The 30 - Topic #3

30 Years Ago

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Each Monday until my birthday I am writing a post that has to do with the number 30....since I'll be 30 soon! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

What a glorious year 1979 was!

Not only was I born in that year,

but here's an additional 30 things that happened 30 years ago:

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1. YMCA filed libel suit against Village People's YMCA song
2. "Dukes of Hazzard" premiered on CBS

3. Two Iowa girls High School basketball teams played 4 scoreless quarters. The game was won 4-2 in 4th overtime period

4. 204th and final episode of "All in the Family"

5. Longest doubles ping-pong match of 101 hours

6. Kevin St. Onge threw a playing card a record 185 feet

7. Little Richard quit rock and roll for religious pursuit

8. Charlie Daniels Band released "Devil Went Down to Georgia"

9. Susan B. Anthony dollar is issued, 1st U.S. coin to honor a woman

10. Rainbow seen in Northern Wales for a 3 hour duration

11. President Carter was attacked by a rabbit on a canoe trip in Plains, Ga

12. Comet Howard-Koomur-Michels collided with Sun

13. L.A. Court ordered Clayton Moore (the actor who played the character) to stop wearing Lone Ranger mask due to a lawsuit over public appearances

14. Theodore Coombs completed 5,193 miles on roller skates from LA to New York City and back to Yates Center, Ks

15. CompuServe began operation as 1st computer information service

16. Pope John Paul II is 1st Pope to visit White House

17. NHL's greatest scorer Wayne Gretzky scored his 1st NHL goal

18. Walt Disney World welcomed it's 100-millionth guest

19. Ronald Reagan announced his candidacy for president

20. John Wayne passed away

21. McDonald's started serving Happy Meals

22. Sony introduced the Walkman

23. Gas was 86 cents a gallon

24. The Trivial Pursuit board game was launched

25. The First modern Bungee Jumping was performed by a group from the Oxford University Dangerous Sports club. They jumped from the Clifton Suspension Bridge joining England and Wales

26. Saddam Hussein was elected president of Iraq

27. The NBA adopted the three point shot

28. The Center for Disease Control reported the first known cases of AIDS

29. ESPN started broadcasting

30. The first Post-it notes were invented.