What are the great "firsts" of the past 60 years?

[GasX]

First man in space
First man on the moon
First man to climb Everest
First man to break the sound barrier

What else?

 

[GasX]

Since this is ATOT, I have to add:

First man on the internet
First man to Nef

 

[hjo3]

First fusion reaction on earth
First nuclear power plant went online
First legal abortion in the US (?) (EDIT: Apparently not - see ElFenix's post)
First successful(-ish) cloning of an animal

 

[OrByte]

First time I got laid ranks right up there definitely.

 

[JeffreyLebowski]

1st time a President was assassinated on film. (JFK)

I guess that's not a great moment, but it's an important one.

 

[mugs]

1st personal computer.

 

[ElFenix]

Originally posted by: hjo3
First fusion reaction on earth
First nuclear power plant went online
First legal abortion in the US (?)
First successful(-ish) cloning of an animal

abortion was legal through most of the first century of US history. the common law of england was followed, and no indictment would follow an abortion prior to the 'quickening' (when the fetus started kicking).

abortion laws didn't really get off the ground until the AMA started assassinating competing health-care fields in the later 1800s. by 1910 every state in the country had law outlawing non-therapeutic abortion (which remained legal throughout).

 

[GasX]

Originally posted by: OrByte
First time I got laid ranks right up there definitely.

hardly rates a Wiki page...

 

[Safeway]

First time AIDS affected humans.
First time ...

 

[GasX]

Originally posted by: Safeway
First time AIDS affected humans.
First time ...

I have heard anecdotal evidence that there may have been isolated cases pre-dating the early days of the epidemic - as early as the 30's

 

[GasX]

when did we break the sound barrier?

 

[thejackal1]

first black man to sit on a white toilet. At least dave chappelle recorded that event.

 

[ElFenix]

Originally posted by: Mwilding
when did we break the sound barrier?

59.6 years ago

 

[GasX]

Originally posted by: thejackal1
first black man to sit on a white toilet. At least dave chappelle recorded that event.

Rosa Parks has nothing on Cyrus Halloway!

 

[giantpinkbunnyhead]

Alaska became the first state admitted to the Union, that wasn't attached to the "Lower 48"!!

 

[Gibsons]

cloning DNA, sequencing DNA, introducing and expressing functional DNA in new species.

First cases of HIV infecting humans probably happened in the 1930s.

 

[nineball9]

First transistor, 1947.