Begin Your Assignment by using........
The IMC Databases
NewsBank  - search the New York Times or Philadelphia Inquirer for newspaper articles on the day you were born
Gale Virtual Reference Library - click on History-view all and then click on UXL Decades and choose the decade.  Each section of the book has a chronology.  It also has information on the topics in the news, people, arts and entertainment
SIRS Decades - use this for additional information on the events of your birthday

Use the catalog to locate books
Chronologies can be found in 917.3  while history books are found in 973.92

Use the Internet  for Popular Culture information.

• The 20th Century - you can find the events that occurred on the day you were born; just choose the year and then scroll down for the day and the event.
• Flashback - this site will give you information on the economy including individual prices for consumer items.  Can also get information on the movies, television, books and sports.  t is arranged by decade and can be searched by year
• This Day in Movie History - births, deaths, marriages; you can search by month, day and year. 
• Today in History - American Memory Project of the Library of Congress
• dMarie Time Capsule - you can locate information on your birthday by entering month, day, and year
• The Day I Was Born - at this site you will find information on all the events on the day you were born; You will have to complete the calendar to access information about the day you were born; you can even create an online project
• Yahoo! This Day in History
• Anyday Today-in-History Pages
• A Day in History - Search by month and year; it will give you a list of events for each year
• History Channel
• Famous Birthdays
• On This Day - Archives of the New York Times
• MPR's The Writer's Almanac - Today in Literary History
• This Day in Music History - Pick your Own Day
• This Date in Baseball
• The 80s from Kingwood College Library - learn about popular culture and history; links to web sites with pictures and information
• The History of Fashion - this site has pictures and information about fashion during the 80s
• The 80s from Yahoo - list of links to popular culture
• Totally 80s - people, fashion, movies