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A simple counting back type thread. Starting at 2007 and counting back BUT with the inclusion of some major event that happened in that year

2007

Stampboards takes off with neatly 50,000 posts in 4 months...

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Waroff49

The last chapter of the Never_Ending Story is being written.

2006

The 1 billionth song was purchased from the Apple iTunes Store.

Norm

2005

Pope John ll passed away on 2nd April 2005.

Andrew

2004


Indian Ocean earthquake on the 26th December causing Tsunami's in Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India and Thailand.
The United Nations estimates a total of 229,866 people lost, including 186,983 dead and 42,883 missing.

2003

The Concorde made its last commercial flight, bringing the current era of airliner supersonic travel to a close.

Norm

2002

I made a Concorde flight both ways using Qantas FF miles, BEFORE the end in 2003!

Got the crews each way to sign the just issued new GB (Concorde stamp) FDC.

Sold them all fast, and basically paid for the trip.

http://www.glenstephens.com/concorde.html

2001

That fateful day for Americans in particular
Sept 11 Bombing of the World Trade Center in New York City.
Andrew

2000

George W. Bush elected President of the USA.

Norm

1999

7.4 Magnitude Earthquake hits ISMIT Turkey

Mike
There is no finish line

1998

The Lunar Prospector spacecraft was launched into orbit around the Moon It later found evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently shadowed craters near the Moon's poles.

Norm

1997

August 2 - Australian ski instructor Stuart Diver is rescued as the sole survivor from the Thredbo landslide in New South Wales, Australia, in which 18 lives were lost.

March 6 - My daughter Erin is born

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Peter

1996

Art forger Eric Hebborn is assasinated in Rome

Mike

1995

DVD, an optical disc computer storage media format, is announced.

(It'll never go anywhere - Norm)

1994

OJ Simpson doesn't turn himself in on murder charges, LA cops chase his Ford Bronco for hours, eventually gives up (seen live on TV)

1993

February 26 - World Trade Center bombing: In New York City, a van bomb parked below the North Tower of the World Trade Center goes off, killing 6 and injuring over 1,000.

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Peter

1st April 1992 Battleship USS Missouri (on which, Japan surrendered) decommissioned

1991

Operation desert storm begins to drive Iraq from Kuwait.

Collapse of the Soviet Union

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Start the day with a smile - its infectious

1989

Australian Prime Minister Bob Hawke weeps on national television as he admits marital infidelity.

A sad boss indeed!

Norm

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Start the day with a smile - its infectious

24/01/1988 - Australia beat New Zealand 2-0 to win the World Series Cup......will this do Brian

1986

Halley's comet approaches Earth on its 76 year orbit.

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Waroff49

The last chapter of the Never_Ending Story is being written.

1984

George Orwell wrote a book about it

Written in 1948, the title revered the last 2 digits. But not actually published until 1949...

Australia wins America's Cup.

1982

Unemployment in the U.K reaches 3,070,621 a post war record
Mike
There is no finish line

1981

And the Yanks say cricket is a slow game:

A Minor League baseball game between the Rochester Red Wings and the Pawtucket Red Sox at McCoy Stadium in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, becomes the longest professional baseball game in history: 8 hours and 25 minutes/33 innings.

Norm

(Dang, I watched part of that game as I only lived just down the road at the time)

You can go back to the thread now!

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If it erupts, don't blame me!!

I think intervening comments with no year don't count(as part of the thread) and are appreciated. I think multiple occurances in the same year are also acceptable. But the order must be kept- as much as possible...

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An aquarian verging on a Gemini.

1980

Dec 8th John Lennon dies in hospital after being shot by Mark David Chapman

Mike
There is no finish line

1980

Bi-centenary of Capt Cook taking possession of the east coast of now Australia, in the name of the King.

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An aquarian verging on a Gemini.

Sorry Billabong you were not quick enough try 1979
regards
Mike
There is no finish line

Mick Bat Wine,
that's OK....Billabong changed the rools.. multiple postings for a year are acceptable to Waroff49. I asked him personallie, as long as it continews in itz downward spiral....

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An aquarian verging on a Gemini.

1979
Ayatollah Khomeini seizes power in Iran.

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An aquarian verging on a Gemini.

1978

Feb 13th Bomb explodes outside the Hilton Hotel Sydney Australia
Mike
There is no finish line

P.S Billabong & Waroff49
Thats bad having multiple listings could be stuck on 1978 for hours

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If it erupts, don't blame me!!

1976

Jan 21st First Commercial CONCORDE flight takes off

Mike
There is no finish line

1975

The Postmaster-General's Department is disaggregated into the Australian Telecommunications Commission (trading as Telecom Australia) and the Australian Postal Commission (trading as Australia Post).

*sigh*

Norm

1974

President Nixon became the first President in US history to resign. Nixon resigned as the House of Representatives was poised to vote on the articles of impeachment against him.

1973


Ferdinand Marcos becomes President for Life of the Philippines.

(Imelda buys 500,000 pairs of shoes to celibrate the occasion)

Norm

1973

July 20 - Chinese actor Bruce Lee dies of brain swelling in Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Hong Kong.

1972

My younger daughter was born. Among lesser events:

Yugoslavian air stewardress Vesna Vulovic is the only survivor when her plane crashes in Czechoslovakia. She survives after falling 9,000 meters in the tail section of the aircraft.

Norm

1971

My elder daughter was born.

Among other events was:

Six Persian Gulf sheikdoms found the United Arab Emirates.

Which gave stamp collectors a whole new country to play with, and eliminated sand dune issues.

Norm, who was waiting for this.

1971

July 23 - The United States launches Landsat 1, the first Earth-resources satellite.

1970

APRIL 21 HUTT RIVER PROVINCE PRINCIPALITY SECEDES FROM AUSTRALIA

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Mike
ANTE HONOREM EST HUMILITAS

1969

Singer/Actress Judy Garland dies.

RIP Judy - the greatest singer ever.

Norm

1968

June 1 - Helen Keller dies in her Easton, Connecticut home, just 26 days before her 88th birthday.

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"Live everyday as if it's going to be your last ... because one day you'll be right!"

1967

Elvis Presley and Priscilla Beaulieu are married in Las Vegas.

1966

Jan 19th Robert Menzies the Australina Prime Minister Resigns

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Mike
ANTE HONOREM EST HUMILITAS