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What Happened In 1985

The News In 1985:

  • Ronald Reagan was president of the US
  • Live Aid, a 17 hour rock concert broadcast worldwide from London and Philadelphia, raising $70 million for starving Africans
  • An 8.1 magnitude earthquake hit Mexico City and results in about 25,000 deaths
  • Volcano "Nevada del Ruiz" erupted near Bogota, Columbia causing mud slides that bury two towns
  • American Jew Jonathan Pollard was arrested for giving military secrets to Israel
  • Mikhail Gorbachev became Soviet leader
  • New Coke was released on the 99th anniversary of Coca-Cola
  • The GNU Manifesto was first written by Richard Stallman
  • Kansas City Royals won the World series
  • San Francisco 49ers won Superbowl XIX
  • Edmonton Oilers win the Stanley Cup
  • Back to the Future was the top grossing film
  • Less Than Zero by Bret Easton Ellis was published
  • David Lee Roth left Van Halen to begin a solo career
  • "Careless Whisper" by Wham! spent the most time at the top of the US charts
  • Elmo was introduced on Sesame Street
  • The Golden Girls and Growing Pains premiered  
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What Happened In 1984


The News In 1984:
  • Ronald Reagan was president of the US
  • On a Challenger mission, two astronauts became the first humans to fly free of a spacecraft
  • An Union Carbide insecticide plant in Bhopal, India seeped toxic gas killing over 2,000
  • The Soviet Union boycotted the Los Angeles Summer Olympics
  • "Where's the Beef?" commercial campaign for Wendy's aired for the first time
  • The Apple Macintosh, the first consumer computer to use a computer mouse and GUI interface, was introduced by Apple
  • Ethiopian famine begun
  • Mandy Moore and Avril Lavigne were born
  • Detroit Tigers won the World Series
  • Los Angeles Raiders won Superbowl XVIII
  • Edmonton Oilers won the Stanley Cup
  • Ghost Busters, Beverly Hills Cop, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Gremlins, and The Karate Kid were top grossing films
  • "When Doves Cry" by Prince and the Revolution spent the most time at the top of US charts
  • Michael Jackson's hair catched fire during the filming of a Pepsi commercial
  • The Cosby Show, Punky Brewster, and Who's the Boss? premiered 
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What Happened In 1983?



The News In 1983:

  • Ronald Reagan was president of the US
  • Sally Ride became the first American woman to travel in space
  • Marines were killed when a TNT laden suicide terrorists blows up Marine headquarters at Beirut International Airport
  • US Marines and Rangers invaded the island of Grenada and evacuate hundreds of US citizens
  • The Soviets shot down Korean Airlines flight 007
  • The Internet Domain Name System was invented by Paul Mockapetris
  • Ronald Wilson Reagan signed a bill creating Martin Luther King Day
  • Baltimore Orioles won the World Series
  • Washington Redskins won Superbowl XVII
  • New York Islanders won the Stanley Cup
  • Return of the Jedi was the top grossing film
  • "Every Breath You Take" by The Police spent the most time at the top of US charts
  • The A-Team and Webster premiered 

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What Happened In 1982?



The News In 1982:

  • Ronald Reagan was president of the US
  • The space shuttle Columbia completed its first operational flight
  • Actor John Belushi was found dead of a drug overdose in a West Hollywood hotel
  • Automobile manufacturer John Delorean was arrested and charged with possession of 59 pounds of cocaine
  • The first artificial heart was implanted in American Barney Clark
  • The Cable News Network, or CNN, was launched
  • 750,000 people rallied against nuclear weapons in New York City's Central Park
  • Time Magazine's Man of the Year was for the first time given to a non-human, a computer
  • The first computer virus, written by Rich Skrenta, escaped into the wild
  • Kirsten Dunst and Elisha Cuthbert were born
  • St. Louis Cardinals won the World Series
  • San Francisco 49ers won Superbowl XVI
  • New York Islanders won the Stanley Cup
  • E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial was the top grossing film
  • Ozzy Osbourne bit the head off of a live bat thrown at him during a performance, later hospitalized with rabies
  • "I Love Rock 'N Roll" by Joan Jett & The Blackhearts spent the most time at the top of the US charts
  • Cheers, Family Ties, Silver Spoons, and Fame premiered

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What Happened In 1981?



The News In 1981

  • Ronald Reagan became president of the US
  • Minutes after Ronald Reagan becomes president, Iran released 52 American hostages that had been held captive for 444 days
  • President Reagan was shot in the chest by would be assassin John Hinkley
  • Space shuttle Columbia, the world's first reusable spacecraft, was sent into space
  • A suspended walkway in the Kansas City Hyatt Regency Hotel collapsed, killing 113
  • A female former lover filed a "palimony" suit against tennis star Billie Jean King
  • President Reagan appointed Sandra Day O'Connor to be the first woman on the Supreme Court
  • The Pac-Man video game was introduced in the US
  • Alicia Keys, Elijah Wood, Kelly Rowland, Anna Kournikova, and Britney Spears were born
  • Los Angeles Dodgers won the World Series
  • Oakland Raiders won Superbowl XV
  • New York Islanders won the Stanley Cup
  • Raiders of the Lost Ark was the top grossing film
  • "Bette Davis Eyes" by Kim Carnes spent the most time at the top of the US charts
  • MTV debut on cable television, playing music videos 24 hours a day
  • Gimme a Break premiered this year
Remember When Booklet - 1981

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What Happened In 1980?

The News In 1980:


  • Jimmy Carter became president of the US
  • President Carter announced punitive measures and embargoes against the USSR in retaliation for the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan
  • Mount St. Helens in Washington state erupted in a violent blast estimated to be 500 times as powerful as the Hiroshima atomic bomb
  • Ronald Reagan was elected the 40th US president in a sweeping victory
  • US Representative Michael O. Myers was expelled from the House for his role in the Abscam scandal
  • Hewlett-Packard announcee release of its first personal computer
  • Microsoft announced their version of UNIX, Xenix
  • Christina Ricci, Chelsea Clinton, Venus Williams, Jessica Simpson, Macaulay Culkin, and Jake Gyllenhaal were born
  • Philadelphia Phillies won the World Series
  • Pittsburgh Steelers won Superbowl XIV
  • New York Islanders won the Stanley Cup
  • The Empire Strikes Back was the top grossing film
  • "Lady" by Kenny Rogers spent the most time at the top of the US charts
  • U.S. viewers got caught up in the "Who Shot J.R.?" cliff hanger on the soap opera series, Dallas, which is solved on a November 21 episode, drawing a record numbers of viewers 
Remember When Booklet - 1980

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Presenting "A Day In Life" my series of texts from my journals that I kept between the ages of 14 and 17. I'll be adding new entries every now and then to share all my thoughts, ideas,events, experiences, memories, ideas I had during the eighties. It is for my continued amusement that I read and reread my old journals, even when there isn't much content, I still gain occasional insight how I'm still in the process of changing to maturity. Most of the names have been changed to protect the people I recently found on Facebook. A few are just partial entries, my bleeping and blinding exclamations have been removed and some entries have been modified to give way to my now correct spelling and grammar. Yet the mix of excitement, melodrama and pleasant memories from the eighties are still much felt :)I hope, as you read my old journal with me, you enjoy the same sentiments.