Boston Vice?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9sdLJyFj4E

Remember them?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2JvMD-YM2w

July 11, 1985...I turned 5 years old, and had a party two days later. In fact, I remember all of my birthday parties beginning with this one.

On July 13th it will be 25 years since Live-Aid.

I had a job bagging groceries at a supermarket.  School was over, so I didn't have to deal with same azzwholes day after day.  Soon you figure you have do that with work.  It's not as bad as school, but there was a bullying mentality about the place. 

There was LIVE AID.  There was great concern among everybody about Ethiopa.  LIVE AID was quite marginal.  It barely made a dent in the debt Ethiopa owed.  It was great for all the artists involved. 

I think David Gilmour met Jon Carin at LIVE AIDE.

;D

Depeche Mode's "People Are People" was a hit in the summer of '85.  I had been listening to DM since September of 1984.  Interesting to be able to pin down something like that!  I remembered and ad I'd seen in Billboard about hot new English bands.  One day I recognized the Depeche Mode from the ad that had already given me Aztec Camera and Prefab Sprout.  I bought the "People Are People" US cassette, and never looked back.  I bought all the back catalog stuff I could find, then I eagerly awaited every new release.  My enthusiasm died back while they were making "Violator."
:(

On July 13th it will be 25 years since Live-Aid.

That's right...and it was an all-day event!



There was great concern among everybody about Ethiopia.  LIVE AID was quite marginal.  It barely made a dent in the debt Ethiopa owed.  It was great for all the artists involved. 


Yes, that was the main purpose of the event, and like you said, it was great for all who were involved.

Today (August 29th) marks the 25 year anniversary of the passing of my maternal grandfather. He lost a battle to cancer at age 60.

In September of 1985, I was beginning kindergarten, doing my best to adjust to a school setting.

The top 50 biggest hits in the U.S. for 1985:

1 CARELESS WHISPER - Wham! (#1, Feb)
2 LIKE A VIRGIN - Madonna (#1, Dec 1984)
3 WAKE ME UP BEFORE YOU GO-GO - Wham! (#1, Nov 1984)
4 I WANT TO KNOW WHAT LOVE IS - Foreigner (#1, Feb)
5 I FEEL FOR YOU - Chaka Khan (#3, Nov 1984)
6 OUT OF TOUCH - Daryl Hall and John Oates (#1, Dec 1984)
7 EVERYBODY WANTS TO RULE THE WORLD - Tears For Fears (#1, June)
8 MONEY FOR NOTHING - Dire Straits (#1, Sept)
9 CRAZY FOR YOU - Madonna (#1, May)
10 TAKE ON ME - a-Ha (#1, Oct)

11 EVERYTIME YOU GO AWAY - Paul Young (#1, July)
12 EASY LOVER - Philip Bailey with Phil Collins (#2, Feb)
13 CAN'T FIGHT THIS FEELING - REO Speedwagon (#1, March)
14 WE BUILT THIS CITY - Starship (#1, Nov)
15 THE POWER OF LOVE - Huey Lewis and the News (#1, Aug)
16 DON'T YOU (FORGET ABOUT ME) - Simple Minds (#1, May)
17 CHERISH - Kool and the Gang (#2, Sept)
18 ST. ELMO'S FIRE - John Parr (#1, Sept)
19 THE HEAT IS ON - Glenn Frey (#2, March)
20 WE ARE THE WORLD - USA For Africa (#1, April)

21 SHOUT - Tears For Fears (#1, Aug)
22 PART-TIME LOVER - Stevie Wonder (#1, Nov)
23 SAVING ALL MY LOVE FOR YOU - Whitney Houston (#1, Oct)
24 HEAVEN - Bryan Adams (#1, June)
25 EVERYTHING SHE WANTS - Wham! (#1, May)
26 COOL IT NOW - New Edition (#4, Jan)
27 MIAMI VICE THEME - Jan Hammer (#1, Nov)
28 LOVER BOY - Billy Ocean (#2, Feb)
29 LOVER GIRL - Teena Marie (#4, March)
30 YOU BELONG TO THE CITY - Glenn Frey (#2, Nov)

31 OH SHEILA - Ready For the World (#1, Oct)
32 RHYTHM OF THE NIGHT - DeBarge (#3, April)
33 ONE MORE NIGHT - Phil Collins (#1, March)
34 SEA OF LOVE - Honeydrippers (#3, Jan)
35 A VIEW TO A KILL - Duran Duran (#1, July)
36 THE WILD BOYS - Duran Duran (#2, Dec 1984)
37 YOU'RE THE INSPIRATION - Chicago (#3, Jan)
38 NEUTRON DANCE - Pointer Sisters (#6, Feb)
39 WE BELONG - Pat Benatar (#5, Jan)
40 NIGHTSHIFT - Commodores (#3, April)

41 THINGS CAN ONLY GET BETTER - Howard Jones (#5, June)
42 ALL I NEED - Jack Wagner (#2, Jan)
43 FREEWAY OF LOVE - Aretha Franklin (#3, Aug)
44 NEVER SURRENDER - Corey Hart (#3, Aug)
45 SUSSUDIO - Phil Collins (#1, July)
46 STRUT - Sheena Easton (#7, Nov 1984)
47 YOU GIVE GOOD LOVE - Whitney Houston (#3, July)
48 THE SEARCH IS OVER - Survivor (#4, July)
49 MISSING YOU - Diana Ross (#10, April)
50 SEPARATE LIVES - Phil Collins and Marilyn Martin (#1, Nov)

The top 30 biggest hits in the U.K. for the same year:

1 THE POWER OF LOVE – Jennifer Rush
2 I KNOW HIM SO WELL - Elaine Paige and Barbara Dickson
3 INTO THE GROOVE - Madonna
4 19 - Paul Hardcastle
5 FRANKIE - Sister Sledge
6 DANCING IN THE STREET - David Bowie & Mick Jagger
7 MOVE CLOSER - Phyllis Nelson
8 A GOOD HEART - Feargal Sharkey
9 TAKE ON ME - a-ha
10 LOVE & PRIDE - King

11 I WANT TO KNOW WHAT LOVE IS – Foreigner
12 EASY LOVER - Philip Bailey & Phil Collins
13 AXEL F - Harold Faltermeyer
14 DO THEY KNOW IT'S CHRISTMAS? - Band Aid
15 I GOT YOU BABE - UB40 with Chrissie Hynde
16 CRAZY FOR YOU - Madonna
17 SAVING ALL MY LOVE FOR YOU - Whitney Houston
18 SOLID - Ashford & Simpson
19 YOU SPIN ME ROUND (LIKE A RECORD) - Dead Or Alive
20 THERE MUST BE AN ANGEL (PLAYING WITH MY HEART) - The Eurythmics

21 I'M YOUR MAN - Wham!
22 TRAPPED - Colonel Abrams
23 CHERISH - Kool & the Gang
24 EVERYBODY WANTS TO RULE THE WORLD - Tears For Fears
25 MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE - Shakin' Stevens
26 YOU'LL NEVER WALK ALONE - The Crowd
27 IF I WAS - Midge Ure
28 NIKITA - Elton John
29 DANCING IN THE DARK - Bruce Springsteen
30 1999 c/w LITTLE RED CORVETTE - Prince

October 1st 1985 – The Israeli air force bombs PLO Headquarters in Tunis.

October 10th 1985 – United States Navy F-14 fighter jets intercept an Egyptian plane carrying the Achille Lauro cruise ship hijackers and force it to land at a NATO base in Sigonella, Sicily where they are arrested.

October 17th 1985 - French author Claude Simon won the Nobel Prize in literature

October 26th 1985 – The Australian government returns ownership of Uluru to the local Pitjantjatjara Aborigines.

This date 25 years ago (October 29, 1985) was the day that I changed kindergarten classes; I was transferred from one class (which I was unhappy in for some unknown reason, which to this day I still can't quite figure out) to another (which I adjusted to easily and felt much better in).

October 29th 1985 – Major General Samuel K. Doe is announced the winner of the first multi-party election in Liberia.

October 30th 1985 – Space Shuttle Challenger lifts off for mission STS-61-A, its final successful mission.

October 31, 1985... was the first time that I ever remember wearing a costume for Halloween. I was 5 years old, in kindergarten, and wore a clown costume. (I wore the same costume again the following year.)

November 6th 1985 – In Colombia, leftist guerrillas of the April 19 Movement seize control of the Palace of Justice in Bogotá, eventually killing 115 people, 11 of them Supreme Court justices.

November 6th 1985 – The Iran-Contra Affair: The American press reveals that U.S. President Ronald Reagan had authorized the shipment of arms to Iran.

November 6th 1985 – The Iran-Contra Affair: The American press reveals that U.S. President Ronald Reagan had authorized the shipment of arms to Iran.


Wow. Is that 25 years ago already!. Can't believe it!

November 7th 1985 - Colombian troops end 27-hr siege of Bogota's Palace of Justice

November 9th 1985 – Garry Kasparov, 22, of the Soviet Union becomes the youngest World Chess Champion by beating Anatoly Karpov, also of the Soviet Union.

November 11th 1985 - Yonkers is found guilty of segregating schools & housing

November 13th 1985 – The volcano Nevado del Ruiz erupts and melts a glacier, causing a lahar (volcanic mudslide) that buries Armero, Colombia, killing approximately 23,000 people.

November 13th 1985 – Xavier Suarez is sworn in as Miami, Florida's first Cuban-born mayor.

November 17th 1985 - Howard Stern begins broadcasting on 92.3 WXRK FM NY

November 18th 1985 – Calvin and Hobbes, a comic strip by Bill Watterson featuring six-year old Calvin and his stuffed tiger Hobbes, was first published.

November 19th 1985 – Cold War: In Geneva, U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Soviet Union leader Mikhail Gorbachev meet for the first time.

November 19th 1985 – Pennzoil wins a $10.53 billion USD judgment against Texaco, in the largest civil verdict in the history of the United States, stemming from Texaco executing a contract to buy Getty Oil after Pennzoil had entered into an unsigned, yet still binding, buyout contract with Getty.

November 20th 1985 – Microsoft Windows 1.0 is released.

November 21st 1985 – United States Navy intelligence analyst Jonathan Pollard is arrested for spying after being caught giving Israel classified information on Arab nations. He is subsequently sentenced to life in prison.

November 23rd 1985 – Gunmen hijack EgyptAir Flight 648 while en route from Athens to Cairo. When the plane lands in Malta, Egyptian commandos storm the aircraft, but 60 people die in the raid.

November 24th 1985 - Egyptian commandos storm captured Boeing in Malta, 60 killed

1985 - Random House buys Richard Nixons memoires for $3,000,000

November 20th 1985 – Microsoft Windows 1.0 is released.

Holy crap I didn't think it was that old!  :o

Holy crap I didn't think it was that old!  :o

Neither did I! :o :o

Of course, I wasn't using computers much in the 80's anyway. I didn't start using 'em until the late 80's, when I was in 3rd grade. Those were the Apple II-e's. The first-ever exposure I had to any Microsoft Windows operating system was sometime in the mid-90's... but I caught on pretty quick.

^ My first computer was a Commodore 64, and I remember storing my games in an audio cassette.  ;D

1985 - Philipine Chief staff Gen Fabian speaks of B Aquino's murder

1985 - Rupert Holmes' musical "Mystery of Edwin Drood," premieres in NYC

1985 - Rupert Holmes' musical "Mystery of Edwin Drood," premieres in NYC
...so there is more to RH than Escape (The Pina Colada Song)?

1985 - "Les Miserables" opens at Palace Theatre, London

1985 - French President Mitterrand receives Polish leader Jaruzelski

1985 - Pres Reagan appoints Vice Adm John Poindexter as security adviser

1985 - Dow Jones Industrial Average rises above the 1,500 level for first time

1985 - Great Britain performs nuclear test

1985 - Great Britain performs nuclear test
did we?

1985 - Sam Shepard's "Lie of the Mind" premieres in New York NY

1985 Edmonton Oilers (36) & Chicago Black Hawks (26) score NHL record 62 points

1985 General Electric acquires RCA Corp & its subsidiary, NBC

1985 NHL Record 62 points scored, Edmonton (36) beats Chicago (17) 12-9 & ties record of 21 goals

1985 Computer store owner in Sacramento CA killed by package bomb

1985 Dow Jones closes above 1,500 for 1st time (1,511.70)

1985 – Arrow Air Flight 1285 crashed after takeoff in Gander, Newfoundland, killing 256, including 248 members of the U.S. Army's 101st Airborne Division.

1985 UN Security Council unanimously condemns "acts of hostage-taking"

1985 "Jerry's Girls" opens at St James Theater NYC for 139 performances

1985 - Denis Potvin passes Bobby Orr as NHL defenseman scorer (916 points)

1985 - Howard Cosell retires from television sports after 20 years with ABC

1986 – Aruba becomes independent of Curaçao, though it remains in free association with the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

1986 – The Kingdom of Spain and the Portuguese Republic are admitted into the European Community.

1986 President Reagan freezes Libyan assets in the US

On January 12, 1986, the shuttle Columbia blasted off with a crew that included the first Hispanic-American in space, Dr. Franklin R. Chang-Diaz.

1986 – A month-long violent struggle begins in Aden, South Yemen between supporters of Ali Nasir Muhammad and Abdul Fattah Ismail, resulting in thousands of casualties.

1986 – First meeting of the Internet Engineering Task Force.

January 20, 1986: First-ever observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, as a federal holiday.

January 20, 1986: First-ever observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, as a federal holiday.



And Stevie Wonder had a song entitled "Happy Birthday" referring to MLK day.

1986 - Charismatic Bible Ministries was founded in Oklahoma. A fraternal fellowship of charismatic organizations, CBM held its first major conference in June 1986 in Tulsa.

1986 – The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducts its first members: Little Richard, Chuck Berry, James Brown, Ray Charles, Fats Domino, the Everly Brothers, Buddy Holly, Jerry Lee Lewis and Elvis Presley.

1986 – The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducts its first members: Little Richard, Chuck Berry, James Brown, Ray Charles, Fats Domino, the Everly Brothers, Buddy Holly, Jerry Lee Lewis and Elvis Presley.


All of them are legends.

1986 – The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducts its first members: Little Richard, Chuck Berry, James Brown, Ray Charles, Fats Domino, the Everly Brothers, Buddy Holly, Jerry Lee Lewis and Elvis Presley.

wow...can't believe it's been a quarter of a century since it began. Time does fly. :o



All of them are legends.

They sure are.

January 25, 1986: the National Resistance Movement topples the government of Tito Okello in Uganda.

Today (January 28th) marks the 25th anniversary of the explosion of space shuttle Challenger. Only 1 minute 13 seconds after liftoff from Cape Canaveral, all seven of its crew members were killed, including teacher Christa McAuliffe. :\'( :\'( :\'( :\'(

Today (January 28th) marks the 25th anniversary of the explosion of space shuttle Challenger. Only 1 minute 13 seconds after liftoff from Cape Canaveral, all seven of its crew members were killed, including teacher Christa McAuliffe. :\'( :\'( :\'( :\'(


I remember it hearing on the radio and on TV.

I remember it hearing on the radio and on TV.

I may have vague memories of hearing about it; I was only 5 1/2 years old at the time and didn't know much about world events, but it was indeed a sad event. :\'( :\'(

1986 – Twenty-eight years of one-family rule end in Haiti, when President Jean-Claude Duvalier flees the Caribbean nation.

1986 – Akkaraipattu massacre: the Sri Lankan Army massacres 80 Tamil farm workers the eastern province of Sri Lanka.

1986 – The Soviet Union launches its Mir spacecraft. Remaining in orbit for 15 years, it is occupied for 10 of those years.

1986 – People Power Revolution: President of the Philippines Ferdinand Marcos flees the nation after 20 years of rule; Corazon Aquino becomes the Philippines' first woman president.

1986 – The Soviet Vega 1 begins returning images of Comet Halley and the first images ever of its nucleus.

1986 - "Today" tabloid launched (Britain's first national color newspaper)

1986 – Challenger Disaster: Divers from the USS Preserver locate the crew cabin of Challenger on the ocean floor.

I was just combining my new self with my fat self.

1986 Space probe Giotto encounters Halley's Comet

1986 - Funeral services held for Swedish Prime Minister Olaf Palme

1986 – A car bomb explodes at Russell Street Police HQ in Melbourne, killing 1 police officer and injuring 21 people.

1986 – A Mexicana Boeing 727 en route to Puerto Vallarta erupts in flames and crashes in the mountains northwest of Mexico City, killing 166.

1986 – Six metropolitan county councils are abolished in England.

1986 – In retaliation for the April 5 bombing in West Berlin that killed two U.S. servicemen, U.S. president Ronald Reagan orders major bombing raids against Libya, killing 60 people.

1986 – 1 kilogram (2.2 lb) hailstones fall on the Gopalganj district of Bangladesh, killing 92. These are the heaviest hailstones ever recorded.

'Great Gosh A'Mighty', a song by Little Richard from the soundtrack of the film 'Down and Out in Beverly Hills', rises to #38 in Canada, giving him his first Top 40 hit in North America since 'Ooh! My Soul' in 1958

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkLhRNff5YM

'Great Gosh A'Mighty', a song by Little Richard from the soundtrack of the film 'Down and Out in Beverly Hills', rises to #38 in Canada, giving him his first Top 40 hit in North America since 'Ooh! My Soul' in 1958

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkLhRNff5YM


and he still looks good after all these years.

1986 – The United States launches Operation El Dorado Canyon, its bombing raids against Libyan targets in response to a bombing in West Germany that killed two U.S. servicemen.

The top 50 biggest songs of 1986 in the U.S.:

1 THAT'S WHAT FRIENDS ARE FOR - Dionne Warwick and Friends (#1, Jan)
2 SAY YOU, SAY ME - Lionel Richie (#1, Dec 1985)
3 I MISS YOU - Klymaxx (#5, Dec 1985)
4 ON MY OWN - Patti LaBelle and Michael McDonald (#1, June)
5 BROKEN WINGS - Mr. Mister (#1, Dec 1985)
6 HOW WILL I KNOW - Whitney Houston (#1, Feb)
7 PARTY ALL THE TIME - Eddie Murphy (#2, Dec 1985)
8 BURNING HEART - Survivor (#2, Feb)
9 KYRIE - Mr. Mister (#1, March)
10 ADDICTED TO LOVE - Robert Palmer (#1, May)

11 GREATEST LOVE OF ALL - Whitney Houston (#1, May)
12 SECRET LOVERS - Atlantic Starr (#3, March)
13 FRIENDS AND LOVERS - Gloria Loring and Carl Anderson (#2, Sept)
14 GLORY OF LOVE - Peter Cetera (#1, Aug)
15 WEST END GIRLS - Pet Shop Boys (#1, May)
16 THERE'LL BE SAD SONGS TO MAKE YOU CRY - Billy Ocean (#1, July)
17 ALIVE AND KICKING - Simple Minds (#3, Dec 1985)
18 NEVER - Heart (#4, Dec 1985)
19 KISS - Prince and the Revolution (#1, April)
20 HIGHER LOVE - Steve Winwood (#1, Aug)

21 STUCK WITH YOU - Huey Lewis and the News (#1, Sept)
22 HOLDING BACK THE YEARS - Simply Red (#1, July)
23 SLEDGEHAMMER - Peter Gabriel (#1, July)
24 SARA - Starship (#1, March)
25 HUMAN - Human League (#1, Nov)
26 I CAN'T WAIT - Nu Shooz (#3, June)
27 TAKE MY BREATH AWAY - Berlin (#1, Sept)
28 ROCK ME AMADEUS - Falco (#1, March)
29 PAPA DON'T PREACH - Madonna (#1, Aug)
30 YOU GIVE LOVE A BAD NAME - Bon Jovi (#1, Nov)

31 WHEN THE GOING GET TOUGH, THE TOUGH GET GOING - Billy Ocean (#2, Feb)
32 WHEN I THINK OF YOU - Janet Jackson (#1, Oct)
33 THESE DREAMS - Heart (#1, March)
34 DON'T FORGET ME (WHEN I'M GONE) - Glass Tiger (#2, Oct)
35 LIVE TO TELL - Madonna (#1, June)
36 MAD ABOUT YOU - Belinda Carlisle (#3, Aug)
37 SOMETHING ABOUT YOU - Level 42 (#7, May)
38 VENUS - Bananarama (#1, Sept)
39 DANCING ON THE CEILING - Lionel Richie (#2, Sept)
40 CONGA - Miami Sound Machine (#10, Feb)

41 TRUE COLORS - Cyndi Lauper (#1, Oct)
42 DANGER ZONE - Kenny Loggins (#2, July)
43 WHAT HAVE YOU DONE FOR ME LATELY? - Janet Jackson (#4, May)
44 NO ONE IS TO BLAME - Howard Jones (#4, July)
45 LET'S GO ALL THE WAY - Sly Fox (#7, April)
46 I DIDN'T MEAN TO TURN YOU ON - Robert Palmer (#2, Nov)
47 WORDS GET IN THE WAY - Miami Sound Machine (#5, Sept)
48 MANIC MONDAY - Bangles (#2, April)
49 WALK OF LIFE - Dire Straits (#7, Jan)
50 AMANDA - Boston (#1, Nov)

The top 30 biggest hits of 1986 in the U.K.:

1 DON'T LEAVE ME THIS WAY – The Communards
2 EVERY LOSER WINS – Nick Berry
3 I WANT TO WAKE UP WITH YOU - Boris Gardiner
4 LIVING DOLL - Cliff Richard & The Young Ones
5 CHAIN REACTION - Diana Ross
6 THE LADY IN RED - Chris De Burgh
7 WHEN THE GOING GETS TOUGH, THE TOUGH GET GOING – Billy Ocean
8 PAPA DON'T PREACH - Madonna
9 TAKE MY BREATH AWAY (Love Theme FromTop Gun) - Berlin
10 SO MACHO c/w CRUISING - Sinitta

11 TRUE BLUE - Madonna
12 A DIFFERENT CORNER - George Michael
13 ROCK ME AMADEUS - Falco
14 WE DON'T HAVE TO - Jermaine Stewart
15 SPIRIT IN THE SKY - Dr & the Medics
16 THE FINAL COUNTDOWN - Europe
17 REET PETITE (THE SWEETEST GIRL IN TOWN) - Jackie Wilson
18 RAIN OR SHINE - Five Star
19 CARAVAN OF LOVE - The Housemartins
20 THE CHICKEN SONG - Spitting Image

21 THE SUN ALWAYS SHINES ON T.V. - a-ha
22 ON MY OWN - Patti LaBelle with Michael McDonald
23 WALK LIKE AN EGYPTIAN - The Bangles
24 IN THE ARMY NOW - Status Quo
25 LESSONS IN LOVE - Level 42
26 GLORY OF LOVE - Peter Cetera
27 THE EDGE OF HEAVEN - Wham!
28 SLEDGEHAMMER - Peter Gabriel
29 ALL I ASK OF YOU - Cliff Richard & Sarah Brightman
30 TOUCH ME (I WANT YOUR BODY) - Samantha Fox

The top 25 biggest hits of 1986 in Australia:

1 CHAIN REACTION - Diana Ross
2 WHEN THE GOING GETS TOUGH, THE TOUGH GET GOING - Billy Ocean
3 TOUCH ME (I WANT YOUR BODY) - Samantha Fox
4 VENUS - Bananarama
5 STIMULATION - Wa Wa Nee
6 TAKE ME BREATH AWAY - Berlin
7 LIVING DOLL - Cliff Richard and the Young Ones
8 A GOOD HEART - Feargal Sharkey
9 PAPA DON'T PREACH - Madonna
10 ADDICTED TO LOVE - Robert Palmer

11 WE BUILT THIS CITY - Starship
12 THAT'S WHAT FRIENDS ARE FOR - Dionne Warwick ft. Elton John, Stevie Wonder & Gladys Knight
13 STUCK WITH YOU - Huey Lewis And The News
14 YOU'RE THE VOICE - John Farnham
15 DANCING ON THE CEILING - Lionel Richie
16 MANIC MONDAY - Bangles
17 DON'T LEAVE ME THIS WAY - Communards
18 A MATTER OF TRUST - Billy Joel
19 TRUE COLORS - Cyndi Lauper
20 HIT THAT PERFECT BEAT - Bronski Beat

21 YOU CAN CALL ME AL - Paul Simon
22 HOW WILL I KNOW - Whitney Houston
23 CONCRETE AND CLAY - Martin Plaza
24 THE LADY IN RED - Chris De Burgh
25 KISS - Prince And The Revolution

"Stand By Me" released 25 years ago! - I knew this because the 25th Anniversary Blu-ray Edition just released. What a great film!

"If I could only have one food for the rest of my life? That's easy-Pez. Cherry-flavored Pez. No question about it."

http://uploads.neatorama.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/STANDBYME.jpg

"Stand By Me" released 25 years ago! - I knew this because the 25th Anniversary Blu-ray Edition just released. What a great film!

http://uploads.neatorama.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/STANDBYME.jpg




What A Great Film. :)

"Stand By Me" released 25 years ago! - I knew this because the 25th Anniversary Blu-ray Edition just released. What a great film!

http://uploads.neatorama.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/STANDBYME.jpg


I still have not seen it, but I have read the novella "The Body" by Stephen King which the film was based on.

1986 – Mswati III is crowned King of Swaziland, succeeding his father Sobhuza II.

1986 – A nuclear reactor accident occurs at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in the Soviet Union (now Ukraine), creating the world's worst nuclear disaster.

April 27, 1986: one of my earliest memories of going to Dodger Stadium. The Dodgers played a Sunday afternoon against the Atlanta Braves, defeating them by a score of 7-4. I was one of 46,221 people to attend the game.

1986 – The United States Navy aircraft carrier USS Enterprise becomes the first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier to transit the Suez Canal, navigating from the Red Sea to the Mediterranean Sea to relieve the USS Coral Sea.

Here are the top grossing films in the U.S. 25 years ago, in 1986:

Rank; Title; Studio; Actor/Actress; Gross
1. Top Gun; Paramount; Tom Cruise, Kelly McGillis, Val Kilmer, Anthony Edwards and Tom Skerritt; $176,786,701
2. Crocodile Dundee; Paramount; Paul Hogan and Linda Kozlowski; $174,803,506
3. Platoon; Orion; Charlie Sheen, Tom Berenger and Willem Dafoe; $138,530,565
4. The Karate Kid, Part II; Columbia; Ralph Macchio and Pat Morita; $115,103,979
5. Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home; Paramount; William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy; $109,713,132
6. Back to School; Orion; Rodney Dangerfield; $108,634,920
7. Aliens; Fox; Sigourney Weaver and Carrie Henn; $86,160,248
8. The Golden Child; Paramount; Eddie Murphy; $79,817,937
9. Ruthless People; Touchstone; Danny DeVito, Bette Midler, Judge Reinhold and Helen Slater; $71,624,879
10. Ferris Bueller's Day Off; Paramount; Matthew Broderick, Alan Ruck, Mia Sara and Jennifer Grey; $70,136,369

Some of my memories of July 1986 include getting together with my friends and their moms once a week to go out to various places around the L.A. area, including museums, parks, and beaches. This date (July 3rd) was a Thursday, and we probably went somewhere on this date (since Thursdays were our get-together days), but I cannot quite remember where we went. Could've been Griffith Park; I'm not exactly certain.

1986 – The New Zealand Parliament passes the Homosexual Law Reform Act legalising homosexuality in New Zealand.

This date 25 years ago was my 6th birthday; it was a sea-themed party... with a "beach" cake, and a "clam hunt" (which were really pairs of plastic frisbees) and things of that nature. (When I have an opportunity, I'll scan some pics.) By the way, I remember all of my birthdays beginning with this one (that is, how I spent the actual day).

1986 – A tornado is broadcast live on KARE television in Minnesota when the station's helicopter pilot makes a chance encounter.

1986 – In London, Prince Andrew, Duke of York marries Sarah Ferguson at Westminster Abbey.

Oh delish - 25 years ago it was a hot day in July in 1992 and I was probably eating pancakes by the pool, watching MASH on the TV at the bottom of the pool and eating Pringles.

That was 19 years ago. ;D

In 1986 I have recollections of watching game shows on TV in the summertime, which included "100,000 Pyramid" and "Million Dollar Chance Of A Lifetime."

1986 – A low-pressure system that redeveloped off the New South Wales coast dumps a record 328 millimeters (13 inches) of rain in a day on Sydney.

1986 – In Edmond, Oklahoma, U.S. Postal employee Patrick Sherrill guns down 14 of his co-workers and then commits suicide.

1986 – Carbon dioxide gas erupts from volcanic Lake Nyos in Cameroon, killing up to 1,800 people within a 20-kilometer range.

August 23-28, 1986: My family and I took a trip up to the Monterey/Carmel area in California. It was my first-ever vacation trip; I was only 6 years old at the time. We left town on the afternoon of Saturday the 23rd, spent a night at Black Oak Motel in Paso Robles, and then drove up north to Monterey the next morning.

I'll have to scan in some photos from that trip and share 'em at some point.

September 1986...my first month of first grade. I began on September the 2nd, which was a Tuesday that year. I already knew some of the kids who were in my class, because we had been in kindergarten together. Others, I got to know during the school year and make friends with.

1986 – Pan Am Flight 73 with 358 people on board is hijacked at Karachi International Airport.

1986 – In Istanbul, two terrorists from Abu Nidal's organization kill 22 and wound six inside the Neve Shalom synagogue during Shabbat services.

1986 – Desmond Tutu becomes the first black man to lead the Anglican Church in South Africa.

1986 – Gen. Augusto Pinochet, president of Chile, escapes attempted assassination.

1986 - 1st broadcast of "LA Law" on NBC-TV

1986 – Jim Deshaies of the Houston Astros sets the major-league record by striking out the first eight batters of the game against the Los Angeles Dodgers.

1986 – TASCC, a superconducting cyclotron at the Chalk River Laboratories, is officially opened.

1986 – Israeli secret nuclear weapons are revealed. The British newspaper The Sunday Times runs Mordechai Vanunu's story on its front page under the headline: "Revealed — the secrets of Israel's nuclear arsenal".

1986 – An earthquake measuring 7.5 on the Richter Scale strikes San Salvador, El Salvador, killing an estimated 1,500 people.

1986 – Cold War: U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev meet in Reykjavík, Iceland, in an effort to continue discussions about scaling back their intermediate missile arsenals in Europe.

1986 – Samora Machel, President of Mozambique and a prominent leader of FRELIMO, and 33 others die when their Tupolev 134 plane crashes into the Lebombo Mountains.

1986 – In Lebanon, pro-Iranian kidnappers claim to have abducted American writer Edward Tracy (he is released in August 1991).

1986 – Nezar Hindawi is sentenced to 45 years in prison, the longest sentence handed down by a British court, for the attempted bombing on an El Al flight at Heathrow. After the verdict, the United Kingdom breaks diplomatic relations with Syria, claiming that Hindawi is helped by Syrian officials.

October 25, 1986: One of the most notable gaffes occurred in World Series history: a routine ball hit to Bill Buckner of the Boston Redsox went right under his glove and allowed the Mets to score the winning run of the game, tying the series up at 3 games apiece.
The Sox were initially in line to win the game and break a 68-year curse, but it all fell apart in the late innings. Their champagne would need to remain on ice for the next eighteen years.

1986 – The British government suddenly deregulates financial markets, leading to a total restructuring of the way in which they operate in the country, in an event now referred to as the Big Bang.

1986 – British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher opened the last segment of the M25 motorway, an orbital road encircling London that is one of the world's longest.

1986 – Iran-Contra Affair: The Lebanese magazine Ash-Shiraa reports that the United States has been secretly selling weapons to Iran in order to secure the release of seven American hostages held by pro-Iranian groups in Lebanon.

1986 – The Federated States of Micronesia gain independence from the United States of America.

1986 – Iran-Contra Affair: National Security Council member Oliver North and his secretary start to shred documents implicating them in the sale of weapons to Iran and channeling the proceeds to help fund the Contra rebels in Nicaragua.

1986 – Dinmukhamed Konayev was dismissed from the post of First Secretary of the Communist Party of Kazakhstan, sparking riots throughout the country.

1986 – Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev released dissident Andrei Sakharov after six years of internal exile in Gorky.

1986 – Piloted by Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager, the Rutan Voyager became the first aircraft to fly around the world without stopping or refueling, landing in California's Edwards Air Force Base after a nine-day trip.

1986 – The first long-running American television soap opera, Search for Tomorrow, airs its final episode after 35 years on the air.

This day (January 5th) in 1987 was a Monday... likely the day I went back to school (1st grade) after winter (Christmas/New Years) break.

1987 – After being convicted of receiving bribes, Pennsylvania Treasurer R. Budd Dwyer committed suicide during a televised press conference.

1987 – Philippine security forces open fire on a crowd of 10,000–15,000 demonstrators at Malacañang Palace, Manila, killing 13.

1987 – Unabomber: In Salt Lake City, a bomb explodes in a computer store.

1987 – Unabomber: In Salt Lake City, a bomb explodes in a computer store.


Was this Ted Kasinsky (the unabomber?) ???

Was this Ted Kasinsky (the unabomber?) ???
Yes

Yes


Thanks Phil.

Was this Ted Kasinsky (the unabomber?) ???
Kaczynski is serving a life sentence without the possibility of parole as Federal Bureau of Prisons register number 04475-046 in ADX Florence, the federal Administrative Maximum Facility supermax in Florence, Colorado.

Feb. 26, 1987: the Tower Commission, which had probed the Iran-Contra affair, issued its report, which rebuked President Ronald Reagan for failing to control his national security staff.

1987 – The British ferry MS Herald of Free Enterprise capsizes in about 90 seconds killing 193.

In March of 1987 I remember I enjoyed watching game shows on TV in the evenings; these included "Million Dollar Chance Of A Lifetime", "Hollywood Squares" (hosted by John Davidson), "$100,000 Pyramid" and "High Rollers."

In March of 1987 I remember I enjoyed watching game shows on TV in the evenings; these included "Million Dollar Chance Of A Lifetime", "Hollywood Squares" (hosted by John Davidson), "$100,000 Pyramid" and "High Rollers."


I remember when Joan Rivers and Jim J Bullock were the center square sometimes.

I remember when Joan Rivers and Jim J Bullock were the center square sometimes.

Yes, those two were regulars in that position.

Shadoe Stevens was the announcer; sometimes he would be in the center square (complete with official microphone). At the beginning of the show, when he'd announce all the stars, he would save himself for last: "And me, I'm Shadoe Stevens!"

Ahh, 25 years ago.  1992.  I remember it well.  That was the year that Julianna Moore starred in Erin Brachovich and won all kinds of Grammys.  Also the year that I was just 6 years old (I'm 33 now), and Tinker Toys were all the rage.  I must have owned 20 boxes.  Also, this was the year that Sesame Street premiered on Prime Time TV (ABC, I think?)  and Oscar the Grouch was crowed King of Late Night.  He told everybody he was Episcopalian, and all the people at the bank went along with it. 

^that was only 20 yrs ago! :D





I remember when Joan Rivers and Jim J Bullock were the center square sometimes.

Sometimes Betty White was at the center, as shown in the first part of this clip:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hC1GCEKpHQ

^that was only 20 yrs ago! :D



Sometimes Betty White was at the center, as shown in the first part of this clip:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hC1GCEKpHQ


Wow now this is the Hollywood Squares I remember.

Wow now this is the Hollywood Squares I remember.

The same for me. I know that its original incarnation began in 1965 with host Peter Marshall and had a long run... but I wasn't too familiar with that one. The first one I remember is the one that ran in the late 1980's with host John Davidson (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090452/), which is in my previous post on this thread. Then much later was the Tom Bergeron version, which ran from 1998-2004.

Also, I remember that while John Davidson was the emcee of the 80's version, sometimes Jim J. Bullock would be a guest host and Davidson would be one of the celebrities in a square! He would often complain about his name being misspelled (as "Davison") on the nameplate; Bullock would justify that by saying, "We couldn't fit it all on one card!"... which is kindof a lie, because I'm sure some of the other stars had longer names.

May 19, 1987, was a Tuesday, and that's the day I was in a spelling bee for the first time, and won it.

Weekend of May 22 1987:
#1 at the box office: Beverly Hills Cop II, #2 Ernest Goes to Camp, #3 The Secret of My Success

#1 on the music charts:
'Nothings Gonna Stop Us Now' - Starship

June 12, 1987:
Cold War: At the Brandenburg Gate, U.S. President Ronald Reagan publicly challenged Mikhail Gorbachev to tear down the Berlin Wall. His exact words: "Mr. Gorbachev, open this gate. Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!"

July 11, 1987 - I celebrated my 7th birthday in the backyard of my grandma's house, with friends from school. My cake: a baseball field, with a replica of the Dodger Stadium scoreboard, with the message "Happy Birthday Jeffrey" on it.

Yesterday (September 16) marked 25 years since Pope John Paul II celebrated mass at Dodger Stadium... and the next day, the Dodgers played a doubleheader there against the Cincinnati Reds.

September 22, 1987: The American tv sitcom "Full House" premiered on ABC network. Three days later, it would begin a four-year run in the Friday timeslot.

Also, comedian Dan Rowan, best known for co-hosting the sketch-comedy show "Rowan & Martin's Laugh In", passed away at the age of 65. :\'(

September 22, 1987: The American tv sitcom "Full House" premiered on ABC network. Three days later, it would begin a four-year run in the Friday timeslot.

Also, comedian Dan Rowan, best known for co-hosting the sketch-comedy show "Rowan & Martin's Laugh In", passed away at the age of 65. :\'(


Full House was a good show.

Full House was a good show.

It sure was; it ran for eight seasons, with numerous storylines developing over that time period.

During the first half of its run, it normally aired on Fridays at 8pm as part of the "TGIF" lineup. Then during the second half (1991-95), it moved to Tuesdays; that's when I began to watch it regularly.

September 22, 1987: The American tv sitcom "Full House" premiered on ABC network. Three days later, it would begin a four-year run in the Friday timeslot.

Also, comedian Dan Rowan, best known for co-hosting the sketch-comedy show "Rowan & Martin's Laugh In", passed away at the age of 65. :\'(


Full House is 25? That's quite sad. Even Nicky and Alex, Jesse's sons are in their early 20's now, the youngest characters on the show.

Full House is 25? That's quite sad. Even Nicky and Alex, Jesse's sons are in their early 20's now, the youngest characters on the show.


and the Olsen Twins are in their early 20's

and the Olsen Twins are in their early 20's

This year they turned 26. That's not early 20's at all. They were a year old when the tv show "Full House" began.

http://sharetv.org/images/i_married_dora-show.jpg

I Married Dora debuted but only lasted 3 months.

19th October 1987 – Iran–Iraq War: United States Navy forces destroyed two Iranian oil platforms in the Persian Gulf in response to an Iranian missile attack on a Kuwaiti oil tanker.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-19994566

25 years ago the first Stock Market crash of 1987.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-19994566

25 years ago the first Stock Market crash of 1987.

That's right... the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 508 points, or 12% of its opening level, which to date is its biggest percentage drop. (Back then, it was also the biggest one-day point drop; but ten years later it would plunge 554 points in one day, and there have been bigger one-day point losses since then.)

Can't believe this series being a huge staple of my childhood premiered 25 years ago today on syndication:

http://i1119.photobucket.com/albums/k628/yelimsexa/1352341430_1.jpg

Wow, they've been around that long already! :o Time does fly.


I know this date was a Monday in 1987; this was my first time traveling to the east of L.A. County, namely to Palm Desert, where my paternal grandparents owned a house where they traveled to periodically; they moved out there full time ten years later. We spent one night with them.

Can't believe this series being a huge staple of my childhood premiered 25 years ago today on syndication:

http://i1119.photobucket.com/albums/k628/yelimsexa/1352341430_1.jpg


Wow I remember TMNT on Television can't believe it's been 25 years already. :o

January 25, 1988: U.S. Vice President George H.W. Bush and CBS News anchor Dan Rather clashed over Bush's role in the Iran-Contra scandal, during a contentious television interview.

January 31, 1988: Super Bowl XXII was played at San Diego's Jack Murphy Stadium; the Washington Redskins defeated the Denver Broncos 42-10.

January 31, 1988: Super Bowl XXII was played at San Diego's Jack Murphy Stadium; the Washington Redskins defeated the Denver Broncos 42-10.


And (perhaps a day late but still worth mentioning) The Wonder Years premiered on ABC immediately following the broadcast of Super Bowl XXII.

Hard to believe that show's now 25 years old. :o

And (perhaps a day late but still worth mentioning) The Wonder Years premiered on ABC immediately following the broadcast of Super Bowl XXII.

Hard to believe that show's now 25 years old. :o

Same with the first season of "Full House", which premiered 4 1/2 months earlier on ABC. Just last week, Nick At Nite was showing the first-season episodes again.

February 5th 1988 – Manuel Noriega is indicted on drug smuggling and money laundering charges.

In February of 1988, the Winter Olympics in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, were going on.  Those are the first Winter Olympic games I can remember watching on tv.

February 25th 1988 – Roh Tae-woo became president of South Korea.

February 28, 1988, was the day of the closing ceremonies of the Calgary Winter Olympics.

The next day was Leap Day.

March 5th 1988 – The Constitution of Turks and Caicos Islands is restored and revised.

March 13th 1988 – The Seikan Tunnel, the longest undersea tunnel in the world, opens between Aomori and Hakodate, Japan.

Also on March 13, 1988:
Yielding to student protests, the board of trustees of Gallaudet University in Washington D.C., a liberal arts college for the hearing-impaired, chose a person named I. King Jordan to become the school's first deaf president.
Just 8 years later, I contacted this place (via snail mail) for some information on hearing problems, to use for an oral report on hearing problems (for my high-school health class).

March 16th 1988:

– Iran-Contra Affair: Lieutenant Colonel Oliver North and Vice Admiral John Poindexter are indicted on charges of conspiracy to defraud the United States.

– Halabja poison gas attack: The Kurdish town of Halabjah in Iraq is attacked with a mix of poison gas and nerve agents on the orders of Saddam Hussein, killing 5000 people and injuring about 10000 people.

– The Troubles: Ulster loyalist militant Michael Stone attacks a Provisional IRA funeral in Belfast with pistols and grenades. Three people are killed and more than 60 wounded. The attack was filmed by news crews.

March 17th 1988 – Eritrean War of Independence: The Eritrean People's Liberation Front encircled an Ethiopian force and gained a decisive victory in the Battle of Afabet.

March 19, 1988: Clayton Kershaw, the current ace pitcher of the Los Angeles Dodgers, was born.

March 20th 1988 – Eritrean War of Independence: Having defeated the Nadew Command, the Eritrean People's Liberation Front enters the town of Afabet, victoriously concluding the Battle of Afabet.

May 5, 1988: British pop singer Adele (birth name: Adele Laurie Blue Adkins) was born.

May 8th 1988 – A fire at Illinois Bell's Hinsdale Central Office triggers an extended 1AESS network outage once considered the 'worst telecommunications disaster in US telephone industry history' and still the worst to occur on Mother's Day.

May 8th 1988 – A fire at Illinois Bell's Hinsdale Central Office triggers an extended 1AESS network outage once considered the 'worst telecommunications disaster in US telephone industry history' and still the worst to occur on Mother's Day.

Sad :\'(

It was a good day for me, however, as it was the day that I made my First Holy Communion. :)

June 25, 1988: Musicians Hillel Slovak (a guitarist who was an original member of American alt-rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers) and Jimmy Soul (an American solo singer) both passed away. :\'(

July 8th 1988 – The Island Express train travelling from Bangalore to Kanyakumari derails on the Peruman bridge and falls into Ashtamudi Lake, killing 105 passengers and injuring over 200 more.

July 8th 1988 – The Island Express train travelling from Bangalore to Kanyakumari derails on the Peruman bridge and falls into Ashtamudi Lake, killing 105 passengers and injuring over 200 more.
How sad. :\'(

The next day, I remember celebrating my 8th birthday at home, with friends from school; it was a sports-themed party. My parents put together an obstacle course in the backyard and we were timed to see how fast we could run through it. And my cake was a "golf" cake; had a little figurine of a golfer about to take a golf swing and putt a ball into a hole. (If I can scan some pictures, I'll share 'em here.)

August 10th 1988 – Japanese American internment: The Civil Liberties Act of 1988 became law, authorizing US$20,000 in reparations to each surviving internee.

September 7th 1988 – Abdul Ahad Mohmand, the first Afghan in space, returns aboard the Soviet spacecraft Soyuz TM-5 after 9 days on the Mir space station.

October 12, 1988: The National League Championship Series between the New York Mets and L.A. Dodgers came down to the 7th and deciding game; Orel Hershiser pitched a complete-game shutout, a 6-0 victory over the New York Mets, to send the Dodgers into the World Series for the first time in seven years. 8)
And they haven't gotten there since. (But this year, there is a chance!)

October 15, 1988: The opening game of the World Series that year. Oakland Athletics vs. Los Angeles Dodgers. A's had a 4-3 lead going into the bottom of the 9th, with Dennis Eckersley on the mound. Kirk Gibson, who was not expected to play at all that night due to an injury, stepped up as a pinch-hitter with 2 out and a runner on base... and hit a towering home run to win the game, 5-4, and take the first game of the series.

October 19th 1988 – The British government imposes a broadcasting ban on television and radio interviews with members of Sinn Féin and eleven Irish republican and Ulster loyalist paramilitary groups.

November 8, 1988: Vice-President George H.W. Bush was elected as the 41st President of the U.S., defeating Democratic challenger Michael Dukakis. This was the first time since the 1920's when the Republican Party won three straight Presidential elections... and the most recent time that a Vice President would advance to the Presidency.

(Also, for the record, it's the earliest presidential election that I can actually remember clearly.)

November 8, 1988: Vice-President George H.W. Bush was elected as the 41st President of the U.S., defeating Democratic challenger Michael Dukakis. This was the first time since the 1920's when the Republican Party won three straight Presidential elections... and the most recent time that a Vice President would advance to the Presidency.

(Also, for the record, it's the earliest presidential election that I can actually remember clearly.)



Wow has it been 25 years already?  :o

Wow has it been 25 years already?  :o

Yep, that long. Time flies, doesn't it?

I was 8 years old at the time, in the 3rd grade, and I can remember learning about the election during the first week of the month. I was well aware of the two main candidates during the months prior, and I also remember seeing ads for their campaigns on TV.

December 2nd 1988 – Benazir Bhutto became Prime Minister of Pakistan, the first woman to head the government of a Muslim-majority state.

December 6th 1988 – The Australian Capital Territory was granted self-government.

December 14th 1988 – The ET3 television network is launched in Thessaloniki, Greece.

December 21st 1988 – A bomb explodes on board Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, killing 270.  :\'(

January 4th 1989 – Second Gulf of Sidra incident: a pair of Libyan MiG-23 "Floggers" are shot down by a pair of US Navy F-14 Tomcats during an air-to-air confrontation.

...and I remember my family was without a TV for the first week of the year.

January 20, 1989:

Ronald Reagan, at age 77 years and 11 months, was officially the oldest person to be President of the U.S., as he left office, to make way for incoming president George H.W. Bush, who was being inaugurated that day. In addition, G.H.W. Bush was the last person, to date, to advance from the vice-presidency to the presidency.

January 20, 1989:

Ronald Reagan, at age 77 years and 11 months, was officially the oldest person to be President of the U.S., as he left office, to make way for incoming president George H.W. Bush, who was being inaugurated that day. In addition, G.H.W. Bush was the last person, to date, to advance from the vice-presidency to the presidency.



I remember that day.

January 29th 1989 – Hungary establishes diplomatic relations with South Korea, making it the first Eastern Bloc nation to do so

I remember that day.

So do I.

Two days later, the Super Bowl XXIII was played at Joe Robbie Stadium (now known as Sun Life Stadium) in Miami, FL, with the San Francisco 49ers defeating the Cincinnati Bengals by a score of 20-16.

February 6th 1989 – The Round Table Talks start in Poland, thus marking the beginning of overthrow of communism in Eastern Europe.

March 19th 1989 – The Egyptian Flag is raised on Taba, Egypt announcing the end of the Israeli occupation after the Yom Kippur War in 1973 and the peace negotiations in 1979.

March 22nd 1989 – Clint Malarchuk of the Buffalo Sabres suffers a near-fatal injury when another player accidentally slits his throat.

April 1st 1989 – Margaret Thatcher's new local government tax, the Community Charge (commonly known as the "poll tax"), is introduced in Scotland.

^ I remember what I was doing on that day. My family and I traveled up to the Golden Poppy Reserve in Lancaster, CA, but there weren't very many poppies to see, due to the weather conditions. (In fact, this was the beginning of a week-long heat wave consisting of record-high temperatures.)

April 26, 1989: Comedian Lucille Ball passed away at the age of 77, from a condition identified as a Dissecting aortic aneurysm. :\'( :\'(

Elsewhere in the world, a tornado struck the Manikganj District of Bangladesh, killing an estimated 1,300 people, the deadliest tornado in history.

April 26, 1989: Comedian Lucille Ball passed away at the age of 77, from a condition identified as a Dissecting aortic aneurysm.

It was a sad day in film and television. :(

It was a sad day in film and television. :(

Agreed. :\'(

25 years ago, Disney Hollywood Studios (then known as MGM) opened in Florida, becoming the third theme park to open at Walt Disney World. I visited in 1994 just before the Twilight Zone Tower of Terror opened.

May 12th 1989 – The San Bernardino train disaster kills four people. A week later an underground gasoline pipeline explodes killing two more people.

May 12th 1989 - Retired British pilot Jack Mann is kidnapped by Islamic fundamentalists

May 13th 1989 – Large groups of students occupy Tiananmen Square and begin a hunger strike.

May 29th 1989 – Signing of an agreement between Egypt and the United States, allowing the manufacture of parts of the F-16 jet fighter plane in Egypt.

May 30th 1989 – Tiananmen Square protests of 1989: the 33-foot high "Goddess of Democracy" statue is unveiled in Tiananmen Square by student demonstrators.

25 years ago tonight, on June 3, 1989, the L.A. Dodgers and Houston Astros played a 22-inning game that lasted 7 1/4 hours (the longest game in terms of time). By the time it finished, on the morning of June 4 (at 2:50am local time), Jeff Hamilton, a third baseman for L.A., was pitching (he ended up surrendering the winning run), and Fernando Valenzuela, a starting pitcher, was playing at first base.

June 4th 1989 – The People's Liberation Army violently cracked down on the Tiananmen Square protests in Beijing, leaving at least 241 dead and 7,000 wounded, and causing widespread international condemnation of the Chinese government.
   

June 5th 1989 – The Tank Man halts the progress of a column of advancing tanks for over half an hour after the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989.
https://scontent-a-lhr.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpa1/t1.0-9/10436673_916759078336073_4469287274122430386_n.jpg

June 5th 1989 - Paul McCartney releases "Flowers in the Dirt"

June 24th 1989 – Jiang Zemin succeeds Zhao Ziyang to become the General Secretary of the Communist Party of China after 1989 Tiananmen Square Protests.

July 19th 1989 – United Flight 232 crashes in Sioux City, Iowa killing 112.

July 26th 1989 – A federal grand jury indicts Cornell University student Robert T. Morris, Jr. for releasing the Morris worm, thus becoming the first person to be prosecuted under the 1986 Computer Fraud and Abuse Act.

August 5th 1989 – General elections are held in Nicaragua with the Sandinista National Liberation Front winning a majority.

October 17, 1989: The Loma Prieta Earthquake occurred; it was noted for interrupting the World Series, which was held between the two Bay Area teams: the Oakland Athletics and San Francisco Giants.

October 17, 1989: The Loma Prieta Earthquake occurred; it was noted for interrupting the World Series, which was held between the two Bay Area teams: the Oakland Athletics and San Francisco Giants.

and on the 28th, the Series was completed, with the A's sweeping the Giants, 4 games to nada. (Game 5 would have been played on Sunday the 29th if necessary, Game 6 on Halloween, and Game 7 on November 1st.)

Google's Doodle commemorates the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall today, signaling the beginning of the end of the Cold War. That said, Mikhail Gorbachev today announces that a revival of the Cold War could happen.

Google's Doodle commemorates the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall today, signaling the beginning of the end of the Cold War. That said, Mikhail Gorbachev today announces that a revival of the Cold War could happen.

I remember I was in school when it happened, but I definitely heard about it as it occurred.

Google's Doodle commemorates the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall today, signaling the beginning of the end of the Cold War. That said, Mikhail Gorbachev today announces that a revival of the Cold War could happen.


Yes, actually the Berlin Wall technically was still there until June 1990 but the opening of it was arguably a bigger deal than when it was destroyed. It took until 1992 to completely demolish it.

17 December 1989: The Simpsons premiered as a standalone show.

17 December 1989: The Simpsons premiered as a standalone show.


and 25 years later, It's still going strong.

and 25 years later, It's still going strong.
Not with me, I do not watch the program any more, I find it unfunny.

Thread is continued in The 1990's: http://www.inthe00s.com/index.php?topic=51001.0