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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: SandRat
A M E N !!!!
641
posted on
07/01/2005 10:20:14 AM PDT
by
SouthernHawk
(If at first you don't succeed--try management)
To: acad1228; StarCMC
I like spiders
I rearrange the furniture
He still holds my purse
I don't need to ask anyone how I look.
But you're right, women do rule the world now because the vast majority of men are beautiful all the time and willingly please us generously.
642
posted on
07/01/2005 10:20:59 AM PDT
by
Lady Jag
(Honor - Dignity - Courage - Loyalty)
To: Lady Jag; 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub; Ms.Poohbear; 2LT Radix jr; Radix; LaDivaLoca; Severa; ...
Your ATTENTION PLEASE!
STAND-BY for a
VERY IMPORTANT
MESSAGE
FROM MY "VOICES"!
643
posted on
07/01/2005 10:21:18 AM PDT
by
tomkow6
(Support the Fashion Divos you see in the Canteen (buy a BURKA)!)
To: tomkow6
OK.....
644
posted on
07/01/2005 10:22:17 AM PDT
by
darkwing104
(Let's get dangerous)
To: tomkow6
Oh man!... This can't be good!
645
posted on
07/01/2005 10:22:50 AM PDT
by
acad1228
("We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid" - Benjamin Franklin)
To: acad1228; tomkow6; darkwing104
Don't let him fool you, he is getting ready to go nuts on the Canteen and take over the thread.
To: tomkow6
To: tomkow6
To: tomkow6
To: tomkow6
To: bentfeather
Don't let him fool you, he is getting ready to go nuts on the Canteen and take over the thread. Like running around naked or something?
651
posted on
07/01/2005 10:29:36 AM PDT
by
darkwing104
(Let's get dangerous)
To: bentfeather
QUIET! I'm busy doin' sumthin SPECIAL!
652
posted on
07/01/2005 10:30:16 AM PDT
by
tomkow6
(Support the Fashion Divos you see in the Canteen (buy a BURKA)!)
To: acad1228; tomkow6; All
We have a Winner!!Acad1228
HISTORY ANSWER:
In 1898, Teddy Roosevelt and his Rough Riders led the
charge up Cuba's heavily fortified San Juan Hill in a
key Spanish-American War battle.
To: bentfeather
bentfeather!!! #650!!!
(If we put your rubies with my sapphires and add in some HUGE diamonds into the mix, we'd have patriot jewelry for this weekend!) ;)
654
posted on
07/01/2005 10:30:45 AM PDT
by
Fawnn
(Canteen wOOhOO Consultant and CookingWithPam.com person - Faith makes things possible, not easy.)
To: bentfeather
Thanks for the Friday Gimme!
655
posted on
07/01/2005 10:31:22 AM PDT
by
acad1228
("We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid" - Benjamin Franklin)
To: darkwing104; tomkow6
Like running around naked or something?
That's it for sure. I know his evil ways.
To: Mr. Silverback
Good morning, Mr. S. How's it going?
657
posted on
07/01/2005 10:32:15 AM PDT
by
E.G.C.
To: darkwing104
Like running around naked or something? That's a visual I didn't need!
658
posted on
07/01/2005 10:34:25 AM PDT
by
acad1228
("We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid" - Benjamin Franklin)
To: tomkow6
We're all ears!
659
posted on
07/01/2005 10:34:29 AM PDT
by
SouthernHawk
(If at first you don't succeed--try management)
To: tomkow6
We're all ears!
660
posted on
07/01/2005 10:35:31 AM PDT
by
SouthernHawk
(If at first you don't succeed--try management)
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