As the World Turns

As most of you know, Billy Joel's landmark "We Didn't Start the Fire" used as lyrics all the major world events that happened in the first 40 years of his life till 1989.  If you've never done so, listen to the lyrics and see how many of those events you can identify.  It's actually quite fun.

The Youtube Video is at the bottom of the page, if you are interested. 

You know what would be fun?  Why not try to list the major world events that happened in YOUR lifetime?  I think it's an interesting way to reflect on how the world turns.  And as Harry Truman once said, "the only thing new in the world is the history we didn't know."

Try it if you have a few minutes.  Let me know if you enjoyed the process!
BTW, I started listing the world events in my first forty years (the ones that I can remember).  I've appended them to the bottom of this post.  Any that rings a bell?

Here's the video.

WE DIDN'T START THE FIRE 

Here's my list (it's long, and not in order):

 Suez Crisis,  Elvis, Churchill died, QE II, 6-Day War, Bohpal, Beatles, The Longest Day, Rambo, Rocky, The Sound of Music, Vietnam War, Sputnik, John Glenn, Lunar Landing, Apollo 13, Challenger Shuttle, EU, NAFTA, Star Wars, Star Trek, Mt. St. Helens, Tangshan Earthquake, Hurricane Andrews, Exxon Valdez, Unabomber, Oklahoma City Bombing, Yom Kippur War, Cheronbyl, 3-mile island, Tylenol Scare, Rodney King, OJ Trial, JFK, RFK, MLK, De Gaulle kicked out of Canada, "Just Watch Me" Pierre Trudeau, Castro,  Internet, Cell Phone, Laptop, Windows, Netscape, Lotus, Bruce Jenner, Olympic Boycotts, Ping Pong diplomacy, Walkman, China-Soviet Border War, Indo-Pakistan War, China invades Vietnam, Cuban Missiles, Bay of Pigs, Marines in Lebanon, Rhodesia, Apartheid, Berlin War fell, Princess DI, Deng Xiao Peng, Mao Died, Tian An Man Massacre, SARS, West Nile, AIDS, Ebola, Charles Manson, Northern Ireland Troubles, Rwanda genocide, Khmer Rouge Killing Fields, Falklands War, Shah of Iran, American Hostages in Iran, Czechkoslovakia crushed, Hungary crushed, Poland Walesa, Soviets invade Afghanistan, First Gulf War, Desert Storm, "Read My Lips, No New Taxes," Yugoslavia gone to hell, Woodstock, Roe V Wade, Bra burning, Stephen King, Leafs won Stanley Cup, Jays back to back, England World Cup, Iran-Contra, Phantom of the Opera, Cultural Revolution, USSR no more, Clinton "bimbogate," Reagan "evil empire," Tickle Down Economics, Gorbachev Glasnost, OPEC embargo I, OPEC embargo II, Pearson Noble Peace Prize, Nixon resigns, Kissinger shuttle diplomacy, Pepsi Challenge, Quebec separation, New Canadian Flag, Britain sold out Hong Kong.

Maybe you can help me rearrange them in chronological order!  :)