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What Has Happened Since Philly Last Won The Cup?

36 things that have happened since 1975.

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In 2016, they made it to the Stanley Cup playoffs. In 2010, they faced off in the Stanley Cup finals. The last time they won the Cup? 1975. Who else could I be referring to than the Broadstreet Bullies- better known as the Philadelphia Flyers. I was a Flyers fan by birth, and continue to be a diehard fan by choice. I'll admit, they're not the best in the National Hockey League. To emphasize this, here's a list of 36 things that have happened since the Flyers last hoisted the Stanley Cup.

1. America Celebrated Its Bicentennial (1976)

2. Steve Jobs and Stephen Wozniak Introduced The Apple I Computer (1976)


3. NASA Revealed Their Space Shuttle, Enterprise (1976)

4. "Star Wars" Hit Theatres (1977)

5. Three Mile Island Almost Blew Up (1979)


6. The Remains Of The Titanic Were Found (1980)


7. Pac-Man Is Created (1980)


8. Sandra Day O'Connor Is Elected To The Supreme Court As The First Female Judge (1981)


9. Two Royal Weddings Occurred (1981, 2011)

Prince Charles and Diana Spencer and Prince William and Kate Middleton, respectively

10. MTV Debuted (1981)

11. Sally Ride Became The First Woman Astronaut In Space (1983)


12. Apple Introduces The First Macintosh Personal Computer (1984)


13. Scientists Announce That A Hole In The Ozone Layer Has Been Found (1985)


14. Nintendo Releases The First Hand-Held Gameboy (1986)


15. The Simpsons Aired On FOX (1989)


"D'oh!" They still only have two Stanley Cups.

16. The Berlin Wall Was Torn Down (1989)


17. The Hubble Telescope Was Launched Into Space (1990)


18. Tim Burners-Lee Pitched His Idea For The World Wide Web (1990)

19. The First Text Message Was Sent (1993)


20. The First Evidence Of Black Holes In The Universe Was Found (1994)


(The evidence was confirmed in 2001)

21. Sony Demonstrated An Early Flat Screen Television (1995)


22. J.K. Rowling Wrote The First Harry Potter Book (1997)

"OMG, they still haven't won another Cup?!"

23. The First Social Networking Site, Six Degrees, Was Launched (1997)


24. Google Search Engine Was Born (1998)


25. The World Entered A New Millenium (2000)


26. Apple Introduced The First Generation iPod (2001)

27. Social Networking Sites and Apps Such As MySpace (2003), Facebook (2004), Twitter (2006), Tumblr (2007), Instagram (2010), and Snapchat (2012) Were Launched


28. The First YouTube Video Was Uploaded (2005)

29. Microsoft Released Windows Vista (2007)


30. Apple Computer Releases The First iPhone (2007)

31. Mount St. Helens Last Erupted (2008)

32. Flight 1549 Landed Safely In The Hudson River (2009)

33. The Swine Flu and Ebola Epidemics Scared The U.S. (2009, 2015)

34. The #BlackLivesMatter Movement Began (2013)

35. Gay Marriage Was Legalized In The United States (2015)


36. Seven (Almost Eight) U.S. Presidents Have Been In Office

Ford, Carter, Reagan, George H.W. Bush, Clinton, George W. Bush, and Obama

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