Apollo 11 moon landing in 1969. From there, Space Pops, Space Sticks, and all those other yummy space-themed treats were born, as if landing on the moon weren't enough awesomeness at the time.
Don't remember those treats but my parents did let me stay up and watch it. What I remember most about it was a commercial with a dancing woman dressed as a cigarette pack singing "taste me, taste me, come on and taste me, take a puff and let me do my stuff. Taste me, taste me, come on and taste me - that's all Doral asks". I can sing it now.
I've done a stupid thing or 6. I guess I meant humanity in general. The sum total of stupidity divided by the population. There is a logical comment you could make about this response. How clever are you?