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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
To: bentfeather
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COURSE all my work is done!.....along with the rest of the company........
........yes, I'm home.......
822
posted on
07/01/2005 2:33:59 PM PDT
by
tomkow6
(Support the Fashion Divos you see in the Canteen (buy a BURKA)!)
To: tomkow6
Don't get snippy Burkaman.
To: LUV W
I think if I studied the map, I could do it. Maybe the three of us can meet up. I will let you know, because lately it looks like a good possibility he may have to go again. I always wanted to see TX but to see you, without scorpions, would be wonderful. See you later! :)
824
posted on
07/01/2005 2:35:24 PM PDT
by
GodBlessUSA
(US Troops, past, present and future, God Bless You and Thank You! Prayers said for our Heroes!)
To: Kathy in Alaska; StarCMC
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!
HOLLER at Star, MA!
825
posted on
07/01/2005 2:36:11 PM PDT
by
tomkow6
(Support the Fashion Divos you see in the Canteen (buy a BURKA)!)
To: GodBlessUSA
Yum! What's he cooking? Can I have some?
See ya later! We'll discuss this further! Yeehaaawww!
826
posted on
07/01/2005 2:36:40 PM PDT
by
luvie
(GOD BLESS THE TROOPS AND GOD BLESS THE USA! GOTTA LOVE W!)
To: bentfeather
827
posted on
07/01/2005 2:36:51 PM PDT
by
tomkow6
(Support the Fashion Divos you see in the Canteen (buy a BURKA)!)
To: SouthernHawk; LadyHawk
828
posted on
07/01/2005 2:38:25 PM PDT
by
Kathy in Alaska
(~ www.ProudPatriots.org ~ coming soon ~Operation Semper Fi ~a field hospital~)
To: tomkow6
Well, according to you I am crabby everyday. Why don't you play me a nice song?? I would like that.
I was just grocery shopping and my attitude needs a lift.
To: bentfeather
Wanna go for a ride on a Zamboni????
830
posted on
07/01/2005 2:39:25 PM PDT
by
tomkow6
(Support the Fashion Divos you see in the Canteen (buy a BURKA)!)
To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity
WOW, EMB, love that firepower!! Thanks for the pics.
831
posted on
07/01/2005 2:40:26 PM PDT
by
Kathy in Alaska
(~ www.ProudPatriots.org ~ coming soon ~Operation Semper Fi ~a field hospital~)
To: tomkow6
Why not they are cool....
To: Kathy in Alaska
Hi, Ma!! Yer posting I see.
To: Army Air Corps
Thanks, AAC, for the tribute to the Brits.
834
posted on
07/01/2005 2:44:18 PM PDT
by
Kathy in Alaska
(~ www.ProudPatriots.org ~ coming soon ~Operation Semper Fi ~a field hospital~)
To: Kathy in Alaska
No problem. They have bled with us in WWI, WWII, Korea, the Gulf War, the Cold War, and the War on Terror.
835
posted on
07/01/2005 2:46:58 PM PDT
by
Army Air Corps
(Four fried chickens and a coke)
To: bentfeather
Did you give the feathered answer yet?
836
posted on
07/01/2005 2:52:08 PM PDT
by
Lady Jag
(Honor - Dignity - Courage - Loyalty)
To: GodBlessUSA; bentfeather; All
We are connected to the internet by fiber optic cable. Some one seems to have cut into one. I have been having TROUBLE ALL DAY posting, while repairs are made. VERY FRUSTRATING!!!
Haute cuisine Ballooonists Bear Grylls and Lt. Cmdr. Alan Veal enjoy a meal 24,262 feet over Somerset, England. The pair broke the world record for highest formal dinner party, previously held by adventurer Henry Shelford on a Tibetan mountain.
837
posted on
07/01/2005 2:52:33 PM PDT
by
Kathy in Alaska
(~ www.ProudPatriots.org ~ coming soon ~Operation Semper Fi ~a field hospital~)
To: Army Air Corps
838
posted on
07/01/2005 2:54:11 PM PDT
by
Kathy in Alaska
(~ www.ProudPatriots.org ~ coming soon ~Operation Semper Fi ~a field hospital~)
To: GodBlessUSA
You have to laugh. He would want you to.((HUGS)) I know! It's so wrong, but he had too much love for life to be dead.
839
posted on
07/01/2005 2:54:20 PM PDT
by
Lady Jag
(Honor - Dignity - Courage - Loyalty)
To: bentfeather
840
posted on
07/01/2005 2:58:19 PM PDT
by
Kathy in Alaska
(~ www.ProudPatriots.org ~ coming soon ~Operation Semper Fi ~a field hospital~)
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