FReeper Canteen ~ Flashback Friday 1985 ~ 01 July 2005

~ Flashback Friday ~
Year: 1985

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.

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?

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

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.

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!

To: SouthernHawk

See - we can all be Twice as Ridiculous!

661 posted on 07/01/2005 10:36:45 AM PDT by SouthernHawk (If at first you don't succeed--try management)

Hello Auntie!! And you have brought my Rubies! Thank You. Well, they could call us the Red White and Blue, Canteen Parade Galzs. :)

If you had some free time (cough) you could do something with that. LOL

662 posted on 07/01/2005 10:37:07 AM PDT by Soaring Feather (WOO HOO!)

To: StarCMC; Lady Jag

I thought every woman's fantasy was:

1. A man who enjoyed cooking for her

2. A man who would clean her home

3. A man who made a ton of money

4. A man who was great in bed

5. And finally, the ability to keep them from finding out about each other.

663 posted on 07/01/2005 10:37:30 AM PDT by HiJinx (~ www.ProudPatriots.org ~ Serving Those Who Serve Us ~ Operation Semper Fi ~)

664 posted on 07/01/2005 10:38:40 AM PDT by EsmeraldaA (Our prayers for all US troops.)

SOUTHWEST ASIA -- Pilots deployed fighting the war on terrorism take American flags on missions for friends and family. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt D. Myles Cullen)

665 posted on 07/01/2005 10:38:40 AM PDT by Excuse_My_Bellicosity ("A litany of complaints is not a plan." -- G.W. Bush, regarding Sen. Kerry's lack of vision)

666 posted on 07/01/2005 10:39:53 AM PDT by HiJinx (~ www.ProudPatriots.org ~ Serving Those Who Serve Us ~ Operation Semper Fi ~)

ARe ya picking your nose or what? What's the announcement?

If you're going to take a bath, at least allow us to charge 19.99 for people to view. We could make this moment a profitable one that would benefit the Troops.

HURRY UP ALREADY!

667 posted on 07/01/2005 10:41:00 AM PDT by MoJo2001 (Support Our Troops-->It's The Least Any Of Us Can Do...www.proudpatriots.org)

Oops...look what I did...

668 posted on 07/01/2005 10:42:28 AM PDT by HiJinx (~ www.ProudPatriots.org ~ Serving Those Who Serve Us ~ Operation Semper Fi ~)

669 posted on 07/01/2005 10:42:35 AM PDT by EsmeraldaA (Our prayers for all US troops.)

PARWAN PROVINCE, Afghanistan -- An Afghan boy holds up a teddy bear given to him by Airmen of the 455th Air Expeditionary Wing at nearby Bagram Air Base during an adopt-a-village visit. The program allows Airmen to assist villages in Afghanistan with infrastructure, fresh water, school supplies and toys for children. (U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Mark D. Gibson)

670 posted on 07/01/2005 10:42:37 AM PDT by Excuse_My_Bellicosity ("A litany of complaints is not a plan." -- G.W. Bush, regarding Sen. Kerry's lack of vision)

RE: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

Incorrect, not in 1985......

671 posted on 07/01/2005 10:44:41 AM PDT by GOP_1900AD (Stomping on "PC," destroying the Left, and smoking out faux "conservatives" - Take Back The GOP!)

Indeed! We've all gone over that now. LOL! We'll get another source for the next time. My apologies for using a really bad online source.

Have a wonderful 4th of July!!

672 posted on 07/01/2005 10:46:27 AM PDT by MoJo2001 (Support Our Troops-->It's The Least Any Of Us Can Do...www.proudpatriots.org)

Well I've got 4 years on you! :-)

I graduated from UC Santa Barbara that year. Went to lots of punk shows at small venues in Socal - got into the pit each and every time - kept all my teeth!

673 posted on 07/01/2005 10:48:15 AM PDT by GOP_1900AD (Stomping on "PC," destroying the Left, and smoking out faux "conservatives" - Take Back The GOP!)

That figure was incorrect. The USSR morphed into the CIS in 1991.

674 posted on 07/01/2005 10:49:59 AM PDT by GOP_1900AD (Stomping on "PC," destroying the Left, and smoking out faux "conservatives" - Take Back The GOP!)

1. Were you in school? Yes, For my 10 year reunion!

2. Were you in the military? Yes (aircrewman on a A-3 airborne refueler)

3. What kind of music were you listening to? Country and Western

4. What do you recall as the best memory from 1985? President Ronald Reagan

675 posted on 07/01/2005 10:50:01 AM PDT by SouthernHawk (If at first you don't succeed--try management)

To: HiJinx; Lady Jag

I think this is what Lady Jag is talkin' about!

Candye Kane - Seven Men a Week

676 posted on 07/01/2005 10:50:27 AM PDT by acad1228 ("We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid" - Benjamin Franklin)

To: SouthernHawk; 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub; Ms.Poohbear; 2LT Radix jr; Radix; LaDivaLoca; Severa; ...

STAND-BY for a

VERY IMPORTANT

MESSAGE

FROM MY "VOICES"!

677 posted on 07/01/2005 10:55:10 AM PDT by tomkow6 (Support the Fashion Divos you see in the Canteen (buy a BURKA)!)

To: Kathy in Alaska; tomkow6; All

OH OH CATFIGHT alert report that it confirm Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Conner is now retired

Catfight alert

Also report off World Tribune reporting that North Korea is not amused claim that we are doing spy flights over Pyronagnag HA HA

And breaking news off Sky news alert Germany Chancellor HERR Shorderor has declared early elections reason no confidence vote LOL!

678 posted on 07/01/2005 10:56:13 AM PDT by SevenofNine (Not everybody in, it for truth, justice, and the American way,"=Det Lennie Briscoe)

Getting ready to introduce your new line of summer Burkas?

679 posted on 07/01/2005 10:57:23 AM PDT by darkwing104 (Let's get dangerous)

To: HiJinx; StarCMC

I got a man who doesn't make lists.
He fills in the gaps I make but most of all we cooperate with each other.

Anyway, I was just fooling around. What's the problem with that?

What is all this seriousness? Don't we leave that to when it is necessary?

680 posted on 07/01/2005 10:57:29 AM PDT by Lady Jag (Honor - Dignity - Courage - Loyalty)

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794