ScottFromWyoming wrote: 
These two things have what in common ?

 kurtster wrote:
 A wise man once wrote:.

1992 – The first discoveries of extrasolar planets are announced by astronomers Aleksander Wolszczan and Dale Frail. They discovered two planets orbiting the pulsar PSR 1257+12.

 kurtster wrote:
As noted by R_D: 2021 – Supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump attack the United States Capitol to disrupt certification of the 2020 presidential election, resulting in five deaths and evacuation of the U.S. Congress.

Imagine the fear on one side of the door/glass with all those people coming after you to hurt/kill/hang/rape you - which is what the advancing crowd were yelling.

This seems like a problem, also. I would be hard pressed to believe that these were just "normal" suicides.

and 

 Red_Dragon wrote: 
There was only one death on January 6th as a direct result of the "attack".  The death of an unarmed protester that has yet to be adjudicated, IIRC.

2021 – Supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump attack the United States Capitol to disrupt certification of the 2020 presidential election, resulting in five deaths and evacuation of the U.S. Congress.

 rgio wrote:

Thought I heard in a recent interview, Springsteen admit the lyrics to this song were somewhat gibberish,.

50  years ago... Greetings was released...

1953 – The play Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett receives its première in Paris.

1977 – Apple Computer is incorporated.

1983 – The ARPANET officially changes to using TCP/IP, the Internet Protocol, effectively creating the Internet.

2019 – The World Health Organization is informed of cases of pneumonia with an unknown cause, detected in Wuhan.<16> This later turned out to be COVID-19, the cause of the COVID-19 pandemic.

1922 – The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) is formed.

1831 – Charles Darwin embarks on his journey aboard HMS Beagle, during which he will begin to formulate his theory of evolution.

1991 – The Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union meets and formally dissolves the Soviet Union, ending the Cold War.

1963 – The Beatles' "I Want to Hold Your Hand" and "I Saw Her Standing There" are released in the United States, marking the beginning of Beatlemania on an international level.

2021 – The James Webb Space Telescope is launched.

1968 – Apollo program: The crew of Apollo 8 enters into orbit around the Moon, becoming the first humans to do so. They performed ten lunar orbits and broadcast live TV pictures.

1906 – Reginald Fessenden transmits the first radio broadcast; consisting of a poetry reading, a violin solo, and a speech.

 Red_Dragon wrote: 
And Ukraine still has borders ...