What was happening in the world during the year you had your 21st Birthday

Sven appointed England Manager

Mandela resigns

Shelby rail crash kills 10

Some royal aid charged for murder

2 jags lamps somebody

Nepal royal family massacred

James Bulgers killers to be release, and having life long anonymity

9/11 and subsequently the war on terror and all that came with it

IRA begin decommissioning weapons
 
The first flip mobile phone goes on sale with over 60 million units sold

Mike Tyson knocks out Frank Bruno, gaining the Heavyweight title

Sotheby’s hold an auction of Jackie Onassis’ belongings, making over $34.5 million


The Fresh Prince of Bel Air airs its final episode


Independence Day premieres in California, going on to become the most popular film release of the year

Dolly the sheep becomes the first mammal to successfully be cloned from an adult cell

Google starts indexing the web, but won’t get its own domain until 1997

Princess Diana and Prince Charles officially divorce after fifteen years of marriage

Dunblane

The BBC airs The Simpsons for the first time in the UK

Olympics

Some major football tournament in which England get knocked out on penalties
 
A blatant attempt to age posters if ever there was one.

I was ever so pleased to hear mummy and daddy tell me that a horse won the Grand National and beer was on sale at the local pub, plus my original babysitter was as fit as feck despite her being 15 years older than I.
 
On my 21st Basil Boli was busy sticking the head on Stuart Pearce,can't remember too much after that to be fair
 
Chris Waddle and Stuart Pearce were missing penalties for England. Ian Baird saved the Boro from relegation and we went to Wembley for the first time.

In other news Tories unceremoniously booted out Thatcher
 
Charlie Hebdo and November terrorist attack in France
Conservatives win the general election
Charleston church shooting
Trump launches presidential campaign
Boro lose in the play-off final against Norwich

Pretty **** year from what I remember.
 
Chris Rea - "Chris Rea" Album was released.
I lived in South Shields at the time.
The new metro build had reached "The Chi" but wasn't opened till a few years later.
Ipswich were top of the First Division.
Boro lost that match against Wolves in the FA Cup in the replay and began the long slide to 1986.
John Lennon's "Imagine" was no.1 in the music charts.
It was 50p a pint in the "NOPs" and all the lads said they wouldn't buy another if it went above 50p.
Billingham Bombers were still in the Northern Hockey League, along with Durham Wasps and Whitley Warriors.
BBC Radio Cleveland broadcast from studios on Newport Road.
Mobile phones didn't exist.
Channel Four hadn't been invented.
The Ford Fiesta and Austin Metro were the top-selling cars.
"Franky Dees" had a supermarket underneath Gaskins nightclub on Linthorpe Road.
Chariots of Fire and Private Benjamin were amongst the best films of the year.
The Swatters Carr was called The Empire and had three rooms.
The University was called Teesside Polytechnic.
The legendary 263 ran from Boro to Redcar an back
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A certain European Championship was taking place in this country, the sun shone every day and the greatest rock n roll band of a generation were doing two huge homecoming gigs before going on to conquer Hertfordshire, oh a certain Italian signed for Boro.

All in all not a bad year
 
I can't remember specific events, but the year was 1981. I celebrated my 21st with a meal in the restaurant in the Dragonora it seemed very posh at the time.
Edit Charles and Di got married that year.
 
etmfc said:
I can't remember specific events, but the year was 1981. I celebrated my 21st with a meal in the restaurant in the Dragonora it seemed very posh at the time.
Edit Charles and Di got married that year.
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See mine and grumpyoldgit's posts 😁
 
Everyone was getting very worried about the Millennium Bug (remember that?) and that planes were going to drop out of the sky on NYE. Of course nothing at all happened! Almost seemed like the IT industry dreamt it up to get people spending....
 
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