What happened in the year you reached 18?

[proclaimer]

In recognition of Harv hitting 18 this year. When I hit 18:

Saints finished 9th in the second division
EMI drop the *** pistols from their label
1st flight of the space shuttle
Red Rum wins the Grand National for an unprecedented third time
Portsmuff finish 20th in the third division
Elvis Presley is found dead at his home Graceland in Memphis, Tennessee.
Silver jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain
Apple Computer ships its 1st Apple II
Pele played the final game of his career at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey
Saturday Night Fever - released
Fleetwood Mac's "Rumors" is #1 for 19th straight weeks
Liverpool win both the European Cup and the Football League Championship.
The Clash headline the opening night of London's only punk rock club, The Roxy
The Spy Who Loved Me - released
Niki Lauda wins F1 Championship

[BlueAdder]

It was 1954
Food Rationing after WW2 ended
Elvis Presley made his first 10 minute demo recording.
Roger Bannister broke the 4 minute mile.
Wolves won the League Division 1.
West Brom won the cup.
Lord of the Rings was first published.

[souths1]

Can't remember.

[RICKYwillTAKEusUP]

Saints won the JPT and finished 7th in League 1.
Alan Pardew sacked and Nigel Adkins appointed manager of SFC.
Amy Williams wins skeleton gold in winter Olympics.
Mount Eyjafjallajokull eruptions in Iceland grounds air traffic accross Europe.
Spain win Fifa World Cup, England meanwhile are humbled by Germany.
Tallest man-made structure to date, the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, is officially opened.
Thirty-three miners in Chile, trapped 700 metres underground survive record 69 days.
Film releases include: Inception, Harry Potter: Deathly Hallows pt 1, Black Swan and The King's Speech.

[harvey_7]

Would be good if a MOD could save this thread & in December Irl add to it.
You never know I could end up putting 'the skates are playing non-league football'

[BileysThere]

Manchester United win the FA Cup when Liverpool fail to sign Portsmouth born striker.

[Grannie64]

The Falkland War.
The Mary Rose raised from the Solent.
ZX Spectrum/Commodore64 launched.
Sony release first CD player.
Thriller tops the Charts.
Prince William born.
Cheers first aired.
ET and The Dark Crystal in Cinemas.

Italy beat Germany in World Cup Final.
Six England captains played for Southampton FC . Alan Ball, Mick Channon, Kevin Keegan, Mick Mills, Peter Shilton and Dave Watson.
Southampton finished 7th in Division 1.
Portsmouth 13th in Division 3.

[chief_wiggam]

Donna Summer released "Love to Love you baby"
The longest, hottest summer ever recorded
A lad called Bobby Stokes scored the winning goal at Wembley for my team to lift the FA Cup.

[ozzy62]

Going by memory only.

John Lennon got shot.
I got drunk very often.
Some fat Aussie won the F1.
Hoofers won the Cup.
I got laid very often
That horrible Moscow song was in the charts.
Celtic and Rangers had a little scuffle on the Hampton pitch.
The skunts were probably sh!t back then too.

[SaintD]

Juke Box Jury began.
Hovercraft officially launched.
Postcodes introduced.
Barclay's the first Bank to install a computer.
Margaret Thatcher enters Parliament.
Empire Day becomes Commonwealth Day.