael Jackson dies
Ferguson civil protests
19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution grants women the legal right to vote
Ellis Island closes as immigration entry point for the U.S.
Adolf Hitler publishes volume one of “Mein Kampf”
Mickey Mouse makes his first appearance in "Steamboat Willie"
U.S. National Anthem becomes The Star Spangled Banner
One of the worst years of The Great Depression, political extremism and dictatorship became a way for people to envision a better life across the world.
Adolf Hitler opens the 11th Olympic Games in Berlin
Orson Welles's radio adaptation of "The War of the Worlds" (by H.G. Wells) is broadcasted
McDonald's opens its first restaurant in San Bernardino, Ca
Anne Frank pens her last diary entry and is arrested 3 days later by the Germans
World War II ends
George Orwell's “1984” is published
The first oral contraceptive pill is invented
The words “under God” are added to the U.S. Pledge of Allegiance and signed into law
Ellis Island in NY closes as a point of immigration
“In God We Trust” is added to all U.S. paper currency
NASA is formed
First direct U.S. military involvement in Vietnam
SoCal surf shop Val Surf begins making its own skateboards
Andy Warhol’s famous painting of a can of soup
Kids begin referring to skating as “sidewalk surfing”
Simon and Garfunkel release “Sounds of Silence”
Summer of Love
Ali is stripped of his heavyweight title for refusing induction into the U.S. army
Woodstock
Isle of Wight Festival
Munich Olympics Terrorist Attack
U.S. involvement in Vietnam War ends
First skateboard trucks specifically designed for skateboarding is designed by Ron Bennett
Rumble in the Jungle (Muhammad Ali)
Fidel Castro becomes the President of Cuba
New York City blackout
NASA launched the two Voyager spacecrafts in 1977, and by the summer of 1979 Voyager 2 was approaching Jupiter, carrying Carl Sagan’s infamous “Golden Record” of life on earth with the following statement by president Carter. “This is a present from a small distant world, a token of our sounds, our science, our images, our music, our thoughts, and our feelings. We are attempting to survive our time so we may live into yours. We hope someday, having solved the problems we face, to join a community of galactic civilizations. This record represents our hope and our determination, and our good will in a vast and awesome universe - Jimmy Carter”
Pac-Man arcade game is released
The Royal Wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana
President Reagan ends U.S. arms embargo against Guatemala
Sony makes the first 3 1/2” computer disk
“Back to the Future” is released
The Oprah Winfrey Show debuts nationally
Demolition of the Berlin Wall begins
Collapse of the Soviet Union
Officers indicted and acquitted in Rodney King beating
eBay starts online auction and shopping site
First X-Games held by ESPN
Tiger Woods is youngest golfer to win the Masters
Napster initial release
iPod is introduced to the market
Apple launches iTunes
Nancy Pelosi elected as first female Speaker of the U.S. Congress
Apple introduces the iPhone
Justin Beiber discovered on YouTube
Occupy Wall Street
Lance Armstrong doping incident
Malala Tousafzai recieves Nobel Peace Prize
Zika virus outbreak
Trailer
For full experience, please visit this site on a desktop browser.
© 2016 ANNAPURNA PICTURES ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
