When I was born....

[prodigyrf]

....they invented the fifth wheel to celebrate-
Classic American: "Piece of cake..." - Parking a 1951 Cadillac
and henceforth I was God's gift to wimmin of course

err well... orright to be honest... me mum and sisters put up with me 

Anyway what similar stupendous thing did they do to celebrate the year of your coming?

[evolution]

OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG.................................................................... I want one!!!! 
Then the misses would have no excuse!   


"Playboy" announces end of stapling centerfolds

[Mace]

Say no More:

[Bird]

boy is that doing the rounds of the forum

[Heiny]

Holdens best ever year for exports (with a total of 41,181 cars shipped) 

The conversion of Bathurst from imperial to metric, with the length of the race being lengthened to 1000 kilometres (630 miles)

The Leyland P76 won the "Wheels Car Of The Year" 

NRL Grand Final:Manly-Warringah (10) def. Cronulla-Sutherland (7)

VFL/AFL Grand Final:Richmond (16.20.116) def. Carlton (12.14.84)

Formula One Championship:Jackie Stewart (Britain) / Tyrrell-Ford

The movie "American Graffiti"

Bruce Lee Died 

Brett

[Hairs]

Plenty happened, some good and some sad.

14 February: The Australian Dollar replaces the Australian pound

A severe drought which has stricken large areas of Australia since 1957, particularly in rural NSW and Queensland, is finally eased by widespread rains

Jack Brabham is named Australian Of The Year

The first National Service conscripts fly out from Richmond RAAF base in Sydney bound for Vietnam

General Motors Holden becomes the first local car manufacturer to instal seat belts as standard equipment in all its new vehicles.

The Arbitration Commission introduces a minimum weekly wage for adult male employees under federal awards

23 August – two hundred Gurindji people walk off Wave Hill Station in the Northern Territory in protest at low wages and poor conditions

Ansett-ANA Flight 149 crashes near Winton, Queensland, killing all 24 people on board.

[prodigyrf]

General Motors Holden becomes the first local car manufacturer to instal seat belts as standard equipment in all its new vehicles.

So it begins. As the last of the smokers and an old biker I'll look forward to a wry smile the day all tin top drivers have to wear fireproof suits, full race harnesses and even the ladies strapping full face helmets over their hairdos. It'll all be for your own good and the the unborn you know 

Well naturally enough some more important VIP birth years like Hairs need ongoing milestone anniversary celebrations   

[booga]

Earthquake in Tabgshan China kills 655,000

Tidal Wave in Philippines kills 5,000

The First Commercial Concorde Flights take off

Hurricane Belle Hits US East Coast

32 Black African Nations Boycott Montreal Olympics in protest to continued sporting links between New Zealand and South Africa

In Guatemala and Honduras an earthquake kills more than 22,000

Soweto riots in South Africa mark the beginning of the end of apartheid

The world's first recorded Ebola virus epidemic begins in Sudan

Apple Computer Company is formed by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak

First laser printer introduced by IBM - the IBM 3800

NASA Unviels first space shuttle, the Enterprise

An American Panel warns that CFC's Chloro-fluorocarbons used in Aerosol Cans damage the Ozone layer

MatsuShita introduces the VHS home video cassette recorder to compete with Sony's Beta max system.

Colin Farrell and Reese Witherspoon were born

Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser

Cigarette + Tobacco advertising banned on TV + Radio

Mining on Fraser Island ends.

Random Breath Testing introduced in Victoria

[GU_Thomo]

The year I was born the yanks established the CIA............They must have known something.

Cheers
Parry

[PAC1977]

Star Wars.......

Nothing else needs to be said.

[cancan]

Cassius Clay changed his name

The Cage  (Star Trek pilot episode) was started

The first mustang was produced

A heap of plane crashes

Games of the XVIII Olympiad were held in Japan

And drum roll for the main event: I was born and a holiday was declared (well it was show day)

[bussoboy]

Robert Menzies retires
St Kilda managed to win a grand final
Samantha Fox was born
Liz Taylor wins an Oscar
Battle of Long Tan

[Squalo]

The nurses all gathered 'round
And they gazed in wide wonder
At the joy they had found



I was born one month after my Kombi, and one month before old Neil took one giant leap for mankind.

[hainess]

JFK blown away.
We didn't start the fire.


Rod

.

[Patr80l]

Sputnik

[alnjan]

Prime Minister – Robert Menzies
The Royal Australian Air Force takes delivery of its first two Mirage fighter jets
The first double-decker carriages begin trial runs on the Sydney rail network
Cyclone Dora strikes north west Queensland
Melbourne-Voyager collision: The aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne and the destroyer HMAS Voyager collide, with the loss of 82 lives
Warrant Officer Class 2, Kevin Conway of the Australian Army Training Team died; he was Australia's first Vietnam War battle casualty.
Donald Campbell sets new land speed record of 429 miles per hour in his jet-propelled car "Bluebird" at Lake Eyre, South Australia
Donald Campbell sets new water speed record of 276 miles per hour at Dumbleyung Lake, Western Australia
The Tasman Bridge across the Derwent River opens in Hobart.
Police drama Homicide begins a 12-year run and sets the pace for Australian television drama.
St. George Dragons win the Australian Rugby League Grand Final
Melbourne Football Club wins the Victorian Football League Grand Final
Lee Kernaghan, country singer/songwriter
Ian Healy, cricket player and commentator
Georgie Parker, actress

[shakey55]

Dame Edna Everage makes her first appearance.


'shakey'

[Raym]

3 February – Elizabeth II arrives in Sydney on her first visit as monarch
13 February – Mawson Station in the Australian Antarctic Territory is established
During February, a cyclone hits the Gold Coast and northern New South Wales, killing 26
3 April – Vladimir Petrov, a Soviet diplomat, defects to Australia, sparking the Petrov Affair

On 31 October, the first Vickers Viscount aircraft delivered to Australia crashed at Mangalore Airport while on a training flight only days after its arrival in Australia, killing 3 of the 7 people on board

[elkay]

Elizabeth II becomes Queen
1st train between Melbourne & Adelaide
Anzus Treaty between Australia, New Zealand & USA
Lang Hancock discovers worlds largest deposit of iron ore in Hamersley ranges
Joan Sutherland debuts at Covent Garden

[cheif carlos]

my father jumped off the Harbour Bridge...............



then swam to Manly

Actually it was the day after in the Commandos on a training exercise

[Willow Girl]

When I was born.... my mother said thank God thats over!!!!!

[Kit_e_kat9]

"That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind" & then Charles "Pete" Conrad and Alan Bean of Apollo 12 land on the Moon to become the second set of American astronauts to walk on the moons surface.
Woodstock attracts more than 350,000 rock-n-roll fans.
The Death Penalty is Abolished in the UK.
First transplant of human eye
Seiko sells the first Quartz Watch
The first automatic teller machine ATM or Cash Machine is installed in the United States
Creation of ARPANET, the predecessor of the Internet
The Boeing 747 jumbo jet makes its debut. It carried 191 people, most of them reporters and photographers, from Seattle to New York City.
The Beatles' last public performance, on the roof of Apple Records and  release their album Abbey Road.
Easy Rider / Funny Girl  / The Love Bug / The Groundbreaking TV programme Monty Python's Flying Circus is shown for the first time and the catch phrase "And now for something completely different," becomes their trade mark
Catherine Zeta-Jones
Australia Prime Minister is John Gorton
The Harrier Jump Jet enters service with the RAF
Robin Knox-Johnston becomes the first person to sail around the world solo without stopping
RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 entered service
Then I was born, we had Xmas followed by New Years.

Kit_e

[bullfrog]

.... they come down the straight with a 100 to go..... and "What's Brewing" wins the Grafton Cup.........
Funny thing. At the time ,Dad worked at the Brewery ( Toohey's Grafton) & I now work at the racetrack.......

[alnjan]

And I guess back then no one thought the brewery would ever close

[bullfrog]

And I thought there was no way I would work in the Racing industry........ Funny how things work out eh.