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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: SouthernHawk; Jade Falcon; 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub; Ms.Poohbear; 2LT Radix jr; Radix; ...
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My "Voices" have received a SPECIAL CODED MESSAGE! (please don't ask how they do this...) Here is the MESSAGE "they" want to share with the CANTEEN! SoutherHawk's & LadyHawk's son Jade Falcon graduated from Navy Boot camp today! 
The mission of the United States Navy is to maintain, train and equip combat-ready naval forces capable of wining wars, deterring aggression and maintaining the freedom of the seas. 
SALUTE! Jade Falcon! 
THANK YOU for serving OUR GREAT COUNTRY!
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681
posted on
07/01/2005 10:57:31 AM PDT
by
tomkow6
(Support the Fashion Divos you see in the Canteen (buy a BURKA)!)
To: tomkow6; acad1228; HiJinx; Lady Jag; Fawnn; All
A Thought for the Day
Who Said? "It is the dull man who is always sure,
and the sure man who is always dull."
Hint: the most prominent newspaperman, book
reviewer, and political commentator
of his day
To: bentfeather
John Jacob Jingle-Himmer Smith!
683
posted on
07/01/2005 10:59:01 AM PDT
by
tomkow6
(Support the Fashion Divos you see in the Canteen (buy a BURKA)!)
To: tomkow6; Jade Falcon; SouthernHawk; LadyHawk
Thank God we have such a brave young man to serve the best Navy in the world.
We were wondering if the Navy would ever recover from Burka Man's stint there.
Hehe!!
Congratulations!!
*HUGS*
684
posted on
07/01/2005 10:59:20 AM PDT
by
MoJo2001
(Support Our Troops-->It's The Least Any Of Us Can Do...www.proudpatriots.org)
To: tomkow6
That is good news!
685
posted on
07/01/2005 10:59:20 AM PDT
by
darkwing104
(Let's get dangerous)
To: bentfeather
686
posted on
07/01/2005 10:59:29 AM PDT
by
acad1228
("We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid" - Benjamin Franklin)
To: tomkow6
Wonderful Burkaman!! Thank You.
To: tomkow6; acad1228
To: bentfeather
DadGummit! I missed that one! (I googled it to check my answer.)
689
posted on
07/01/2005 11:01:01 AM PDT
by
acad1228
("We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid" - Benjamin Franklin)
To: tomkow6; All
Tomkow how your voices got that message is one of few cases don't ask don't tell LOL!
Rack Jade Falcon on his graduation
690
posted on
07/01/2005 11:02:40 AM PDT
by
SevenofNine
(Not everybody in, it for truth, justice, and the American way,"=Det Lennie Briscoe)
To: SouthernHawk; LadyHawk; Jade Falcon
Congratulations!!
Well Done!!
To: Lady Jag; StarCMC; acad1228; AZamericonnie; laurenmarlowe
Seriousness? What seriousness?
I enjoy filling in the gaps with humor, when I can!
Remember, I'm from Arizona, it's a dry humor!!
692
posted on
07/01/2005 11:03:09 AM PDT
by
HiJinx
(~ www.ProudPatriots.org ~ Serving Those Who Serve Us ~ Operation Semper Fi ~)
To: bentfeather
H. L. Mencken
693
posted on
07/01/2005 11:03:44 AM PDT
by
darkwing104
(Let's get dangerous)
To: tomkow6; Jade Falcon
Welcome Aboard, Seaman Falcon!
694
posted on
07/01/2005 11:04:03 AM PDT
by
HiJinx
(~ www.ProudPatriots.org ~ Serving Those Who Serve Us ~ Operation Semper Fi ~)
To: bentfeather
695
posted on
07/01/2005 11:04:52 AM PDT
by
HiJinx
(~ www.ProudPatriots.org ~ Serving Those Who Serve Us ~ Operation Semper Fi ~)
To: darkwing104
Yes, you are right!
To: tomkow6; Jade Falcon; SouthernHawk; LadyHawk
Excellent news, Congrats!!
697
posted on
07/01/2005 11:05:17 AM PDT
by
EsmeraldaA
(Our prayers for all US troops.)
To: HiJinx
To: tomkow6; Kathy in Alaska; All
Tomkow your voices going be jealous LOL!
Well Sky news is reporting that Iranians are deny the claim that some of US hostages are claim that new Iranian prez is one of hostage takers or guards SHUT UP Iran everybody know that dude may been involved you don't forget s***t like that YEAH you don't
699
posted on
07/01/2005 11:07:54 AM PDT
by
SevenofNine
(Not everybody in, it for truth, justice, and the American way,"=Det Lennie Briscoe)
To: bentfeather
Oh well...Mencken, eh?
One of my mentors 'studied' at his feet...
700
posted on
07/01/2005 11:08:39 AM PDT
by
HiJinx
(~ www.ProudPatriots.org ~ Serving Those Who Serve Us ~ Operation Semper Fi ~)
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