Age gauge...

These events occurred and these songs were topping the charts when my age was:

32 years old at the time of the 9-11 attack on America;
30 years old on the first day of Y2K;
28 years old when Princess Diana was killed in a car crash;
25 years old at the time of Oklahoma City bombing;
24 years old when O. J. Simpson was charged with murder;
23 years old at the time of the 93 bombing of the World Trade Center;
21 years old when Operation Desert Storm began;
20 years old during the fall of the Berlin Wall;
16 years old when the space shuttle Challenger exploded;
14 years old when Apple introduced the Macintosh;
13 years old during Sally Ride's travel in space;
11 years old when Pres. Reagan was shot by John Hinckley, Jr.;
10 years old at the time the Iran hostage crisis began;
6 years old on the U.S.'s bicentennial Fourth of July;
5 years old when President Nixon left office; and
2 years old when Alabama Gov. George C. Wallace was shot.

Me and Bobby McGee, Janis Joplin: 1;
ABC TV premieres In Concert: 3;
Time in a Bottle, Jim Croce: 4;
I Shot the Sheriff, Eric Clapton: 5;
Silly Love Songs, Wings: 6;
Elvis Presley Dies: 8;
Do Ya Think I'm Sexy, Rod Stewart: 9;
Another Brick in the Wall, Pink Floyd: 10;
John Lennon is shot to death: 11; MTV makes its debut: 11;
Who Can it be Now, Men at Work: 13;
The recording of We Are The World: 15;
Walk Like an Egyptian, Bangles: 17;
Didn't We Almost have it all, Whitney Houston: 18;
Back In The U.S.S.R. is released exclusively in Russia: 19;
Nothing Compares 2 U, Sinead O'Connor: 20;
Emotions, Mariah Carey: 22;
Fleetwood Mac perform at Bill Clinton's inauguration: 23;
The Sign, Ace Of Base: 24; and
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum opens: 26;

These movies were released in the U.S. my age was:

The Godfather: 2;
American Graffiti: 3;
Jaws: 5;
Star Wars: 7;
Animal House: 8;
Star Trek: The Motion Picture: 10;
ET: 12;
The Terminator: 15;
Top Gun: 16;
Planes, Trains & Automobiles: 18;
Steel Magnolias: 20;
Home Alone: 21;
Wayne's World: 22;
Jurassic Park: 23;
Forrest Gump: 24;
Fargo: 26;
Saving Private Ryan: 28; and
Toy Story 2: 30

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