The year was 1985, and the rest? Well, that’s history. Do you remember this year? Here’s some facts to trigger your memory.
TV Shows:
Growing Pains
Moonlighting
The Golden Girls
MacGyver
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Mr. Belvedere
Amazing Stories
Misfits of Science
Movies:
Back to the Future
The Goonies
The Breakfast Club
Weird Science
Fletch
Pale Rider
Clue
People Born in 1985:
Ciara
Chrissy Teigen
Kris Humphries
Haylie Duff
Reggie Bush
Lana Del Rey
Amanda Seyfried
Population:
In the US, there was almost 240 million people. Worldwide, the population hit almost 4.9 billion.
World Events:
In Armero Colombia, a valcantic eruption killed 25,000 people.
Wreckage from the sunken ship, the Titanic, was found and filmed by a robot underwater in July.
The US officially banned the selling of leaded gas.
Fun Facts:
New Coke is released by Coca-Cola. This product was so bad, the old stuff was out in less than three months.
Nintendo NES is first released in the United States in October of 1985.
The first version of Windows was released by Microsoft, Windows 1.0.
CDs came onto the market.
New Coke didn’t make it. But the Nintendo NES was a huge hit. So big, that 32 years later, it’s back.
