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!

Good morning, EGC!!

So grateful your Dad is fine.

*HUGS*

581 posted on 07/01/2005 8:49:10 AM PDT by Soaring Feather

Been up for a while Tom.

582 posted on 07/01/2005 8:50:19 AM PDT by Soaring Feather

To: Professional Engineer

Smooch!

(MsDrby, that was a sisterly smooch.)

583 posted on 07/01/2005 8:52:15 AM PDT by Samwise (I hope my birthday cake is chocolate.)

Since the crack of noon?.....lol!.giggle.......

584 posted on 07/01/2005 8:55:11 AM PDT by tomkow6 (Support the Fashion Divos you see in the Canteen (buy a BURKA)!)

To: Army Air Corps

Yes indeed. How ignorant of the left to state we are going it alone. Like you said, Thankfully we have intelligent people in the majority who recognize the sacrifices and honorable service from our allies! Thanks so much ArmyAirCorps!!

585 posted on 07/01/2005 8:55:28 AM PDT by GodBlessUSA (US Troops, past, present and future, God Bless You and Thank You! Prayers said for our Heroes!)

4. What do you recall as the best memory from 1985?

I became the above.

586 posted on 07/01/2005 8:57:20 AM PDT by Soaring Feather

Don't push your luck Burkaman!....

587 posted on 07/01/2005 8:58:32 AM PDT by Soaring Feather

The time together is what counts most! Sorry that you guys didn't get a WIN to top it off!

Hope tomorrow's meeting goes well! Sorry that I couldn't be there. Sent along a picture of me at play just in case. Ask to see it if LH forgets to show you.

Hope you have a Fantastic weekend!!!!

588 posted on 07/01/2005 8:58:37 AM PDT by SouthernHawk (If at first you don't succeed--try management)

Imagine if the 'net and blogosphere existed in 1968! Imagine if FR existed during the Tet Offensive when the media was causing Americans to perceive a North Vietnamese defeat as a US and ARVN disaster; we could have given them the "Memogate" treatment! Walter Cronkite has the blood of countless South Vietnamese on his hands as does John Kerry - two of Ho Chi Minh's biggest tools.

589 posted on 07/01/2005 8:59:33 AM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four fried chickens and a coke)

590 posted on 07/01/2005 9:02:24 AM PDT by Soaring Feather

591 posted on 07/01/2005 9:03:37 AM PDT by E.G.C.

To: SouthernHawk

Back at 'ya, SouthernHawk.

592 posted on 07/01/2005 9:04:06 AM PDT by E.G.C.

To: Army Air Corps

Take heart. If things hadn't gone down the way they did in VN then maybe The Canteen would have had no reason to exist because the troops would be receiving universal support.

Be that as it may.....

This is exactly why we are here:

Prayers for all the troops, their families and supporters over this weekend, the day of "our" birth!

593 posted on 07/01/2005 9:06:56 AM PDT by El Gran Salseron ( The comments of this poster are meant for self-amusement only! Read at your own risk! :-))

To: Army Air Corps

Absolutely. Too bad we didn't have this technology back then. They carry the blame and the shame and they will face their maker!

I too, have thought of that. I know I was extremely thankful back in 2000, again 9/11, this past election and many other times for the internet. I think, it is a good possibility, Gore would have stolen the election had it not been possible for the communications between people due to the internet. Thank our Dear Lord!

I'm sincerely grateful that I can keep the MSN off and read and get my news on the computer. Supporting our Troops on the computer is priceless :).

594 posted on 07/01/2005 9:08:37 AM PDT by GodBlessUSA (US Troops, past, present and future, God Bless You and Thank You! Prayers said for our Heroes!)

Morning Bentfeather! *HUGS*

595 posted on 07/01/2005 9:11:14 AM PDT by Cool Multiservice Soldier (Newer screen name. but same attitude, same service, same political incorrectness since 1999.)