One: You said your birthday is 12 / 20 / 1980, which means you are 21 years old and about:64 years 2 months younger than Walter Cronkite, age 85
60 years 7 months younger than Pope John Paul II, age 81
56 years 6 months younger than George Herbert Bush, age 77
49 years 3 months younger than Barbara Walters, age 70
47 years 1 month younger than Larry King, age 68
40 years 10 months younger than Ted Koppel, age 62
37 years 6 months younger than Geraldo Rivera, age 58
34 years 5 months younger than President G.W. Bush, age 55
29 years 5 months younger than Jesse Ventura, age 50
25 years 2 months younger than Bill Gates, age 46
20 years 6 months younger than John Elway, age 41
14 years 10 months younger than Cindy Crawford, age 36
9 years 5 months younger than Jeff Gordon, age 30
5 years 0 months younger than Tiger Woods, age 26
0 years 11 months older than Jenna and Barbara Bush, age 20
and that you were:16 years old when Princess Diana died
(I remember this v. clearly.)14 years old at the time of Oklahoma City bombing
13 years old when O. J. Simpson was charged with murder
(I seem to recall being a lot older. Huh.)12 years old at the time of the bombing of the World Trade Center*
10 years old when Operation Desert Storm began
8 years old during the fall of the Berlin Wall
(One of my earliest really crystal clear memories is watching the Wall fall on TV.)5 years old when the space shuttle Challenger exploded
3 years old when Apple introduced the Macintosh
2 years old during Sally Ride's travel in space
not yet 1 year old when Pres. Reagan was shot by John Hinckley, Jr.
*This refers to the 1993 terrorist bombing of the World Trade Center.
Two: When these songs were topping the charts and these events occurred your age was:Who Can it be Now, Men at Work: 1
The recording of We Are The World: 4
(Which would explain why it's embedded in my subconcious so deeply I can never ever erase it.)Walk Like an Egyptian, Bangles: 6
Didn't We Almost have it all, Whitney Houston: 6
Back In The U.S.S.R. is released exclusively in Russia: 8
Nothing Compares 2 U, Sinead O'Connor: 9
(Wow. Again, I remember being older when this came out. I clearly remember that summer.)Emotions, Mariah Carey: 10
Fleetwood Mac perform at Bill Clinton's inauguration: 12
The Sign, Ace Of Base: 13
(Whoboy. I plead the fifth.)The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum opens: 14
Three: You were:1 years old at the time the first Cheers episode was televised
(I'm older than Cheers? Dude!)5 years old when L.A. Law was first aired on TV
6 years old at the time the series Married with Children began
9 years old when Seinfeld was first televised
10 years old in the month Home Improvement began
13 years old at the time the TV series Friends began
15 years old when Everybody Loves Raymond first aired
18 years old when Who Wants To Be A Millionaire began in the US
Four: when these movies were released in the U.S. your age was:ET: 1
The Terminator: 3
Top Gun: 5
Planes, Trains & Automobiles: 6
Steel Magnolias: 8
Home Alone: 9
Wayne's World: 11
Jurassic Park: 12
(Which was a 16+ movie over here, and I went to see it with my dad and eldest brother. :)Forrest Gump: 13
Fargo: 15
Saving Private Ryan: 17
Toy Story 2: 18
I'm feeling kind of old right now ...
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