Ooh, thank you clever people. Some of these I hadn't thought of.
Berlin Wall! How could I forget David Hasselhoff's finest moment!
Please help me! Page 2
- Orange Revolution in Ukraine
- protests in Tibet
- Maastricht Treaty
- Euro
Quote: Marc P @ July 13 2008, 2:21 PM BSTWhy shouldn't you wear Russian underpants?
Because Chernobyl fallout.
JFK
Reagan shot? When did that happen?
Winter of discontent
Election of Maggie (<3)
Crushing of the unions
Maggie's replacement
'Black Wednesday'
What'd you need these for, zoooski?
Quote: Simon Stratton @ July 13 2008, 3:01 PM BSTJFK
Reagan shot? When did that happen?
1981, right after he took office.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reagan_assassination_attempt
JFK's assassination was 45 years ago!
Watergate Scandal (Nixon).
Poll Tax - Madge's downfall.
Black Monday and the recession that came about after we joined the EU basket of currencies.
Cold War
Challenger Explosion
Mobile phones
Michael Jackson
Quote: DaButt @ July 13 2008, 3:03 PM BST1981, right after he took office.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reagan_assassination_attempt
JFK's assassination was 45 years ago!
Ah - yes, 30 years, I see now. Best ignore watergate as well then.
Quote: Aaron @ July 13 2008, 3:02 PM BSTWinter of discontent
Election of Maggie (<3)
Crushing of the unions
Maggie's replacement
'Black Wednesday'
Aw, I thought that said unicorns.
What'd you need these for, zoooski?
Just for a thing I might be writing. Was going to be from the '80s on, but there's some good stuff in the '70s too. Like Watergate.
Quote: zooo @ July 13 2008, 3:06 PM BSTJust for a thing I might be writing. Was going to be from the '80s on, but there's some good stuff in the '70s too. Like Watergate.
Well I guessed that much! 
Depending on the exact nature of the piece, there's also the Profumo Affair in 1963. Basically the whole state of our current political system stems from it.
*goes back to wikipedia*
First satellite
First dog in space
First man in space
First man on the moon
First robot on Mars
Quote: Aaron @ July 13 2008, 3:11 PM BSTProfumo Affair in 1963.
The German version: The Guillaume affair of 1974. No hot girls, though.
Quote: billwill @ July 13 2008, 3:17 PM BSTFirst man on the moon
I think she's looking for things that actually happened.
Quote: EllieJP @ July 13 2008, 3:20 PM BSTI think she's looking for things that actually happened.
Conspiracy theorist!
Quote: EllieJP @ July 13 2008, 3:20 PM BSTI think she's looking for things that actually happened.
Don't get me started. 
I'll be supporting the launch of the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter later this year as part of my job. LRO will image the Apollo site(s) and put an end to the nonsense once and for all. (And then a few years later the Chinese astronauts will do the same thing.)