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FReeper Canteen ~ Flashback Friday 1985 ~ 01 July 2005
Posted on 06/30/2005 7:03:48 PM PDT by MoJo2001
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~ Flashback Friday ~ Year: 1985 |
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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. |
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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? |
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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 |
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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. |
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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! |
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To: Kathy in Alaska; MoJo2001
That sounds so decadent...
Okay, time to call it a night. I wonder...has anyone in the Canteen ever mentioned being a TOPS member? That might be good for a story or two, especially since we're talking about '85.
If anyone bites, I'll talk about it tomorrow!
Good night, all!
381
posted on
06/30/2005 10:44:49 PM PDT
by
HiJinx
(~ www.ProudPatriots.org ~ Serving Those Who Serve Us ~ Operation Semper Fi ~)
To: SandRat
Amen. Thank you for this prayer.
382
posted on
06/30/2005 10:47:43 PM PDT
by
EsmeraldaA
(Our prayers for all US troops.)
To: HiJinx
383
posted on
06/30/2005 10:48:22 PM PDT
by
EsmeraldaA
(Our prayers for all US troops.)
To: SevenofNine
Good. If he tried to return to his hometown (Wharton), they would try the old act of tarring and feathering folks (if he is lucky).
384
posted on
06/30/2005 10:48:34 PM PDT
by
Army Air Corps
(Four fried chickens and a coke)
To: carlr
Welcome to the Canteen, carlr. Thanks for sharing what sure was a transitional year, and glad to see that things worked out well for you because of your perseverance.
385
posted on
06/30/2005 10:48:44 PM PDT
by
Kathy in Alaska
(~ www.ProudPatriots.org ~ coming soon ~Operation Semper Fi ~a field hospital~)
To: HiJinx
386
posted on
06/30/2005 10:50:41 PM PDT
by
Kathy in Alaska
(~ www.ProudPatriots.org ~ coming soon ~Operation Semper Fi ~a field hospital~)
To: SandRat
Wonderful prayer, Sand, for Absent Family Members.Thanks.
387
posted on
06/30/2005 10:52:24 PM PDT
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Kathy in Alaska
(~ www.ProudPatriots.org ~ coming soon ~Operation Semper Fi ~a field hospital~)
To: EsmeraldaA
Have a special selection of Prayers for this Independance weekend.
388
posted on
06/30/2005 10:54:29 PM PDT
by
SandRat
(Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
To: Kathy in Alaska
Time to toddle off to bed. Good-nite
389
posted on
06/30/2005 10:55:41 PM PDT
by
SandRat
(Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
To: SevenofNine
Spent last night enjoying Santana.
Opener was Los Lonely Boys....
They reminded me of a little 3-piece band from Texas I grew up with.
Only, they were louder, if you can imagine that!
390
posted on
06/30/2005 10:55:42 PM PDT
by
ButThreeLeftsDo
(Carry Daily, Apply Sparingly)
To: MozartLover
Good night and sleep well, ML. Thanks, Evan, for choosing to serve your country.
391
posted on
06/30/2005 10:56:26 PM PDT
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Kathy in Alaska
(~ www.ProudPatriots.org ~ coming soon ~Operation Semper Fi ~a field hospital~)
To: SandRat; Old Sarge; Kathy in Alaska; All
Breaking news off BBC wire report that Pakstein has busted three Al Quada suspect in border town that Pakstein and Agharn mountains share one of them happen to be top soldier for BINNY OH please drop the dime on him dude
Also a report off World Tribune reporting guess what Vlad up too he is sending Chechen terrorist to that old Stalin standby known as Siberia THAT RIGHT wintery Siberia
Senator Durbain I hope he is not lurking on FR ROFL
392
posted on
06/30/2005 10:57:03 PM PDT
by
SevenofNine
(Not everybody in, it for truth, justice, and the American way,"=Det Lennie Briscoe)
To: SandRat
Good night, toddle safely, and sleep well, Sand. Thanks for helping honor our troops. And thank you for your service to this great country of ours.
393
posted on
06/30/2005 10:57:30 PM PDT
by
Kathy in Alaska
(~ www.ProudPatriots.org ~ coming soon ~Operation Semper Fi ~a field hospital~)
To: ButThreeLeftsDo; All
OH MAN I hear of that band Los Lonely Boys rack itt
394
posted on
06/30/2005 10:58:50 PM PDT
by
SevenofNine
(Not everybody in, it for truth, justice, and the American way,"=Det Lennie Briscoe)
To: SevenofNine
Hmmmm....off to Siberia.
I sure do hope Pakistan is catching the bad guys
Thanks, Seven, for the international headlines.
395
posted on
06/30/2005 10:59:52 PM PDT
by
Kathy in Alaska
(~ www.ProudPatriots.org ~ coming soon ~Operation Semper Fi ~a field hospital~)
To: Kathy in Alaska; tomkow6; All
Breaking news off Sky news alert report that IDF has open up Gaza checkpoint that seal off settlers in that area
Also another report off Hareetz wire one of Religious party Rabbis told Ariel Sharon at the meeting that you are murderer of Jewish people in gaza ARIEL
A fight almost broke out
396
posted on
06/30/2005 11:00:29 PM PDT
by
SevenofNine
(Not everybody in, it for truth, justice, and the American way,"=Det Lennie Briscoe)
To: Kathy in Alaska; tomkow6; All
Hey Kathy what I understand some of those old gulgugs are still around probably in disrepair they force these terrorist to work on remodeling them that funny part about it
Also BBC wire reporting that UK has took over EU presidency so that mean Tony Blair is techincally EU Prez for how long I don't know
UK Telegraph reporting that Tony Blair is plan snub US over our refusal of not signing the Kydto treaty that infamous treaty that prevent greenhouse gases
397
posted on
06/30/2005 11:03:02 PM PDT
by
SevenofNine
(Not everybody in, it for truth, justice, and the American way,"=Det Lennie Briscoe)
To: SevenofNine
You are a one woman news bureau!
You should start your posts with an opener such as:
"To mister and misses America and all of our ships at sea. This just in..."
398
posted on
06/30/2005 11:05:37 PM PDT
by
Army Air Corps
(Four fried chickens and a coke)
To: SevenofNine
A talented bunch.
Second set, Carlos dismissed his drummer, bassist and backing (I can't spell rithem) guitar player and inserted LLB.
Very Cool.
399
posted on
06/30/2005 11:07:30 PM PDT
by
ButThreeLeftsDo
(Carry Daily, Apply Sparingly)
To: Army Air Corps; All
OH MAN that way old school take
That Walter Winchell YEAH I knew who he is he was Oringal Matt Drudge without internet
Personally I rather be known as Hedda Hopper I love her hats LOL! the photos I seen of her LOL!
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posted on
06/30/2005 11:08:11 PM PDT
by
SevenofNine
(Not everybody in, it for truth, justice, and the American way,"=Det Lennie Briscoe)
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