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Please click here to vote and donatePost war baby boom starts, British Epilepsy Association is founded, Anti epilepsydrug launched; Phenacemide, Queen Elizabeth II crowned, Korean war ends, Elvis Presley signs RCA record contract, Mel Gibson was born, Soviet Union launches Sputnik1, BEA organises the first national mepilepsy week, Alaska and Hawaii become the 49th and 50th US states, Barbie dolls launched.
Muhammad Ali won first professional fight, Beehive – becomes fashionable , Mini Skirts, The first computer video game – Space War, J F Kennedy assassination, First Doctor Who broadcast, Start of the Cultural Revolution in China, England wins Fiffa Works Cup, First man on the moon and the Original Woodstock.
Pocket Calculators & Lava lamps, Platform shoes , Floppy disks commercially available, Pong became popular, Vietnam war ends, AC/DC, Raleigh Chopper, Concorde route established between NY & Paris, Star Wars is released, Terry Wogan launches appeal for BEA’s children’s holiday unit, Margaret Thatcher is elected PM.
Ronald Reagan is elected, First shuttle launch, E.T. The Extra Terrestial was released, Nintendo entertainment system, Live Aid, Transport act includes concessions for epileptics, Rubik's Cube, Fall of the Berlin Wall.
Hubble space telescope is launched, Mrs Dowling becomes BEA’s 10,000 member, Nelson Mandela released, The World Wide Web is available, First ‘Walk to beat epilepsy’ raises £50,000, Channel tunnel opens, Nelson Mandela is elected, Spice Girls release debut single, Mobile phones gain massive popularity, Good Friday agreement signed, Posh & Becks wed.
Holland passes law allowing same sex marriages, Ken Livingstone becomes first Mayor of London, New Mini, Michael Jackson receives ‘Artist of the century’ award, BEA becomes ‘Epilepsy Action’, RMS QE2 christened, Terrorists attack in London & Europe, Wii released, Leeds Met Uni launches MSC in epilepsy practice, iPhone, EA win dept of health info accreditation standard, Bill Gates steps down as Microsoft chairman, Barack Obama elected
"I wish for less ignorance from those who do not suffer, or know someone who suffers from Epilepsy. I wish this to happen so that those of us who suffer, only have to suffer the seizures, and not the comments, remarks and lack of support by those who do not understand."
- Addie Rutter, Chelmsford