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Post by TheUser98 on Aug 9, 2018 12:43:54 GMT 10
What was happening in the month you were born in terms of history, pop culture etc? After doing a bit of research, this is what I found happened in June 1998, the month I was born;
2nd June - One of the most anticipated albums of the year, "Adore", is released by the rock band Smashing Pumpkins
6th June - The famous TV show "Sex and the City" debuted
9th June - The world cup begins in France
19th June - The Disney renaissance film "Mulan" is released
25th June - Microsoft released the first edition of Windows 98
26th June - "Dr Dolittle" starring Eddie Murphy is released
30th June - The first Grand Theft Auto is released for the PlayStation 1
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Post by SharksFan99 on Aug 9, 2018 17:21:15 GMT 10
Great idea for a thread!  March 1999:
8th March - Silverchair's Neon Ballroom was released, just five days before I was born. It contains some of my favourite songs by Silverchair, such as "Ana's Song (Open Fire)" and "Miss You Love". The album went to #1 on the Australian ARIA Charts. 27th March - Bob Carr is re-elected as the Premier of New South Wales. 31st March - "The Matrix" is released.
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Post by Telso on Aug 9, 2018 18:21:49 GMT 10
I'm just gonna copy-paste from Wikipedia because I have 0 clue.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 9, 2018 18:43:00 GMT 10
September 1996:
1 September: Senator Richard Alston calls for the full sale of Telstra, drawing a rebuke from Prime Minister John Howard the following day.
6 September: The Wiggles' Wiggly Wiggly Christmas album is released.
10 September: Independent Federal MP Pauline Hanson makes her maiden speech to Parliament, reigniting the race debate, attacking Asian immigration, calling for a tougher line on Aboriginal welfare, as well as the reintroduction of compulsory national service.
16 September: Prime Minister John Howard meets President Suharto in Jakarta and tells him Australia does not need to choose between "our history and our geography". "Neither do I see Australia as a bridge between Asia and the West, as is sometimes suggested," he says. "Rather I believe that our geography and our history are elements in an integrated relationship with our region and the wider world".
22 September: Australia's first legal euthanasia takes place in Darwin, Australia when 66-year-old Bob Dent elects to submit to the lethal injection.
Prime Minister John Howard states that he welcomes "the fact that people can now talk about certain things without living in fear of being branded a bigot or as a racist" which some felt indicated a veiled acceptance of Pauline Hanson's maiden speech. Ms. Hanson declares him "the leader she is prepared to have" the following day.
24 September: British Holocaust denier David Irving says he will lodge a new visa application "because these remarks made by the Australian Prime Minister show a new climate of freedom of speech now applying in Australia".
25 September: John Howard rejects Pauline Hanson's views on Asian immigration and multi-culturalism but defends her right to express them. He supports reductions in the immigration programme, saying: "there is a link between the high level of unemployment among certain groups in Australia and some past immigration levels in the composition of our programme in the past".
26 September: The Dalai Lama meets Prime Minister John Howard in Canberra, Australia during his week-long visit to Australia.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 9, 2018 19:36:18 GMT 10
Great idea for a thread! March 1999 was a rather significant one for Sydney, with the first major events at the then-recently finished Stadium Australia (later Telstra Stadium, currently ANZ Stadium) being held that month. The first sporting event to be held at the stadium was the NRL Round 1 double header on March 6, with the Newcastle Knights vs Manly Sea Eagles & Parramatta Eels vs St George Illawarra Dragons matches being watched by a then-record rugby league crowd of 104,583. The first musical act to perform at the stadium was The Bee Gees with their "One Night Only" concert on March 27. 66,285 people attended what would turn out to be the final Bee Gees concert before the death of Maurice Gibb, while Channel Nine Sydney (and affiliated regional stations) had a delayed airing of the concert on TV that night with NSW State Election updates. A few more from your birth month, from the "1999 in Australia" article on Wikipedia: *19 March - John Brumby resigns as leader of the Victorian Labor Party. *21 March - Channel Nine's 60 Minutes programme airs a controversial report which claims that former Prime Minister Paul Keating lied to Parliament about when he divested himself of his joint share in a Darling Downs piggery, as well as accusing him of fleecing his business partner Al Constantinidis of the majority of the profits. 22 March – Victorian Shadow Treasurer Steve Bracks becomes leader of the Victorian Labor Party. – Tropical Cyclone Vance hits the West Australian coast with winds of 230 km/h. The small coastal town of Exmouth is badly damaged. – Dick Smith, chairman of the Civil Aviation Authority resigns, followed by board member Janine Shepherd the following day. *23 March - Prime Minister John Howard is criticized by the Opposition and Democrats for his proposal that the concept of "mateship" be introduced into a preamble to the Australian Constitution. He also creates controversy by proposing that Aborigines should be referred to in the preamble as having "inhabited" the land rather than being "custodians" of it. *24 March - Media mogul Kerry Packer publicly endorses views that the Federal Government should deregulate the media and abolish cross-media ownership rules which stop Packer from taking over the Fairfax newspaper group, as well as calling for foreign ownership restrictions to be lifted. While I'm here, a few notable events from April 1995 (the month I was born) from the article about the year in Australia on Wikipedia: *4 April – New South Wales Premier Bob Carr assumes the Arts and Ethnic Affairs portfolio and Deputy Premier Andrew Refshauge assumes Health and Aboriginal Affairs. – Peter Collins replaces John Fahey as New South Wales Liberal leader. Ron Phillps beats incumbent Kerry Chikarovski as Deputy Leader by 19:10. *11 April – The Council of Australian Governments (COAG) meeting is held. The assembled Premiers and territory leaders endorse a program of reforms envisaged by Professor Fred Hilmer's National Competition Policy Review. *28 April – Rob O'Regan retires after 3 years at the helm of the Criminal Justice Commission (CJC) in Queensland, critical of poor standards of conduct among many politicians.
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Post by SharksFan99 on Aug 9, 2018 19:59:12 GMT 10
March 1999 was a rather significant one for Sydney, with the first major events at the then-recently finished Stadium Australia (later Telstra Stadium, currently ANZ Stadium) being held that month. The first sporting event to be held at the stadium was the NRL Round 1 double header on March 6, with the Newcastle Knights vs Manly Sea Eagles & Parramatta Eels vs St George Illawarra Dragons matches being watched by a then-record rugby league crowd of 104,583. The first musical act to perform at the stadium was The Bee Gees with their "One Night Only" concert on March 27. 66,285 people attended what would turn out to be the final Bee Gees concert before the death of Maurice Gibb, while Channel Nine Sydney (and affiliated regional stations) had a delayed airing of the concert on TV that night with NSW State Election updates. A few more from your birth month, from the "1999 in Australia" article on Wikipedia: *19 March - John Brumby resigns as leader of the Victorian Labor Party. *21 March - Channel Nine's 60 Minutes programme airs a controversial report which claims that former Prime Minister Paul Keating lied to Parliament about when he divested himself of his joint share in a Darling Downs piggery, as well as accusing him of fleecing his business partner Al Constantinidis of the majority of the profits. 22 March – Victorian Shadow Treasurer Steve Bracks becomes leader of the Victorian Labor Party. – Tropical Cyclone Vance hits the West Australian coast with winds of 230 km/h. The small coastal town of Exmouth is badly damaged. – Dick Smith, chairman of the Civil Aviation Authority resigns, followed by board member Janine Shepherd the following day. *23 March - Prime Minister John Howard is criticized by the Opposition and Democrats for his proposal that the concept of "mateship" be introduced into a preamble to the Australian Constitution. He also creates controversy by proposing that Aborigines should be referred to in the preamble as having "inhabited" the land rather than being "custodians" of it. *24 March - Media mogul Kerry Packer publicly endorses views that the Federal Government should deregulate the media and abolish cross-media ownership rules which stop Packer from taking over the Fairfax newspaper group, as well as calling for foreign ownership restrictions to be lifted. Yep, March 1999 was quite a significant month in terms of the Australian cultural and political landscape. Nothing of significance occurred on the day I was born (13th March) though, at least not that I am aware of.  It's incredible to think that Stadium Australia managed to achieve a crowd of over 100,000 people! That's a record which will likely remain permanent, as the current highest-capacity stadium in Australia (the MCG) has a capacity of 100,024. Interesting to read. April 1995 was also quite significant from an international perspective: 19th April - Oklahoma City Bombings, which resulted in the deaths of 168 people. Until the September 11 attacks, it was the deadliest terrorist attack on US soil. 30th April - The US Government stops funding the NSFNET, which results in the Internet becoming a wholly privatised system.
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Post by mediaexpert on Aug 9, 2018 20:05:48 GMT 10
September 1986
In Australian politics, on 23rd September, then Federal Opposition Leader John Howard was suspended from Parliament for 24 hours after attacking then Federal Treasurer Paul Keating for huge travel expenses incurred by claiming Sydney as his principal place of residence.
On 28th September, Parramatta Eels defeated the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 4-2 in the Rugby League Grand Final, in what was the lowest scoring grand final in history. A day earlier, Hawthorn Hawks defeated Carlton Blues 110-68 in the VFL (now AFL) Grand Final.
On 19th September, Nine celebrated 30 years of television with a 2-hour special. In Late September, Seven aired an Australian miniseries, Whose Baby?, which was about a baby swap in 1945. It aired on 28-29 September in Melbourne, and on 30 September-1 October in Sydney.
In the US, ALF had its premiere on 22nd September (it made its Australian debut on Seven the following February).
In music, Metallica bassist Cliff Burton was killed in a tour bus crash on 27th September. Earlier in the year, they had released their 3rd album, Master of Puppets, with their mainstream breakthrough album (The Black Album) about 5 years away.
Some of the biggest albums released that month were "True Colors" by Cyndi Lauper (15th), "Fore!" by Huey Lewis & The News (20th).
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Post by Deleted on Aug 9, 2018 20:22:42 GMT 10
It's incredible to think that Stadium Australia managed to achieve a crowd of over 100,000 people! That's a record which will likely remain permanent, as the current highest-capacity stadium in Australia (the MCG) has a capacity of 100,024. Yeah, Stadium Australia had its reconfiguration (with the temporary stands put in for the Olympics being removed, etc.) sometime after the 2001 NRL Grand Final so it's likely that the record crowds ended then. April 1995 was also quite significant from an international perspective: Rather interesting to hear. I don't think anything of major significance happened on my birth date, although it's possible that due to the time difference Australians heard about the Oklahoma City Bombings on April 20. On 28th September, Parramatta Eels defeated the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 4-2 in the Rugby League Grand Final, in what was the lowest scoring grand final in history. ...and also happened to be the most recent time (as of 2018) the Parramatta Eels won a NSW-RL/ARL/NRL Grand Final.
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Post by rainbow on Aug 10, 2018 0:01:28 GMT 10
June 2002:
June 3rd - The coolest bitch was born.
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Post by #Infinity on Sept 2, 2018 1:04:06 GMT 10
August 1992:
* August 2: Blink 182 form in Poway, a city right next to the San Diego neighborhood of Scripps Ranch, where I grew up (though we wouldn't move there until 1994).
* August 3rd + 4th: General strike in South Africa against F. W. de Klerk's lack of negotiations.
* August 7: Unforgiven is released to theaters.
* August 12: North American countries announce they made deal for NAFTA that would ultimately be signed four months later.
* August 18: John Major establishes Iraqi no-fly zones in the aftermath of the Gulf War.
* August 23-28: Hurricane Andrew attacks the Bahamas and Florida.
* August 24: Concordia University massacre in Montreal.
* August 27: Super Mario Kart is released in Japan.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 2, 2018 8:10:01 GMT 10
August 1992:* August 2: Blink 182 form in Poway, a city right next to the San Diego neighborhood of Scripps Ranch, where I grew up (though we wouldn't move there until 1994). * August 3rd + 4th: General strike in South Africa against F. W. de Klerk's lack of negotiations. * August 7: Unforgiven is released to theaters. * August 12: North American countries announce they made deal for NAFTA that would ultimately be signed four months later. * August 18: John Major establishes Iraqi no-fly zones in the aftermath of the Gulf War. * August 23-28: Hurricane Andrew attacks the Bahamas and Florida. * August 24: Concordia University massacre in Montreal. * August 27: Super Mario Kart is released in Japan. Speaking of Mario Kart, have you ever played Mario Kart Wii? I am probably one of the few people that like Rainbow Road.
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Post by #Infinity on Sept 2, 2018 9:20:26 GMT 10
August 1992:* August 2: Blink 182 form in Poway, a city right next to the San Diego neighborhood of Scripps Ranch, where I grew up (though we wouldn't move there until 1994). * August 3rd + 4th: General strike in South Africa against F. W. de Klerk's lack of negotiations. * August 7: Unforgiven is released to theaters. * August 12: North American countries announce they made deal for NAFTA that would ultimately be signed four months later. * August 18: John Major establishes Iraqi no-fly zones in the aftermath of the Gulf War. * August 23-28: Hurricane Andrew attacks the Bahamas and Florida. * August 24: Concordia University massacre in Montreal. * August 27: Super Mario Kart is released in Japan. Speaking of Mario Kart, have you ever played Mario Kart Wii? I am probably one of the few people that like Rainbow Road. Yeah, I've played Mario Kart Wii, but I grew up primarily with Mario Kart 64, which was also one of the games that introduced me to Nintendo in general.
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Post by astropoug on Jun 9, 2021 8:46:58 GMT 10
November 2002
November 4th: Coldplay's signature song, Clocks, is released; Ratchet & Clank is released for the PS2
November 5th: Justin Timberlake's debut solo album Justified is released to major success
November 8th: The movie 8 Mile, featuring Eminem, is released
November 15th: Metroid Prime is released for the GameCube, and Metroid Fusion is released for the GBA, both to critical acclaim and commercial success, reinvigorating the Metroid franchise
November 16th: In more unfortunate news, the first case of SARS is detected in China, which would later become a major epidemic.
November 27th: Disney's Treasure Planet hits theaters. Despite being a flop upon release, it has since been hailed as a cult classic for its beautiful animation and risk-taking
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Post by sman12 on Jun 16, 2021 22:50:15 GMT 10
Looks like I got myself a pretty eventful month. October 2000:October 2nd: Radiohead releases their fourth album Kid A. October 3rd (my birthday): Green Day releases their sixth album Warning. Then-presidential candidates George W. Bush and Al Gore hold their first presidential debate at the University of Massachusetts. October 15th: Curb Your Enthusiasm on HBO premieres. October 26th: The NY Yankees, spearheaded by Derek Jeter, won the 2000 World Series 4-2 against the Mets in their third consecutive World Series win. The PlayStation 2 gets released in North America on the same day, eventually becoming the best-selling video game console of all time with 155 million+ units sold. October 31st: Outkast releases their fourth album Stankonia.
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Post by ItsMichael on Jun 17, 2021 3:05:18 GMT 10
Looks like I got myself a pretty eventful month. October 2000:October 2nd: Radiohead releases their fourth album Kid A. October 3rd (my birthday): Green Day releases their sixth album Warning. Then-presidential candidates George W. Bush and Al Gore hold their first presidential debate at the University of Massachusetts. October 15th: Curb Your Enthusiasm on HBO premieres. October 26th: The NY Yankees, spearheaded by Derek Jeter, won the 2000 World Series 4-2 against the Mets in their third consecutive World Series win. The PlayStation 2 gets released in North America on the same day, eventually becoming the best-selling video game console of all time with 155 million+ units sold. Aw you beat me to it I was about to do mine because I was also born in October of 2000 (October 2 is when I was born). October of 2000 does seem like an eventful month
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It's incredible to think that Stadium Australia managed to achieve a crowd of over 100,000 people! That's a record which will likely remain permanent, as the current highest-capacity stadium in Australia (the MCG) has a capacity of 100,024. 
