I have nothing of substance to post, and Blogthings posted a few new quizzes, so… here you go:
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In 1980 (the year you were born) |
 Jimmy Carter is president of the US President Carter announces punitive measures and embargos against the USSR in retaliation for the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan Mount St. Helens in Washington state erupts in a violent blast estimated to be 500 times as powerful as the Hiroshima atomic bomb Ronald Reagan is elected the 40th US president in a sweeping victory US Representative Michael O. Myers is expelled from the House for his role in the Abscam scandal Hewlett-Packard announces release of its first personal computer Microsoft announces their version of UNIX, Xenix Christina Ricci, Chelsea Clinton, Venus Williams, Jessica Simpson, Macaulay Culkin, and Jake Gyllenhaal are born Philadelphia Phllies win the World Series Pittsburgh Steelers win Superbowl XIV New York Islanders win the Stanley Cup The Empire Strikes Back is the top grossing film “Lady” by Kenny Rogers spends the most time at the top of the US charts U.S. viewers get caught up in the “Who Shot J.R.?” cliff hanger on the soap opera series, Dallas, which is solved on a November 21 episode, drawing a record numbers of viewers |
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You Are Not Very Worldly…Yet |
 You haven’t really traveled the world yet, but you’ll get around to it someday. In the meantime, it couldn’t hurt to broaden your perspective a little. Try a new type of foreign food or pick up a foreign movie to watch. You can become more worldly without a passport! |
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