I grew up in Spring City, Utah. Never heard of it? Don't feel bad, neither have most of the people from Utah.

Nothing significant (aside from me) ever really came from there.

Swift, is that you? Wow kiwi, arrogance much?

I like this thread idea and should be able to get some decent pictures of my city this weekend to share.

Hastings, Sussex.

The battle of Hastings in 1066
The Battle of Hastings was the decisive Norman victory in the Norman conquest of England. The battle took place at Senlac Hill, approximately 6 miles (10 Km) north-west of Hastings, on which an abbey was subsequently built.
The battle took place on 14 October 1066, between the Norman army of Duke William of Normany from France, and the English army led by King Harold II. Harold was killed during the battle; traditionally, it is believed he was shot through the eye with an arrow. Although there was further English resistance for some time to come, this battle is seen as the point at which William gained control of England.


and the birthplace of british television.

Orlando, Florida.

Nothing really.

Except Walt Disney is living under Disney World, eating lost children.

In all seriousness, just the theme parks and such. Nothing historical really occurred there. I even checked wiki.

I shall do Cardiff, Wales. as my home town is a little too small<< other than Anthony Hopkins went to school there and the birth place of Iolo Morganwg(who).

Cardiff was a small town that grew around a Roman fort. Later they built a castle on the fort and the whole town was destroyed during the welsh uprising in the 1400s. It was just a small steadily growing town and other than that not a lot happen before 1780.
Along came the industrial revolution and Cardiff became one of the busiest and most rapidly expanding cities and largest exporter of coal in the world, it was the fuel of the British Empire at its peak exporting approximately 1 million tonnes of coal a month. During this period it also became the first place in the world to ever to process a cheque for more than £1 million.
Immigration was huge;
1801 - 6,364
1901 - 172,629
2001 - 292,150
with the immigration came immigrants from every corner of the world and it is a multi-ethnic city with over 100 languages spoken and a vast variety of different religious buildings.

With the decline of the British Empire, alternate fuel sources being found and coal being sourced elsewhere Cardiff went into a decline. Cardiff was bombed heavily during the war and never really recovered until the last 30 years where the city took on a massive rejuvenation including a barrage that has created the largest man-made fresh water lake in Europe. Cardiff is now a very popular tourist attraction and has millions of visitors every year.

Famous People include Roald Dahl(writer), Shirley Bassey(singer), Henry Morgan(Pirate), Charlotte Church(singer), Ivor Novello(entertainer) Tani Grey-Thompson (para-olympian), Ryan Giggs(Footballer)

We have the oldest Record shop in the world.
We have he 2nd largest stadium in the world that has a retractable roof.
We are also home to Dr Who and Torchwood.

Ann Arbor, Michigan, home of the University of Michigan.

President Kennedy unveiled the Peace Corps proposal at the University of Michigan in 1960. President Johnson first called for a "Great Society" as the commencement speaker at U of M in 1964. The first major meetings of the national left-wing campus group Students for a Democratic Society took place in Ann Arbor in 1960; in 1965, the city was home to the first U.S. teach-in against the Viet Nam war.

The rally to free John Sinclair (wiki him people), which included John Lennon, Yoko Ono, Bob Seger, Stevie Wonder, and Allen Ginsberg, was held at Crisler Arena in Ann Arbor. Three days after the rally, Sinclair was released from prison when the Michigan Supreme Court ruled that the state's marijuana statutes were unconstitutional. These events inspired the creation of Ann Arbor’s annual pro-legalization Hash Bash.

Domino's Pizza was founded in Ann Arbor, as was Borders Books.

Famous people from Ann Arbor include Bob Seger, astronaut Col. Jack Lousma, Iggy Pop, Don Dufek, Jim Harbaugh, Keith Bostic, Ken Burns, and myself.

How do you pronounce Ann Arbor? It is sounding weird in my head and I think I might be saying it wrong

I grew up in Petah Tikva, Israel.
I'm quoting wiki, since it is quicker than if I start writing it up myself.
Translation of the name is "Openning of Hope" and it is regarded as "The Mother of Settlements".

Ann AHR-ber

Ann like the woman's name, and Arbor as in trees.

I don't want to go digging for history on Dallas. I guess the first thing that comes to people's heads is the old soap opera named Dallas and that President Kennedy was assassinated here.