If you remember the 60s +/or 70s, 80, +/or 90s...

[RainDog]

without thinking about it too much - what comes to your mind as big events that you immediately associate with each decade. try not to look at any other answers before you answer. And if you answer this, you will be helping me out with a work project, so thank you in advance.

[momophile]

1. 70s and 80s and ?90s?

70s - Bicentennial (I was a kid)

80s - Lennon being shot; Reagan being shot; Challenger exploding; Wall coming down;

90s - what the hell happened in the 90s? nothing jumped out at me within seconds to think. what does that tell you?

[Fox Mulder]

2. 90s - Oklahoma City Bombing

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

3. I'll try:

60's: Kennedy assassination, Vietnam, Woodstock, RFK assassination, MLK assassination, Chicago convention riots
70's: Watergate, Nixon resignation, Kent State, gas shortage, disco
80's: Reagan, Iran hostages, Iran-Contra scandal, Berlin wall
90's: OK City bombing, 1st WTC bombing, dot-com boom, Clinton impeachment

[trof]

39. Damn. How did I forget the Nixon/Watergate mess?

duh

[MissMillie]

4. 70s - Nixon resigning

60s? man on the moon (I was only 5)
80s? Challenger disaster
90s? the end of the Soviet Union

[triguy46]

5. OK:

60's the war
70's that asshole nixon
80's that asshole reagan
90's OKC bombing (sorry 9/11 folks, but I'm in OK and understand that it was smaller, etc)

[supernova]

6. Humm OK

60s - Beatles playing on Ed Sullivan (2nd time) , Moon landing

70s - Watergate, Kent State, Nixon in China, 76 Olympics in Innsbruck (Oddly I remember this more than the 72 Olympics in Berline where the Israeli atheletes were killed, The Bicentennial, Skylab

80s - Regan and Regean's assassination attempt, Fall of the Berlin Wall and the liberation of all the old Warsaw Pact, Nicaraguan civil war, death squads in El Salvador, Iran-Contra, rise of the RR,

90s -Fall of the USSR and return to Russia, Bill Clinton and I'm drawing a blank right now...

[femmocrat]

7. Fun question!

60s: American Bandstand, Vietnam, Civil Rights
70s: Disco music, Jimmy Carter, Bicentennial, Watergate
80s: Reaganomics.... the rest is a blur
90s: Clinton, Gingrich, Fall of Berlin Wall and break-up of Soviet Union

[Coyote_Bandit]

8. Ummmm

60's: assassinations (JFK, RFK, MLK), Vietnam, Manson, Beatles
70's: Watergate, gas shortage, disco, classic rock bands
80's: Reagan, Challenger explosion, punk
90's: OK City bombing, dot-com boom, grunge and alternative rock

[DarkTirade]

9. 80s - heroically bad hair, clothes were almost as bad.

90s - grunge, flannel and the internet.

... yeah, that's about all I remember from those two decades.

[Duer 157099]

10. 70s = Watergate; 80s = space shuttle disaster n/t

[youthere]

11. 80's:

leg warmers, big hair, reagan, red dawn, ferris bueller, wearing too many socks, pegged jeans, Space Shuttle Challenger blew up,Berling wall came down, CD's were invented, Princess DI married Charles, Luke married Laura,AIDS, miami vice, Michael Jackson was famous for something else, a new face in the NBS-Michael Jordan, we got the first female Supreme Court Justice, video killed the radio star when MTV was born, Iranian hostages, FarmAID concerts, Chernobyl, Haley's Comet, Jim Baker and the fall of the PTL club and this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBGIQ7ZuuiU

[Bennyboy]

12. Okay...

60's. Kennedy Nixon election
kennedy assasination
The Beatles
Johnson vs Goldwater
Escalation of the Vietnam war
Haight Asbury and the Hippies
The Free Speech Movement
Woodstock
Altamont
George Mcgovern
Chicago riots at the Dem Convention

70's
Nixon
Beatles break up
Cocaine
Hendrix, Janis and Morrison die
Price and wage controls
Nixon resigns
Kent State
massive war protest in DC
Disco
Bowie and the Ziggy thing
The Last waltz
Winterland closes
Bruce Springsteen
Governor Moonbeam
Sinsimella

[CreekDog]

55. We didn't start the fire...

:rofl:

[geardaddy]

58. That's exactly what I thought.

:rofl:

[libnnc]

13. Amy Carter

I identified with her because I was a dead ringer for her. Every time my mom and I flew into Atlanta on the way to Florida, we'd get stopped by folks wanting to know if I was Amy.

The other event that I really remember was the death of Elvis. I sobbed when I heard the news. My own dad had died earlier that January and I felt an urgent need to convey my sympathies to Lisa Marie.

[soleft]

14. ok

60's - Moon Landing
70's - Gas Lines
80's - AIDS
90's - Princess Diana's death

Sept. 11, 2001

[Road Scholar]

15. May 1961 Alan Shepard from Canaveral, 1963 Kennedy assassination

'68 MLK gunned down.
Ask me anything lol

[yvr girl]

16. Let's see

60s - too young to remember

70s

Watergate, Queen's Silver Jubilee, 1976 Winter and Summer Olymics, Iran Hostage Crisis, Star Wars,


80s

Charles and Diana wedding, Berlin Wall coming down, Live Aide, Tienenman (sp?) Square, 1980 Olympic boycotts, Challenger Disaster,

90s

mmmm

[Common Sense Party]

17. Without looking at any other responses in this thread,

my initial responses are:

60s: Beatles & British Invasion, Space Program and moon landing, Vietnam, Kennedy assassination, MLK & RFK assassinations, hippies

70s: Watergate and Nixon resigning, OPEC oil embargo, '72-73 bear market, Bicentennial, Three-Mile Island, disco craze

80s: Reagan shot, Iran-Contra, Challenger crash, Berlin wall comes down

90s: rise of the internet, dot-com bubble

[RainDog]

18. WooHoo! some great answers - keep 'em coming!

:woohoo:

[StrongBad]

25. Hey, this thread has been really interesting

Do you think that after you've gotten enough responses for your project you could talk a little bit more about what the project actually is?

[RainDog]

30. oh, the project is really simple

tho there has been a sort of educational project for undergrads to bring recent historical moments to their attention... sort of like... things you should know that have shaped the world you live in now.

In my case, I'm doing a web project thing and I want to find what would have the most resonance with people... so, our small group isn't a statistical sample or anything, but if, say, the assassinations of the 1960s are such a vital part of people's memories who lived in that time, then that's something that would be included in some way...whether in a collage or an image map or other things.

and people who were born at diff. times would place emphasis on one thing more than another, etc.

plus, it's interesting to me to see all the stuff I've forgotten...and when it occurred.

[MassLiberal]

19. okay...

'60s - JFK, RFK & MLK assassinations, Nixon winning presidency, "Paul is dead," Eisenhower dying, Churchill dying

'70s - end of Vietnam war, Watergate, Agnew resigning, Nixon resigning, Ford taking over presidency, Bicentennial, Carter winning presidency

'80s - Iran-Contra, Challenger disaster, Reagan winning presidency, Glastnost, Reagan assassination attempt

'90s - Gulf war, Clinton winning presidency, Oklahoma City bombing... (I had three babies in the '90s, so I am a bit blank...)

[RushIsRot]

20. Lets see...

60s - JFK, RFK, MLK assassinated. Man walks on the moon.
70s - Bicentennial, 55 mph
80s - Non-stop flight around the world, Berlin Wall opened
90s - Internet mania, Media hounding of Clinton's, $70M investigation that went nowhere

[Rhythm]

21. Big things i remember:

70's:
Nixon resigning
Ford falling down/getting shot at
disco
hostage crisis in Iran/Ayatollah Khomeini

80's:
'new wave' and punk music
Death of John Lennon
Reagan/assassination attempt
softening of diplomatic relations with the USSR
the beginnings of the AIDS crisis
celebrity songs/concerts to raise money to combat famine in Ethiopia
Challenger explosion
fall of the Berlin Wall
"The War On" ____ (fill in the blanks)

90's:
Gulf War I
Clinton's inauguration (first time i heard Maya Angelou speak)
Branch Davidians complex standoff/fire in Waco
OKC bombing
Lollapalooza Festival
Columbine/other school shootings

[Ishoutandscream2]

22. I can really remember things around 68

RFK assassination, Mayberry RFD, Woodstock, the "freaky looking" Beatles, moonwalk.

70's top 40 radio, long hair. Can't remember the late 70's - everyone (including me) was stoned.

80's worst decade ever. Reagan, MTV, sucky music, just say no. Very, very boring.

90's married, children. Best president in my lifetime (Clinton). Cowboys win 3 more Superbowls.

00's - all faith in the future of my country lost because of some dumbass who thinks he's a Texan.

[RevolutionaryActs]

23. I'm a 90's kid.

Rwandan Genocide
Clinton Impeachment
Princess Di's death
Oklahoma City Bombings
Grunge Rock and Alt Rock
Dot-Com's/Internet Going HUGE :P
Titanic
Dolly the Sheep
Hale-Bopp

[StrongBad]

24. Since I was only 8 in 1990 I can only answer for that decade

I remember Clinton's election and actually liking him a lot (though I knew nothing of politics).

I remember Nirvana - and Kurt Cobain's subsequent suicide.

I remember the Columbine shootings.

I remember Britney Spears (hey I was a teen at the time).

I remember the Y2K scaremongering.

Hope that helps you out...

[GCP]

26. 60's - Beatles, Vietnam War

MLK killed, RFK killed, moon walk.

[Cant trust em]

27. 90's = Lewinsky

[RFKHumphreyObama]

28. Born in 1981

'80s'
Downfall of the Marcos regime in the Philippines
Assassination of Indira Gandhi
Rise of Mikhail Gorbachev
Assassination of Sadat
Election of the Hawke Labor government in Australia
Reagan and Reaganism
Death of Emperor Hirohito
Thatcherism

'90s'
Release of Nelson Mandela
The Persian Gulf War
Rajiv Gandhi's assassination
Election of Bill Clinton
Republican Revolution
Clinton impeachment
Collapse of the Soviet Union
Conflict in the Balkans
Downfall of Thatcher
Election of the Blair government
Death of Princess Diana
Yeltsin's resignation

[Contrary1]

29. A few of mine:

60's - Kennedy takes office /assassinated - Beatles/British Invasion - Moon Landing - Woodstock - Hippies replaced Beatniks later in the decade. Robert Kennedy and Martin Luther King both assassinated.

70's - Peace signs everywhere - Gas "Wars" - (I paid 16.9 for premium during the summer of 1970). Lost a lot of great vocalists: Hendrix, Joplin, Mama Cass, Croce, and others. Kent State Shooting - Viet Nam War ended - Nixon left office - Beer can hats - "Streaking" was a popular pastime for some (or so I read somewhere.) Jimmy Carter elected - Iran takes American hostages. -
Long lines at gas stations in the East. For a while we were only allowed to purchase gas on even/odd numbered days, based on the last digit of our license plate.

80's - We lost John Lennon and Elvis.

I had 2 toddlers at that point, so the rest of my life has been a blur. :)

[LibDemAlways]

31. OK Here Goes:

60's - JFK, MLK, RFK Assassinations; Vietnam War; Civil Rights Marches; Counter-Culture; Woodstock; Moon Landing

70's - Watergate, Nixon Resigns, Fall of Saigon, Ford Pardons Nixon, Jimmy Carter Presidency

80's - Reagan Presidency, Reagan shooting, Iran-Contra, Pan Am 103, Challenger Explosion

90's - Clinton Presidency, Kenneth Starr witch hunt, Oklahoma City Bombing,

[sandnsea]

32. Hmmm

60's Woodstock, moon landing, assassinations, the war
70's Saturday Night Live movie, Watergate, oil embargo,
80's space shuttle explosion, stock market crash
90's Bill Clinton election, impeachment, internet boom

[Lady Freedom]

33. For me..

late 70s=My birth

80s=The Challenger exploding

90s=Oklahoma City Bombing

[China_cat]

34. Chicago Democratic convention...60's

As well as both Kennedy and MLK assassinations.

Nixon resigning...70's
Reagan debacle...80's
Bored out of my skull...90's

[RebelOne]

35. 60s -- Kennedy's assassination.

[BlueCollar]

36. ok

60's England wins World Cup, Kennedy Assasination, Man lands on the moon

70's Watergate, Jonestown Massacre, Gas lines

80's Eastern Airlines Strike, Frank Lorenzo, Falklands war

90's Gulf war, Clinton Presidency

[Burma Jones]

37. 60s - Moon Landing, 70s - Watergate, 80s - Lennon Killed, 90s - Lewinsky

[trof]

38. 60s - JFK, MLK, RFK assassinations.

And of course the debacle of Viet Nam.

70s - Arab oil embargo. Long lines at gas stations. Huge hikes in prices. Gas rationing. 'Odd - Even' days.

80s - Reagan fires striking air traffic controllers. This affected me personally. I was an airline pilot.
Fewer controllers = less traffic capacity = airline flight cutbacks = pilot (and others) layoffs = I'm out of a job.
Ironically, I got a low-level job at our local ATC facility, Boston Center. It was about a 60% pay cut, but kept body and soul together for 2 1/2 years until I was recalled to TWA.

90s - The Clinton impeachment. Stupidity abounded. Clinton was stupid for not keeping it in his pants. Repugs were stupid to impeach just because they had the power to do so. They knew going in that they didn't have the senate votes to convict.
Other than that, The Clinton years were better financially for me than any previous. Earning power and investments.

Good luck with the research.

[dropkickpa]

40. Mine

70's - Miss Piggy birthday cake, puking on my blankets, an oppossum falling through the ceiling during dukes of hazard - I was born in 1976, so these were big events to a 3-4 year old

80's - Oliver North, iran-contra, leg warmers and neon colored clothes, fall of the Berlin Wall

90's - Rodney King, first gulf war, fall of the soviet union, river pheonix dying, oj simpson trial, clinton election and tenure

[NMDemDist2]

41. 60s/70s protests, 80s Disco, 90s clinton, BJs, good money

that's off the top of my head

:hi:

[Lil Missy]

42. Okay

60's - JFK, RFK and MLK assassinations. Woodstock. Bomb shelters.

70's - Nixon and Watergate. Bell bottoms and culottes. (sp?)

80's - Reagan and putting most of the mentally ill on the streets and homeless. Gulf War. Disco. Natalie Woods tragic death.

90's - Stricter anti-smoking laws. Bill Clinton elected. FMLA. Gingrich revolution. Lewinsky scandal. Princess Diana's tragic death.

That's just off the top of my head.

[av8rdave]

43. Here are mine

60s: JFK assassination, Kent State, Apollo 11

70s: Watergate/Nixon resignation, American troops out of Viet Nam, return of the POWs, the fall of Saigon, Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, Three Mile Island

80s: Challenger disaster, Assassination attempts on Reagan and the Pope, Marine barracks bombing in Beirut, invasion of Grenada, attack on Tripoli, Chernobyl, LBO of RJR Nabisco

90s: Death of Stevie Ray Vaughan, Gulf War I, Frank Lorenzo's destruction of Eastern Airlines, Election of Bill Clinton, the Balkan wars

[ordinaryaveragegirl]

44. Here goes...

60's - I wasn't born yet!
70's - energy crisis, disco :puke:, Iran hostage crisis
80's - BS Reaganomics, bad fashion (acid-washed jeans and mall bangs, anyone?), decline of the manufacturing industry, Iran-Contra, Challenger tragedy
90's - Gulf War, Dems getting the White House back, rise of the tech industry, idiot Ken Starr and those hearings, economic surplus, OKC bombing

(edited to add)

[Iggo]

45. Hmmm....okay, real quick.

The 60's: Assassinations, war, hippies, spacemen, Dem Nat'l Conv, tons of great music, and Laugh In.

The 70's: War, recession, poverty, riots, red and green flags for gas stations, and odd and even gas days, oh and the girls, giant afros and long straight hair, bell bottoms, hip huggers, dittos, halter tops, light blue eye shadow, minis and maxis, clogs and earth shoes and candies, keggers, pot, pot, and more pot. (Yes, I was a teenager in the 70's.)

The 80's and 90's: Kind of a fog, but I quit dope in '96, and it gets better from there.

The 00's: My 10 yr old neice came to live with me in 2000, and nothing else mattered after that.

[malta blue]

46. without peeking...

60's - Kennedy
70's - disco
80's - yuppies
90's - grunge

I am not really old enough to remember the 60's but when I think of the 60's that is the first thing that comes to mind....

[Babel_17]

47. Escalation of the war in Viet Nam

The moon landing, the fall of Saigon, the end of the cold war, the explosion of PC's in households along with easy access to the internet.

[Z_I_Peevey]

48. OK, without looking:

1960s--Kennedy, assassinations, terror, riots (Watts, Detroit, et al)
1970s--Fall of Saigon, hedonism, disco, inflation.
Bridging the '70s and '80s--Iran hostages.
1980s--Reagan, greed, religious right, Iran-Contra.
1990s--Clinton, sex, hypocrisy, prosperity.

[RainDog]

49. More answers!! - thank you - and now a kick for others

thank you all.

[KitchenWitch]

50. 60s - All the assasinations. JFK, MLK, RFK

70s - Watergate

80s - Space Shuttle Challenger and John Lennon's death

90s - Iraq War I

[Westegg]

51. If you can remember '60s, '70s, '80 and '90s, you weren't there...

...which means you're no older than eight.

Hey kids! Would you like to see a trick I can do with my zipper?





I apologize in advance for this post. Ironically, it may already be too late.

[RainDog]

56. oh west eeeeeggggg

:spank:

and... did you ever do that "thing" we were talking about? (just let them guess...)

[Westegg]

57. Not yet, RD. (Sigh) I'm so lazy! Today...

...er, not today. Tomorrow, maybe. Maybe today, though. Maybe tonight, if not today.

Lazy. And indecisive.

[Westegg]

52. We didn't start the fire...

...it was always burnin' since the world's been turnin'.

I can't believe nobody's mentioned Billy Joel's marriage to Christie Brinkley on March 23, 1985 yet. Come ON, people. Let's get real here. What matters and what DOESN'T? Sheesh!

[Anarcho-Socialist]

53. The late 1980s, and the 1990s

[CreekDog]

54. here's my decadal free association:

70's: Bicentennial
80's: Berlin Wall comes down
90's: Rabin assassinated

on the pop culture front:
70's: The King Tut exhibit with Earth Wind and Fire playing in the background
80's: Sixteen Candles and "Don't You Forget About Me"
90's: Green Day and Eric Clapton's Unplugged album