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| lil eva |
What happened the year you were born?I have pinched Chrissys link for this one(Thanks hun )Please share with us which events happened the year you were born 
http://www.infoplease.com/calendar.php#jump |
| lil eva |
France transfers sovereignty to new republic of Algeria (July 3).
Cuban Missile Crisis: USSR to build missile bases in Cuba; Kennedy orders Cuban blockade, lifts blockade after Russia backs down (Aug.-Nov.). Pope John XXIII opens Second Vatican Council (Oct. 11). Cuba releases 1,113 prisoners of 1961 invasion attempt (Dec. 24). Burundi, Jamaica, Western Samoa, Uganda, and Trinidad and Tobago become independent. Oh not a lot there then  Good job i was born to make this year interesting
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| jeffaz1 |
i dont know i was a baby ha
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| Chrissy Canadian |
1959
Cuban President Batista resigns and flees (Jan. 1). Fidel Castro assumes power (Feb. 16). Tibet's Dalai Lama escapes to India (Mar. 31). Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev tours the United States, meeting with Eisenhower at Camp David. Britain recognizes the independence of Cyprus. |
| Serenity |
1965
The first US combat troops arrive in Vietnam. By the end of the year, 190,000 American soldiers are in Vietnam. Background: Vietnam War US Marines land in the Dominican Republic as fighting persists between rebels and Dominican army (April 2  .
France withdraws its Atlantic fleet from NATO. Rhodesia unilaterally declares its independence from Britain (Nov. 11). |