1989
Welcome To
"Ze tightness of your shorts equals ze square route of your age." Einstein.
Meanwhile, in the real world,
1989
was a helluva year because...
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The fall of the Berlin wall on November 9th
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The "beginning of the end" for the communist rulers in Eastern Europe; the Cold War comes to an end
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Salmon Rushdie wanted dead by Iranian leader Khomeini
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Sheffield, UK: 96 dead, 170 wounded during a soccer match between Liverpool and Sheffield in April.
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Students protest on Tienanmen Square, Beijing, China - the army intervenes; 3000-7000 killed, June 3rd.
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Worldwide ban of ivory
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The Fourteenth Dalai Lama won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1989
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The stealth bomber is finished.
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Panama invasion, loud rock music drives Manuel Noreiga from his asylum.
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Collin Powell is appointed Joint Cheifs of Staff, highest army post to ever be held by a black officier.
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Princess Anne anounces her seperation from her husband.
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Burma changes it's name to Myanmar
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Soviet Union begins fully withdraws from Afghanistan after 10 years of fighting with Afghan mujihadeen forces.
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25 year old women hater walks into Ecole Polytechnique in Montreal and kills 14 women, injuring 13 others before turning the shot gun on himself.
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Vietnam withdraws from Cambodia
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Ooohhh be still my dancing feet..
They don't make em like they used to..
Cartoons: Creature Comforts, The Simpsons, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
MOVIES: The Abyss Batman, Born on the Fourth of July Casualties of War, Crimes and Misdemeanors, Dead Poets Society, Do the Right Thing, Driving Miss Daisy , Drugstore Cowboy, The Fabulous Baker Boys, Field of Dreams, Glor,y Henry V, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, The Little Mermaid, My Left Foo, Parenthood, sex, lies and videotape, The War of the Roses, When Harry Met Sally
Cartoons: Creature Comforts
The Simpsons
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
The Abyss Batman
Born on the Fourth of July Casualties of War
Crimes and Misdemeanors
Dead Poets Society
Do the Right Thing
Driving Miss Daisy
Drugstore Cowboy
The Fabulous Baker Boys
Field of Dreams
Glor,y Henry V
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
The Little Mermaid
My Left Foo
Parenthood
sex
lies and videotape
The War of the Roses
When Harry Met Sally