# The day you turned 10. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 29, 2012, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-day-you-turned-10/611109 "2012-01-29T20:27:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Tess\_Trueheart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/779978/32.png) [@Tess\_Trueheart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tess_Trueheart)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2012, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-day-you-turned-10/611109/61 "2012-01-31T03:48:27Z")
A 6.0 Richter scale earthquake hit western Colombia killing at least 1,000, and conductor Robert Shaw died. Rotten day. ---
**Author:** ![Rala](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@Rala](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rala)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2012, 9:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-day-you-turned-10/611109/62 "2012-01-31T09:11:08Z")
The Netherlands legalised euthanasia. ---
**Author:** ![Rushgeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rushgeekgirl/32/3715_2.png) [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2012, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-day-you-turned-10/611109/63 "2012-01-31T13:26:03Z")
President of Pakistan, Zia-ul-Haq, confers Nishan-e-Imtiaz on Nobel laureate Dr Abdus Salam. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2012, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-day-you-turned-10/611109/64 "2012-01-31T13:50:33Z")
[Baby Jessica](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jessica_McClure) fell down the well. ---
**Author:** ![Tracyfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f14d63/32.png) [@Tracyfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tracyfish)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2012, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-day-you-turned-10/611109/65 "2012-01-31T15:20:04Z")
Hurricane Andrew hit Florida on my 10th birthday. ---
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2012, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-day-you-turned-10/611109/66 "2012-01-31T15:32:46Z")
5 workers are killed by the police in a demonstration in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain. Mozambique closes border with Rhodesia ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2012, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-day-you-turned-10/611109/67 "2012-01-31T15:57:28Z")
- American Airlines DC-10 crashes in Chicago killing 275 - Israel begins to return Sinai to Egypt - Raul Gonzales of Mexico completes 50,000 m walk in record 3:41:38.4 ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2012, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-day-you-turned-10/611109/68 "2012-01-31T16:09:14Z")
- Assassination attempt on governor George Wallace of Alabama - Danish airliner hit mountain in Sheikdom of Oman killing 112 - NASA selects 3 part configuration for Space Shuttle March 15, 1972 ---
**Author:** ![KRC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/45deac/32.png) [@KRC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KRC)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2012, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-day-you-turned-10/611109/69 "2012-01-31T16:49:45Z")
Something funny happened to Karen Silkwood and when she complained something happened to her car, leading to her untimely demise. ---
**Author:** ![Aeris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a183cd/32.png) [@Aeris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aeris)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2012, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-day-you-turned-10/611109/70 "2012-01-31T17:56:01Z")
Well the link the OP provided says that some amusement park riders in Belgium were stuck upside for 90 minutes. When you google the date though this weird Department of Defense pdf pops up about Mental Health Evaluations. Weird. ---
**Author:** ![RalfCoder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@RalfCoder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RalfCoder)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2012, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-day-you-turned-10/611109/71 "2012-01-31T18:12:52Z")
Some birthdays and deaths of people I’ve never heard of. Oh, and Pioneer 7 was launched into a solar orbit. Wonder if it’s still out there? The wikipedia article for it says one of its instruments was functioning still in 1995, 29 years after launch. > [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > I was going to tell you what the Queen’s father told her when she turned 10, but now that I’ve found a link I see that it was [when she turned 12](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5434ZUQIxPM). Johnny - was that Eartha Kitt??? And the guy with the cigar HAS to be Tattoo! ---
**Author:** ![BwanaBob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bwanabob/32/2985_2.png) [@BwanaBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BwanaBob)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2012, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-day-you-turned-10/611109/72 "2012-01-31T18:15:49Z")
A tie between Cuellar and McLain for the Cy Young award. Both those guys would be billionaires in today’s market. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2012, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-day-you-turned-10/611109/73 "2012-01-31T18:23:21Z")
September 26, 1961: Roger Maris hits HR #60 off Jack Fisher, tying Babe Ruth’s record ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2012, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-day-you-turned-10/611109/74 "2012-01-31T19:53:15Z")
- 1st radio broadcast from space (Pres Eisenhower voice “To all mankind, America’s wish for Peace on Earth & Good Will to Men Everywhere”) 19 Dec 58 ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2012, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-day-you-turned-10/611109/75 "2012-01-31T21:05:30Z")
> [@RollOutTheBarrel](#): > > March 6, 1990: > “SR-71 sets a transcontinental record, flying 2,404 miles in 1:08:17.” > Cool! 🆒 Hey, I had an SR-71 record on my tenth, too, per Wiki: _The SR-71 Blackbird sets (and holds) the record for flying from New York to London in the time of 1 hour, 54 minutes and 56.4 seconds at a speed of 1,435.587 miles per hour (2,310.353 km/h)._ And four people were born that I’ve never heard of: _Burn Gorman, American-born British actor Jason Taylor, American football player Jhonen Vasquez, American comic book artist Yutaka Yamamoto, Japanese anime director_ Nobody famous died, I guess. And I had a great birthday party. I think that was the one when my mom made me as much bacon as I wanted for breakfast. Good thing we didn’t know about fat and cholesterol then! :: burp :: ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2012, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-day-you-turned-10/611109/76 "2012-01-31T21:14:10Z")
Nothing of note, just like that date 10 years earlier. In fact, on wiki there are only 6 events listed on that date during my entire lifetime. ---
**Author:** ![truthbot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@truthbot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/truthbot)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2012, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-day-you-turned-10/611109/77 "2012-02-01T22:25:58Z")
**Hair** premiered in NYC. Ta Da! I’m pleased to report that Louis B. Mayer died the day I was born. That’ll teach him to call Joan Crawford box-office poison! ---
**Author:** ![Simmerdown](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simmerdown/32/14859_2.png) [@Simmerdown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simmerdown)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2012, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-day-you-turned-10/611109/78 "2012-02-02T04:07:14Z")
August 18, 1973: - Gene Krupa, drummer, plays for final time with Benny Goodman Quartet - Hank Aaron’s record 1,378 extra base hit surpasses Stan Musial record But fuck any of that. My parents took us (me and my two older sisters) on a European vacation (with some business sprinkled in). I was in Venice on my 10th birthday. ---
**Author:** ![missinformation](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d07c76/32.png) [@missinformation](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missinformation)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2012, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-day-you-turned-10/611109/79 "2012-02-02T21:29:04Z")
9/16/70 - Jordan king Hussein forms military government woohoooo…at least in the earlier years, my birthday brought excitement…hurricanes, bomb exploding at the stock market (50 years prior to my birth) ---
**Author:** ![maggenpye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecc23a/32.png) [@maggenpye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maggenpye)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2012, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-day-you-turned-10/611109/80 "2012-02-02T22:43:43Z")
Alice Cooper fell off a Vancouver stage and broke six ribs … Some people I’ve never heard of were born, or died, or won a golf tournament. Stirring stuff. My 7th birthday saw this: “1972 – Title IX of the United States Civil Rights Act of 1964 is amended to prohibit sexual discrimination to any educational program receiving federal funds.” Hurrah! One of the members of Oasis is only a year younger than me - who knew they were such old farts? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-day-you-turned-10/611109.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-day-you-turned-10/611109.md?page=5)