The Transformers Collection Count & Historical Events Game

[GoktimusPrime]

1955:
* Jim Henson constructs the first Kermit the Frog
* The Vietnam War begins
* Sir Robert Menzies is re-elected as Prime Minister

[GoktimusPrime]

1957:
* Manga artist Takahashi Rumiko (creator of Ranma 1/2, Maison Ikkoku, Inuyasha etc.) is born.
* Theodore Geisel (a.k.a. "Dr. Seuss") publishes The Cat in the Hat
* In Liverpool, England, a teenage band known as The Quarrymen are playing a gig at St. Peter's Church. One audience member joins this band a few months later. The head of the band is John Lennon, and the audience member who joined them was Paul McCartney. 3 years later, The Quarrymen rebrand themselves as "The Beatles."

[Jaxius._]

Spent the weekend going through those storage tubs I got when my parents were sick of my habit (2007) I have so much it is ridiculous.

Got rid of Ko's and ones it horrible condition, also double ups.

1932:

Adolf Hitler runs for president of Germany

In February 1932, President Hindenburg reluctantly agreed to run again and announced his candidacy for re-election. Hitler decided to oppose him


Amelia Earhart Becomes First Woman to Fly Solo across the Atlantic

On May 20-21, 1932, Earhart accomplished her goal of flying solo across the Atlantic Ocean


German physicist Albert Einstein granted a visa to enter America

"The Mummy" directed by Karl Freund and starring Boris Karloff is released in the US - 1st Mummy horror film

[GoktimusPrime]

1962:
* Algeria declares independence from France
* The first James Bond movie, Dr. No, is released in cinemas, starring Sean Connery as 007.
* James Meredith becomes the first African-American to be admitted into the then racially-segregated University of Mississippi. He had already twice failed admission but the court ruled in his favour, stating that exclusion of students based on race was unlawful. Many white students became enraged and rioted. Two people were killed. After Federal Troops regained control of the university, Meredith attended his first day under guard. Although some students were accepting of Meredith, he did experience widespread bullying and extreme isolation (e.g. if he sat at a table in the cafeteria, other students would get up and move to another table etc.). Meredith graduated with a degree in political science.

[GoktimusPrime]

1963:
* Tezuka Osamu's Tetsuwan Atom ("Astroboy") manga series debuts on New Year's Day.
* Martin Luther King Jr. utters these powerful words on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial: "I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the colour of their skin, but by the content of their character. I have a dream today!"
* Marvel Comics releases #1 of a comic book series known as The Avengers.

[GoktimusPrime]

1966:
* Indira Gandhi (no relation to Mahatma Gandhi) is elected as India's first female Prime Minister.
* Australia switches to decimal currency and begins converting to metric weights and measures.
* Japan, having started converting to the metric system in 1924, legally declares the metric system as their official system of weights and measures. All government sectors now exclusively use metric weights and measures.

[GoktimusPrime]

Is noone else keeping count of their toys?
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1967:
* Pulsars are discovered and the term "black hole" is first coined.
* The Australian government holds a referendum in order to change the Constitution and have it legally count Indigenous Australians as people. 90.77% of Australians voted "yes," and thus Aborigines were finally classified as fully human beings.
* Legendary voice actress Hayashibara Megumi is born.