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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: txradioguy; 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub; StarCMC; Radix; pelikan; LUV W
461
posted on
07/01/2005 4:35:35 AM PDT
by
tomkow6
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To: Kathy in Alaska
You did have an anniversary, didn't you? Yes ma'am, finally.
462
posted on
07/01/2005 4:46:54 AM PDT
by
TheMom
(My husband rocks!)
To: beachn4fun; Mudboy Slim; ValerieUSA; MoJo2001; tomkow6; StarCMC; Kathy in Alaska; Bethbg79; ...
463
posted on
07/01/2005 4:55:51 AM PDT
by
acad1228
("We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid" - Benjamin Franklin)
To: acad1228
464
posted on
07/01/2005 4:59:04 AM PDT
by
tomkow6
(Support the Fashion Divos you see in the Canteen (buy a BURKA)!)
To: TheMom
465
posted on
07/01/2005 4:59:24 AM PDT
by
tomkow6
(Support the Fashion Divos you see in the Canteen (buy a BURKA)!)
To: tomkow6
466
posted on
07/01/2005 5:04:12 AM PDT
by
TheMom
(My husband rocks!)
To: tomkow6
Mornin' Tom. Much bad juju in the offing weather-wise here. I may have to blip out soon.
467
posted on
07/01/2005 5:15:20 AM PDT
by
acad1228
("We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid" - Benjamin Franklin)
To: MoJo2001
Good Morning Canteen FReepers! In 1985 I was a lowly Airman station at Ellsworth AFB SD..
468
posted on
07/01/2005 5:29:54 AM PDT
by
darkwing104
(Let's get dangerous)
To: LaDivaLoca; 68-69TonkinGulfYatchClub; Kathy in Alaska; Fawnn; bentfeather; beachn4fun; StarCMC; ...
Good Morning Canteen FReepers! In 1985 I was a lowly Airman station at Ellsworth AFB SD..
469
posted on
07/01/2005 5:30:38 AM PDT
by
darkwing104
(Let's get dangerous)
To: Kathy in Alaska
Good Morning! Off to get coffee and the morning paper then it's Prairie dog city time.
470
posted on
07/01/2005 5:30:56 AM PDT
by
SandRat
(Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
To: SandRat
471
posted on
07/01/2005 5:40:21 AM PDT
by
Sirc_Valence
(By "paint the nation blue" they mean "depress everyone.")
To: acad1228
Yesterday completed 8 straight days of 90+ days here in Chicagoland! June turned out to be the SECOND HOTTEST & DRYEST in recorded history!
BTW: I LOVE the hot, sticky weather!
472
posted on
07/01/2005 5:43:52 AM PDT
by
tomkow6
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To: darkwing104
473
posted on
07/01/2005 5:44:09 AM PDT
by
tomkow6
(Support the Fashion Divos you see in the Canteen (buy a BURKA)!)
To: SandRat
474
posted on
07/01/2005 5:44:38 AM PDT
by
tomkow6
(Support the Fashion Divos you see in the Canteen (buy a BURKA)!)
To: tomkow6
Good Morning Tomkow!
475
posted on
07/01/2005 5:45:25 AM PDT
by
darkwing104
(Let's get dangerous)
To: Kathy in Alaska
Morning Ma! You got FReep Mail.
476
posted on
07/01/2005 5:46:14 AM PDT
by
txradioguy
(In Memory Of My Friend 1SG Tim Millsap A Co. 70th Eng. K.I.A. 25 April 2005)
To: txradioguy
477
posted on
07/01/2005 5:51:57 AM PDT
by
tomkow6
(Support the Fashion Divos you see in the Canteen (buy a BURKA)!)
To: tomkow6
Did FR just quit for a few minutes on anyone else?
478
posted on
07/01/2005 6:00:22 AM PDT
by
acad1228
("We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid" - Benjamin Franklin)
To: MoJo2001
1. Were you in school?
Yes, high ;-)
2. Were you in the military?
Duh thanks to #1 - no!
3. What kind of music were you listening to?
Regular "pop" as listed above. (Thanks for the top hit list actually being accurate and not having a bunch of "hair" [heavy metal] or more fringe stuff)
Also, oldies pop/rock - I listened to (still would if I had a choice) 50s/60s rock as well, alot.
4. What do you recall as the best memory from 1985?
Training my beloved doggie Shana successfully in basic obedience (the only thing that matters), finishing 2nd in the class. Well, only of 6 but she did a great job. So did I. ;-)
479
posted on
07/01/2005 6:11:02 AM PDT
by
the OlLine Rebel
(Common sense is an uncommon virtue.)
To: tomkow6
:o(
480
posted on
07/01/2005 6:11:02 AM PDT
by
luvie
(GOD BLESS THE TROOPS AND GOD BLESS THE USA! GOTTA LOVE W!)
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