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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: acad1228
Thanks, acad, for today's daily dose o' da blues.
781
posted on
07/01/2005 1:30:17 PM PDT
by
Kathy in Alaska
(~ www.ProudPatriots.org ~ coming soon ~Operation Semper Fi ~a field hospital~)
To: GodBlessUSA; tomkow6
To wierd!! I didnt do anything unusual... I doubt it was ME!
782
posted on
07/01/2005 1:32:42 PM PDT
by
StarCMC
(Old Sarge is my hero...doing it right in Iraq! Vaya con Dios, Sarge.)
To: darkwing104
783
posted on
07/01/2005 1:34:03 PM PDT
by
Kathy in Alaska
(~ www.ProudPatriots.org ~ coming soon ~Operation Semper Fi ~a field hospital~)
To: txradioguy
Happy Saturday, tx!! Hope you get some of it to yourself. And thanks for helping keep all of us free and safe.
784
posted on
07/01/2005 1:37:37 PM PDT
by
Kathy in Alaska
(~ www.ProudPatriots.org ~ coming soon ~Operation Semper Fi ~a field hospital~)
To: the OlLine Rebel
Welcome to the Canteen, the OlLine Rebel, and thanks for sharing your remembrances.
785
posted on
07/01/2005 1:40:17 PM PDT
by
Kathy in Alaska
(~ www.ProudPatriots.org ~ coming soon ~Operation Semper Fi ~a field hospital~)
To: Jade Falcon; SouthernHawk; LadyHawk
Congratulations Jade Falcon!
Thank You for your service to our country!
Now enjoy your leave from Great Lakes boot camp!
WOO HOO!
To: Valin; Samwise
1938 (2980 Shire reckoning) in a hole in the ground (not a nasty dark hole full of worms...etc, but a nice dry hole Samwise was born. It's reported the the first words spoken by Samwise were "John Kerry is an idiot, I'm hungry, Maureen Dowd is fat....and dresses funny, what's for lunch, FOOD." "Aging seems to be the only available way to live a long time." Happy Birthday
Happy Birthday, SAMWISE!!
Click
787
posted on
07/01/2005 1:48:45 PM PDT
by
Kathy in Alaska
(~ www.ProudPatriots.org ~ coming soon ~Operation Semper Fi ~a field hospital~)
To: Lady Jag
I was a working girl in NYC. Had a great time but I was so very serious. I was going to be a career woman, Damn it. LOL! Hubby and I would banter back and fourth with joking insults back on LI. He brought something out of me, I didn't know I had. Wit and laughter. Yep, I won the lottery with hubby!
Excellent story! Earl brought the best out of you. Only the best of people can do that. He would be smiling upon your every joke, knowing you have now surpassed his humor and are now bringing the best out of so many people. People like that are worth their weight in gold! :)
788
posted on
07/01/2005 1:48:50 PM PDT
by
GodBlessUSA
(US Troops, past, present and future, God Bless You and Thank You! Prayers said for our Heroes!)
To: Valin
TAPS
RIP Keepers of our freedom
789
posted on
07/01/2005 1:50:14 PM PDT
by
Kathy in Alaska
(~ www.ProudPatriots.org ~ coming soon ~Operation Semper Fi ~a field hospital~)
To: Samwise; Valin
790
posted on
07/01/2005 1:56:10 PM PDT
by
Kathy in Alaska
(~ www.ProudPatriots.org ~ coming soon ~Operation Semper Fi ~a field hospital~)
To: GodBlessUSA
Seeee! I was telling the truth...it has been more than a minute! Hi, if you're here! It's 100* here. Yikes!
791
posted on
07/01/2005 2:01:51 PM PDT
by
luvie
(GOD BLESS THE TROOPS AND GOD BLESS THE USA! GOTTA LOVE W!)
To: Lady Jag
Are you going to put it on the FReepathon thread, too? Please!?!?
792
posted on
07/01/2005 2:02:43 PM PDT
by
HiJinx
(Proud Dollar-a-Day Monthly Donor)
To: LUV W
Hi LUV!
So great to see you are back! How are you? I'm so happy hubby is back home safe and sound.
793
posted on
07/01/2005 2:08:35 PM PDT
by
GodBlessUSA
(US Troops, past, present and future, God Bless You and Thank You! Prayers said for our Heroes!)
To: StarCMC
You have business cards for the Canteen!!! I have talked to others about the need for those--where did you get them? Did you create them on your computer? I wanna do that too, or have some made or something. I always can use them when talking to people around here!
794
posted on
07/01/2005 2:08:56 PM PDT
by
luvie
(GOD BLESS THE TROOPS AND GOD BLESS THE USA! GOTTA LOVE W!)
To: StarCMC; GodBlessUSA
Star broke the CANTEEN!
Star broke the CANTEEN!
Star broke the CANTEEN!
Star broke the CANTEEN!
Star broke the CANTEEN!
Star broke the CANTEEN!
Star broke the CANTEEN!
795
posted on
07/01/2005 2:10:04 PM PDT
by
tomkow6
(Support the Fashion Divos you see in the Canteen (buy a BURKA)!)
To: GodBlessUSA
Hey, girlie! (((hugs)))
I am fine as long as I stay indoors! My car was like an oven and the steering wheel like a branding iron to my hands! LOL!
I am so glad your hubby got home safely. Did he have a successful trip? When is he coming back to Texas, and are you finally gonna come with him?
796
posted on
07/01/2005 2:11:28 PM PDT
by
luvie
(GOD BLESS THE TROOPS AND GOD BLESS THE USA! GOTTA LOVE W!)
To: Kathy in Alaska
Hi Ma, LOL!
An Absolutely, a Beautiful picture! You must be super busy today. I was wondering where you were, dare say, even a tiny bit worried. LOL! Glad to see you!
797
posted on
07/01/2005 2:11:41 PM PDT
by
GodBlessUSA
(US Troops, past, present and future, God Bless You and Thank You! Prayers said for our Heroes!)
To: tomkow6
798
posted on
07/01/2005 2:11:58 PM PDT
by
El Gran Salseron
( The comments of this poster are meant for self-amusement only! Read at your own risk! :-))
To: tomkow6; StarCMC
LOL! Yeah Star, What's up with that? I noticed you left after weird things started happening to our computers. LOL!
799
posted on
07/01/2005 2:13:01 PM PDT
by
GodBlessUSA
(US Troops, past, present and future, God Bless You and Thank You! Prayers said for our Heroes!)
To: LUV W
800
posted on
07/01/2005 2:16:10 PM PDT
by
StarCMC
(Old Sarge is my hero...doing it right in Iraq! Vaya con Dios, Sarge.)
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