cool stuff from 1990:

Mandela released from prison
Iraq invades Kuwait
Hubble telescope launched
Margaret Thatcher resigned
"The Worldwide Web" invented
Milli Vanilli stripped of Grammy award
Windows 3.0 released
The Simpsons first aired on Fox
Gorbachev awarded Nobel Peace Prize

popular movies:
Home Alone
Ghost
Dances with Wolves
Pretty Woman
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
The Hunt for Red October
Total Recall
Die Hard 2
Dick Tracy
Edward Scissorhands,
The Godfather Part III

average gallon of gas = $1.34

8/17/2008 4:25:43 PM

damn, i didn't think about the fact that last year's freshmen were the last of the 80s babies

8/17/2008 4:27:26 PM

Quote :

"average gallon of gas = $1.34"

8/17/2008 4:27:28 PM

8/17/2008 4:27:58 PM

kennedy's assasination

8/17/2008 4:28:32 PM

i don't care if they were born in the 90s i'm still gonna try and fuck 'em

8/17/2008 4:29:01 PM

The Great Depression

8/17/2008 4:29:11 PM

this thread has FAIL all over it because you started with the wrong year.

I think the year you wanted was 1989. Because the incoming freshman were born in 1990. My sister being one of them not only was alive during Iraq invading Kuwait...but she was born in the UAE during this time.

8/17/2008 4:29:19 PM

OMG, i'm gonna lose sleep because you think this thread is inaccurate


you DO realize that there are also many many freshmen who are only 17 at the moment, right?

8/17/2008 4:31:10 PM

the war of 1812

8/17/2008 4:31:19 PM

The Renaissance.

[Edited on August 17, 2008 at 4:31 PM. Reason : .]

8/17/2008 4:31:37 PM

the signing of the magna carta

8/17/2008 4:32:17 PM

Brent Road Party

8/17/2008 4:32:32 PM

The proclamation of Charlemagne as Holy Roman Emperor.

8/17/2008 4:33:04 PM

i guess if we could rename threads on TWW, i could change it to "events some of the new freshmen weren't alive to witness....some, not all. obviously some of them were alive to witness some of these events, such as RSX's sister, but like I previously stated some of them were alive, but not all"

8/17/2008 4:33:58 PM

invention of the sandwich by John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich

8/17/2008 4:34:02 PM

invention of the duck by the wizard merlin

8/17/2008 4:34:47 PM

^^^meh, not everyone fails a grade.

8/17/2008 4:35:21 PM

^who said anything about failing grades?

8/17/2008 4:37:19 PM

The Tunguska event

8/17/2008 4:37:34 PM

nero sitting by idly as rome burned

8/17/2008 4:38:27 PM

if they failed a grade, wouldnt that definitely mean they were born in '89

you confuse me

8/17/2008 4:38:37 PM

right.

8/17/2008 4:41:26 PM

A NeXTcube was used by Berners-Lee as the world's first Web server and also to write the first Web browser, WorldWideWeb, in 1990. By Christmas 1990, Berners-Lee had built all the tools necessary for a working Web: the first Web browser (which was a Web editor as well), the first Web server, and the first Web pages which described the project itself.

8/17/2008 4:42:05 PM

ncstatetke's freshman year at NCSU.

8/17/2008 4:44:22 PM

the crucification and subsequent zombification of our lord and savior jesus christ of later-day saints

8/17/2008 4:44:51 PM

^^ UNTRUE!!!!!

8/17/2008 4:49:38 PM

^^

8/17/2008 4:50:21 PM

Zombie

8/17/2008 4:52:20 PM

U Can't Touch This
Nothing Compares 2 U
Ice Ice Baby
Vogue

8/17/2008 4:53:13 PM

democracy

8/17/2008 4:56:54 PM

Brandenburg Concerto No. 3
Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring
Für Elise
The Marriage Of Figaro
Stars And Stripes Forever

8/17/2008 4:58:56 PM

war of 1812

8/17/2008 4:59:26 PM

birth of jeebus

8/17/2008 5:00:30 PM

Tesla's demonstration of radio control

^ come on, real events

[Edited on August 17, 2008 at 5:01 PM. Reason : -]

8/17/2008 5:00:42 PM

the rebirth and subsequent redeath of himmler

[Edited on August 17, 2008 at 5:02 PM. Reason : oh, him and that zany brain in an ape body]

8/17/2008 5:01:42 PM

events the new freshmen won't be alive to witness?

8/17/2008 5:04:52 PM

die hard 2 should not be included in the bunch

[Edited on August 17, 2008 at 5:15 PM. Reason : i did not enjoy it, but the ending was cool]

8/17/2008 5:15:35 PM

the original star wars trilogy in theatres

8/17/2008 6:18:44 PM

a skinny Kirstie Alley

8/17/2008 6:54:05 PM

no stop sign on dan allen

8/17/2008 6:55:35 PM

monorail to centennial

8/17/2008 6:58:46 PM

No Great Brick Wall at the Court of Carolina....was great when it snowed...

grassy endzone

[Edited on August 17, 2008 at 7:00 PM. Reason : w]

8/17/2008 6:59:16 PM

they weren't alive to witness sawahash's birth

8/17/2008 7:03:06 PM

Challenger explosion

8/17/2008 7:24:01 PM

I was in seventh grade when they were being born.

I was at Lollapalooza '92 when they turned two.

I need to finish grad school... this is ridiculous.

8/17/2008 7:35:02 PM

Quote :

"Challenger explosion"

You weren't potty trained yet in Jan. 1986. I doubt you witnessed it, either.

8/17/2008 7:37:24 PM

^^ i feel the same way

8/17/2008 8:56:41 PM

WHEN THE ATRIUM CAUGHT ON FIRE!!11

8/17/2008 8:57:30 PM

Quote :

"You weren't potty trained yet in Jan. 1986. I doubt you witnessed it, either."

Oh shit, I've been called out by someone who is...30 years old...Shit.

Good burn dude!

8/17/2008 9:12:53 PM