In other news, this makes the below a When I was *2*. :)

> Anyway. When I was 12, Reagan came into office, and the 52 American hostages in Iran were released minutes later.
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> Rupert Murdoch bought The Times, as well as The Sunday Times.
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> Walter Cronkite signed off for the last time on the CBS Evening News.
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> Reagan was shot in the chest. He would not only complete that term, but serve a second, and die in 2004.
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> Pope John Paul II was also shot. He would die in 2005.
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> Di married Charles.
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> A PC with an 8088 was released in the US at a base price of $1565.
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> O'Connor became the first female justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.
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> Jumping back for selected births: Elijah Wood, Justin Timberlake, Paris Hilton, Hayden Christensen, Danielle Fishel, Anna Kournikova, Beyoncé Knowles, Jonathan Taylor Thomas*, Jennifer Hudson, Zachery Ty Bryan*, and Britney Spears.
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> And again for selected deaths: Bob Marley, Anwar Sadat, Moshe Dayan, William Holden, and Natalie Wood.
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> *Yes, really! The guy who played the middle brother is actually a month and a day older than the guy who played the oldest brother.