It happened in 1987

Check out all the cool things that happened the year I was born in 1987:

On the day of my birthday Final Fantasy was released for Famicom and the Perl programming language was created.

Freaking Legend of Zelda, Metal Gear, Castlevania, Street Figher, Phantasy Star and Mega Man came out!

In 1987 the first version of Photoshop was released.

Microsoft released Windows 2.0

The world's first conference on artificial life is held at Los Alamos National Laboratory.

The first National Coming Out Day is held in celebration of the second National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights.

The Simpsons is aired for the first time

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles animated series started

Fraggle Rock and The Jetsons ended

Animator for the National Film Board of Canada, Norman McLaren, died

The Princess Bride, Dirty Dancing, Robocop and Spaceballs are released

U2 released their album The Joshua Tree

Michael Jackson released his second album Bad

Guns N' Roses, and Kylie Minogue released their premier albums

Prozac is approved by the FDA for release in the USA

Prozac (the band) released their first album

First heart-lung transplant performed

The World Population reached five billion

Frobisher Bay, Northwest Territories, changed its name to Iqaluit.

Also; Lil' Bow-Wow, Hilary Duff, Zac Efron and Aaron Carter were born... oh well it can't all be super interesting.