FReeper Canteen ~ Flashback Friday 1985 ~ 01 July 2005

~ Flashback Friday ~
Year: 1985

Welcome to Flashback Friday!
Each Friday we will take a journey back in time.
We will highlight a year and then you'll have the opportunity to give your thoughts, opinions, and stories.
This week we're jumping back to 1985.

1985 Questions!
We Want To Know

1. Were you in school?
2. Were you in the military?
3. What kind of music were you listening to?
4. What do you recall as the best memory from 1985?

Events that occurred in 1985

- Live Aid attempts to raise funds for famine relief.

- January 20 - U.S. President Ronald Reagan is sworn in for a second term in office.

-February 1 - AM stereo broadcasting starts in Australia.

-March 11 - Mikhail Gorbachev becomes the General Secretary of the Soviet Communist Party and de facto leader of the Soviet Union.

-March 20 - Libby Riddles becomes the first woman to win the 1,135-mile Iditarod dog sled race.

June 6 - The body of Josef Mengele is located and exhumed in Brazil.

June 14 - TWA Flight 847 is hijacked by Hezbollah.

July 10 - The Greenpeace vessel, the Rainbow Warrior is bombed and sunk in Auckland harbour by French DGSE agents

September 1 - A joint American-French expedition locates the wreck of the RMS Titanic.

October 7 - The passenger ship Achille Lauro is hijacked by Palestinians.

December 27 - American naturalist Dian Fossey is found murdered in Rwanda.

December 25 - Mikhail Gorbachev resigns as president of the Soviet Union

December 26 - Supreme Soviet meets and formally dissolves the Soviet Union

December 31 - Soviet Union officially ceases to exist

Entertainment/Sports

Super Bowl XIX: San Francisco 49ers won 38-16 over the Miami Dolphins

April 1 - Villanova University's "perfect upset" of Georgetown University and Patrick Ewing for the NCAA Basketball Championship.

World Series: The Kansas City Royals defeat the St. Louis Cardinals 4 games to 3, becoming the first team to come back from a 3 to 1 deficit to win a series in baseball

February 8 - After 5-1/2 years, the television series The Dukes of Hazzard goes off the air.

June - Alexey Pajitnov develops Tetris at the Moscow Academy of Science for the Electronica 60 computer.

November - Microsoft releases the first version of Windows.

The Nintendo Entertainment System is released in the U.S.

Hit Music From 1985

Wham - Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go

Tears For Fears - Everybody Wants To Rule The World

Dire Straits - Money For Nothing

Sheena Easton - Sugar Walls*

USA For Africa - We Are The World

Stevie Wonder - Part Time Lover

New Edition - Cool It Now

Honeydrippers - Sea Of Love

Murray Head - One Night In Bangkok

Sade - Smooth Operator

Katrina & The Waves - Walking On Sunshine

Madonna - Dress You Up

Bruce Springsteen - Born In The USA

The Time - Jungle Love*

* denotes music that isn't suitable for children or Ma!

To: Army Air Corps

Fret not! We've got the Top 500 songs of 1985. We won't run out.

161 posted on 06/30/2005 8:38:45 PM PDT by MoJo2001 (Support Our Troops-->It's The Least Any Of Us Can Do...www.proudpatriots.org)

To: FlingWingFlyer

Monty Python's "Bruces" sketch is one of my all time favourites.

"Rule number one; no poofters!"

162 posted on 06/30/2005 8:38:50 PM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four fried chickens and a coke)

To: FlingWingFlyer

Wow! thats hot for up there eh?

The White Mts are very beautiful

163 posted on 06/30/2005 8:39:09 PM PDT by mylife (The roar of the masses could be farts)

We have NKOTB stuff. Although, they weren't from 1985 that I recall. LOL!! Coming up shortly!

164 posted on 06/30/2005 8:39:36 PM PDT by MoJo2001 (Support Our Troops-->It's The Least Any Of Us Can Do...www.proudpatriots.org)

To: laurenmarlowe

Cool. It's going to be another hot one tomorrow.

165 posted on 06/30/2005 8:39:46 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (We did not lose in Vietnam. We left.)

OOoooh!! Midnight Oil - I really liked them!

166 posted on 06/30/2005 8:40:07 PM PDT by StarCMC (Old Sarge is my hero...doing it right in Iraq! Vaya con Dios, Sarge.)

To: StarCMC; All

167 posted on 06/30/2005 8:40:17 PM PDT by AZamericonnie (I AM an AMERICAN not because I live in America but because America lives in me!~Ray Cornelius~)

To: WestVirginiaRebel; StarCMC

1985.....what a boring year! Building a house, sleeping on a pile of plywood with a Heeler, guarding the goods at night, nailing them down by day.

I can't believe Algore knew who Frank Zappa was. Ask him if he knew the name of the band who played with....their former name.

Good evening Star! How's Sarge?

168 posted on 06/30/2005 8:40:25 PM PDT by BIGLOOK (I once opposed keelhauling but recently have come to my senses.)

To: TASMANIANRED

I don't even want to go there! I still have in my possession a pair of bobby sox left over from my high school days. They were stuck at the back of my dresser! They are antique socks! I should frame them!

169 posted on 06/30/2005 8:41:04 PM PDT by luvie (GOD BLESS THE TROOPS AND GOD BLESS THE USA! GOTTA LOVE W!)

It's hot for up here but right now it's about 65. Had a beautiful sunset tonight because of the smoke in the air. Arizona doesn't have to work very hard to put up a beautiful sunset though.

170 posted on 06/30/2005 8:41:22 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (We did not lose in Vietnam. We left.)

Hey sweetie! Good to see you.

I will be down that way on Sunday and Monday, so I'll keep you posted!

((HUGS))

171 posted on 06/30/2005 8:41:32 PM PDT by laurenmarlowe

Pretend farm. LOL! No, I haven't seen the pictures. I do recall you speaking of the farm before though. Were the pictures in a recent post, I could go back to? Sounds wonderful.

172 posted on 06/30/2005 8:41:47 PM PDT by GodBlessUSA (US Troops, past, present and future, God Bless You and Thank You! Prayers said for our Heroes!)

To: laurenmarlowe

Great shots Lauren! Looks like the cactus wrens got to the last one! The cactus are in bloom.

173 posted on 06/30/2005 8:42:45 PM PDT by AZamericonnie (I AM an AMERICAN not because I live in America but because America lives in me!~Ray Cornelius~)

To: AZamericonnie

Woohoooooo!!!!

"If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice!"

174 posted on 06/30/2005 8:42:45 PM PDT by StarCMC (Old Sarge is my hero...doing it right in Iraq! Vaya con Dios, Sarge.)

Hi Bannie :)
Have a wonderful 4th of July!

175 posted on 06/30/2005 8:43:27 PM PDT by GodBlessUSA (US Troops, past, present and future, God Bless You and Thank You! Prayers said for our Heroes!)

Good evening Radu! *Hugs*

176 posted on 06/30/2005 8:43:27 PM PDT by AZamericonnie (I AM an AMERICAN not because I live in America but because America lives in me!~Ray Cornelius~)

To: laurenmarlowe

Looks as if you may get there for a cool spell.

The Monsoons look awfully weak this year and the humidity is like 12%

Heck its a dry heat L0L

177 posted on 06/30/2005 8:43:43 PM PDT by mylife (The roar of the masses could be farts)

To: Army Air Corps

Ai yi yi! Youre gonna make me CHOOSE?!

Lemmee think for a minute .... "Overkill" and "Down By the Sea" are two that immediately spring to mind. "Blue For You" was another one that stayed with me for a long while, but I dont think I liked it as much as some others.

I can tell you which one I absolutely HATED : "I Like To" - I fast fowarded/skipped on that one all the time. I know the band members liked it, but I never did.

178 posted on 06/30/2005 8:44:29 PM PDT by Alkhin ("Oh! Oh!" cried my idiot crew. "It's a ghoul - we are lost!" ~ Jack Aubrey)

To: BIGLOOK; Old Sarge

As far as I know everything is cool with him. Er...well...maybe not in the TEMPERATURE meaning of the word! LOL!!! Sounded like they were pretty busy last I heard and didn't know when he'd have time to get back online. He'll be back though. He loves us and can't stay away! LMAO!

179 posted on 06/30/2005 8:44:44 PM PDT by StarCMC (Old Sarge is my hero...doing it right in Iraq! Vaya con Dios, Sarge.)

Hi Radu!
How are you this evening? Lovely post!

180 posted on 06/30/2005 8:44:56 PM PDT by GodBlessUSA (US Troops, past, present and future, God Bless You and Thank You! Prayers said for our Heroes!)

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