FReeper Canteen ~ Flashback Friday 1985 ~ 01 July 2005

[MoJo2001]

 

 

~ 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!

 

 

[luvie]

Good night, dear friends--it's been fun!

GOD BLESS OUR MILITARY HEROES!
GOD BE WITH ALL WHO PASS THIS WAY--MAY THEY BE WELCOMED!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, ML.....how ya doing? What kind of weather is going on up there?

[HiJinx]

Dear God but I'm old!!

Pooh! In '85 I was 13 years out of high school with 3 years of college under my belt, 9 years of military service, had a son, and another on the way, had been married for 10 years, was on my second tour in Germany, and listened to whatever was playing at the time!

And there are a few vets here much older than me. You? Old? Not hardly, Chica!

[Army Air Corps]

Now that Danny Boy is unemployed, I hope that he does not return to Texas. He should go someplace where his worldview is accepted; anyone want to chip-in for a one way ticket to Cuba?

[MozartLover]

Right now it's pretty nice. We're finally getting rid of the heat/humidity.

Tomorrow is supposed to be gorgeous.....high of 75, low around 50, dry air, no rain, lots of sunshine.

Should be a pretty nice holiday weekend.

[MS.BEHAVIN]

Good night Sweetie!
God Bless and keep you!
I won't be too far behind you..
Long day again tomorrow..
Ms.B

[radu]

I don't understand people being cruel and dumping critters either. So many don't get lucky enough to find new homes. :-(
The cats who show up here are all sooooo sweet; I can't imagine anyone wanting to dump them in the first place. Oh well, their loss is our gain. We have lots of love running around the place. LOL!

The spray has a smell, too, and stays on their fur for a couple of days. They eventually lick it off. I just use it because it's so much cheaper than the drops. It works quite well, at least.

Good night, sweet dreams!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good night, LW, and sleep tight. Thanks for helping honor our troops.

Thanks, David, for your service to our country. Prayers for your safety and success of mission.

Thanks, Jim and Derek, for your service to America. Sending prayers for your safety and success of mission.

Hi, Jim, hope you are having a wonderful R&R!!

[MozartLover]

I was 15 years out of high school, had earned a college degree, and was married & had 3 kids.

I'm really old.;^)

[Kathy in Alaska]

Sounds like perfect weather for a 4th of July parade. I'm trying to find out when ours starts.

[radu]

Glad you had a good day off! Hope it was relaxing.

Yikes! 46 mad cats--that is just.....scary! LOL! You are brave.

Or insane. I haven't figured out which. LOL!

Good night, sweet dreams.

[AZamericonnie]

A sweet gift indeed...for you...

Glen Campbell~Whichita Lineman

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

I drove home and back to work and home.....

Popping tapes in and out of the ol' VCR.

I had it all on tape, watched it once and gave it all away to a friend whose wife was a Madonna fan.

Looking back, it wasn't all that important, in the grand scheme of things.

[HiJinx]

No, you are not really old! You're just a slightly seasoned citizen!

Is your soldier the youngest of your kids?

[MS.BEHAVIN]

1985..
Lessee...
Still kind of newly wed to Mr.B
We will celabrate 22 years this Saturday, July 2nd..
Working in an nursing home...
We were living in a nice (rented) Cape..
Nothing earth shattering!
The Cats were my favorite band back then, as they are now!
Ms.B

[Kathy in Alaska]

Grammar? Grammar? Not to worry in the Canteen. LOL!

[MozartLover]

I wish Evan would get home............he got something Fed Exed to him today from the Army, says "open immediately", scheduling info, etc. He needs some dental work done before deployment and I think this is the info he needs........they were going to find him a dentist, set up the appointments, and foot the bill, etc. (via Tri-Care, I believe).

Well, he'll see it when he gets home.

I'm going to call it a night..........tomorrow I get to sleep in but then it's 8 hours of rehearsal.:(

THEN A 3-DAY WEEKEND!!!!!WOO-HOO!!!!!!!

[MS.BEHAVIN]

One of my favorite songs!
thank you soo much!
Hugs!
Ms.B

[MozartLover]

Yes, he is; he's 22 (23 in Sept.); and we have a 25-year-old daughter and a 27-year-old son.:)

[EsmeraldaA]

Did you check my work in progress? LOL!