Monday 1 July 2013

Hong Kong Returns

Always enjoyed history and factor many things from it into my books. So I thought it would be fun to do a history week. Yes, you can find them elsewhere, but I am still going to post them. Also figured this week will be slow do to holidays. So here you are.

This Day in History:

Hong Kong returned to China - 1997

The first Pg-13 rating debuts - 1984

Canada's Independence Day - 1867

The last Ford Thunderbird was produced - 2005

The first Sony Walkman went on sale - 1979

Any of these ring a bell?

11 comments:

  1. pretty amazing how far we came from when the walkman was introduced...

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  2. The Walkman was huge in its day, now when you think back to it ... Wow!! Brian is right. We have come a long way.

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  3. If you even count that last generation of Thunderbird as a real Thunderbird. And this is coming from a Ford guy.

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  4. walkman's are such a hunk of junk now

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  5. I remember the return of Hong Kong and thinking what might happen to the culture. The walkman was a big event, as it opened up the door for further technology; it also was a favorite gift for any age.

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  6. I didn't realize Walkmans were that old. Yay for a much better generation of technology.

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  7. I remember the first PG-13 rating.

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  8. I just heard on the news about the first PG-13 rating being today so that must be a news worthy item.

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  9. We've come a long way since the Sony Walkman. I wonder what we'll have in another 30 years where we go- Oh, my gosh, I remember having an ipod lol.

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  10. I read a book on the history of Hong Kong that was fascinating.

    Prolly I'm one of the few who never owned a walkman.

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