The Year Was 1989...
Nobel Peace Prize: Dalai Lama (Tibet)
- US planes shoot down two Libyan fighters over international waters in Mediterranean
- Iran's Ayatollah Khomeini declares author Salman Rushdie's book The Satanic Verses offensive and sentences him to death
- Mikhail S. Gorbachev named Soviet President
- P. W. Botha quits as South Africa's President
- Deng Xiaoping resigns from China's leadership
- After 28 years, Berlin Wall is open to West
- Czech Parliament ends Communists' dominant role
- US troops invade Panama, seeking capture of General Manuel Noriega
Vice President: J. Danforth Quayle
Population: 246,819,230
Life expectancy: 75.1 years
BIG NEWS!
- Exxon Valdez sends 11 million gallons of crude oil into Alaska's Prince William Sound
- US jury convicts Oliver North in Iran-Contra affair
- Army Gen. Colin R. Powell is first black Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff
- A San Francisco Bay area earthquake measuring 7.1 in magnitude, killed 67 and injured over 3,000. Over 100,000 buildings damaged or destroyed.
Federal spending: $1143.17 billion
Federal debt: $2868.0 billion
Median Household Income
(current dollars): $28,906
Consumer Price Index: 124
Unemployment: 5.3%
Cost of a first-class stamp: $0.25
Average Cost of new house: $120,000.00 (wow…)
Average Income per year: $27,450.00
Average Monthly Rent: $420.00
Average Price for new car: $15,350.00
1 gallon of gas: 97 cents (SAY WHAT?!?!?!?)
US Postage Stamp: 25 cents
Men: Boris Becker d. S. Edberg (6-0 7-6 6-4)
The Charts:
| Top Hits Online |
Pop | Madonna - "Like A Prayer" |
| Billboard | Pop | Chicago - "Look Away" |
| Billboard | R&B | Karyn White - "Superwoman" |
| Billboard | Country | Clint Black - "Better Man" |
| Rolling Stone | Rock | B-52's - 'Love Shack' |
| Rolling Stone | Rock | Public Enemy - 'Fight The Power' |
| Pop Culture Madness | Pop | B-52's - 'Love Shack' |
| The Village Voice | Pop | Public Enemy - 'Fight The Power' |
| Music Outfitters | Pop | Chicago - 'Look Away' |
| The Face (magazine) | Pop | 808 State - 'Pacific State' |
| Pop Radio Top 20 | Pop | Phil Collins - 'Another Day In Paradise' |
| 91X - XTRA-FM - San Diego, CA | Alternative | The B-52's - 'Love Shack' |
| KROQ - Los Angeles, CA | Alternative | The Cure - 'Love Song' |
| Acclaimed Music | Pop | Public Enemy - 'Fight The Power' |
| TopChristianHits.org | Christian |
Michael W. Smith - "The Throne"
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1989's Greatest Hits
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Love Shack - B-52's
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Funky Cold Medina - Tone Loc
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Bust A Move - Young MC
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Wind Beneath My Wings - Bette Midler
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Like A Prayer - Madonna
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Joy and Pain - Rob Base & D.J. E-Z Rock
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All I Want Is You - U2
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Patience - Guns N Roses
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She Drives Me Crazy - Fine Young Cannibals
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Kiss - Art of Noise featuring Tom Jones
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Lay Your Hands On Me - Bon Jovi
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Put A Little Love In Your Heart - Annie Lennox and Al Green
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Angel of Harlem - U2
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Get On Your Feet - Gloria Estefan
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My Perogative - Bobby Brown
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The Best - Tina Turner
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Paradise City - Guns N Roses
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Wild Thing - Tone Loc
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Every Little Step - Bobby Brown
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I'll Be There For You - Bon Jovi
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Another Day In Paradise - Phil Collins
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Love In An Elevator - Aerosmith
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Keep On Movin' - Soul II Soul
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Don't Know Much - Linda Ronstadt & Aaron Neville
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Eternal Flame - the Bangles
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Express Yourself - Madonna
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Smooth Criminal - Michael Jackson
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After All - Cher and Peter Cetera
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Buffalo Stance - Nenah Cherry
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Love Song - the Cure
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So Alive - Love and Rockets
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Back To Life - Soul II Soul
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Listen To Her Heart - Roxette
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Orinoco Flow (Sail Away) - Enya
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I Feel The Earth Move - Martika
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When I See You Smile - Bad English
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Birthday Suit - Johnny Kemp
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Heaven Help Me - Deon Estus and George Michael
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The Look - Roxette
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Baby, Don't Forget My Number - Milli Vanilli
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Dr. Feelgood - Motley Crew
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Heaven - Warrant
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She Wants To Dance With Me - Rick Astley
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Me, Myself and I - De la Soul
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Walk The Dinosaur - Was (Not Was)
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Once Bitten Twice Shy - Great White
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I Won't Back Down - Tom Petty
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On Our Own - Bobby Brown
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A Little Respect - Erasure
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You Got It (The Right Stuff) - New Kids On The Block
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Me So Horny - 2 Live Crew
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Soldier Of Love - Donny Osmond
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We Didn't Start the Fire - Billy Joel
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Hey Ladies - Beastie Boys
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The Living Years - Mike and the Mechanics
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Stand - R.E.M.
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Trouble Me - 10,000 Maniacs
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Miss You Like Crazy - Natalie Cole
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18 and Life - Skid Row
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Closer To Fine - Indigo Girls
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Forever Your Girl - Paula Abdul
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My Fantasy - Teddy Riley Featuring Guy
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Blame It On The Rain - Milli Vanilli
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End Of The Line - Traveling Wilburys
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Two Hearts - Phil Collins
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Don't Wanna To Lose You - Gloria Estefan
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Right Here Waiting - Richard Marx
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Mayor Of Simpleton - XTC
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Anchorage - Michelle Shocked
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Straight Up - Paula Abdul
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I'll Be Loving You (Forever) - New Kids On The Block
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Pop Song 89 - R.E.M.
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Hangin' Tough - New Kids On The Block
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Dear God - Midge Ure
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Now You're In Heaven - Julian Lennon
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Record of the Year: "Don't Worry Be Happy," Bobby McFerrin
Album of the Year: Faith, George Michael (Columbia/CBS)
Song of the Year: "Don't Worry Be Happy," Bobby McFerrin, songwriter
- First World Wide Web server and browser developed by Tim Berners-Lee (England) while working at CERN.
- Peter Deutsch of McGill University who develops Archie, an archive of FTP sites, the first effort to index the Internet. Another indexing system, WAIS (Wide Area Information Server), is developed by Brewster Kahle of Thinking Machines Corp.
- Voyager 2 speeds by Neptune after making startling discoveries about the planet and its moons (Aug. 29).
- Nintendo began selling the Game Boy in Japan
- The 486 series of microprocessors is introduced by Intel.
- Florida and Virginia allow use of DNA genetic fingerprinting evidence as admissible
- First release of Microsoft Office. which was a bundle of Microsoft's office applications, such as Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel , Dependent on the Version you purchased would depend on which applications were included
Team sports for kids were really popular beginning in the seventies and going through the present. Eighties' mothers ran carpool after work, kids had after school and week end cheerleading, baseball, football, soccer, gym, dance, jazz, you name it!
Nerd's became a hot commodity in the 1980s. Wealthy and brainy computer wizards like Stephen Wozniak helped. So did movies like Revenge of the Nerds, Lucas, Stand by Me, and Peggy Sue Got Married. TV joined the nerd ranks with ABC's hit series Head of the Class. Food of the 80s included the popular fast food places like Taco Bell and McDonald's McDLT and McRib. Kids loved Sweetarts, Skittles, Nerds, Runts, Hubba Bubba Chewing Gum, and Five Alive.
Collectibles were big in the 80s. Smurf and E.T. paraphernalia, Cabbage Patch dolls, camcorders, video games (Nintendo, Pac Man, Game Boy), Rubik's Cube, Teenage Mutant Nija Turtles, and Barbies (now Hispanic, Black, Asian) were big. New were discount air fares, lite foods, aerobics, minivans, talkshows, and Valley Girls (grody to the max).
The combination of Nancy Reagan's elegance and Princess Di's love of fashion, stimulated a return to opulent clothing styles. Power dressing was in. Madonna was a big influence on young fashion. Anne Klein, Perry Ellis, Donna Karan, and Calvin Klein were designers for the 80s. Film continued to influence and inspire clothing. The Flashdance look had young and old in tank tops, tight-fitting pants or torn jeans, and leg-warmers. Teens not wearing designer clothes opted for Michael Jackson's glove or Madona's fishnet stockings, leather, and chains. Older women wore the Out of Africa look popularized by Meryl Streep. Image won over reality and tanning salons thrived. Sneakers were so popular (and necessary) and the price so high that the Los Angeles Police Department accused shoe companies of cashing in on the easy drug money picked up by inner city kids. The shoe companies, like Nike, claimed the cost of high technologies needed to create the shoes was responsible for the huge jump in price. Kids like to do their own thing - see hairdos in pictures as evidence!
