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Dave Klingler's HSEP mini Reunion Home Page Class of 1981 et al... "beersinthecar" Beach Party
Wooooo Hoooo !!!!! It's finally here!!!!!! It is official now ... Jackson House is the location ... see the Agenda ... We do not get to the house until approx 4:30pm Friday...after that ... you can call us there at 409-737-9957 |
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In 1981
Ronald Reagan had just been sworn in as President of the United States The IBM PC had just hit the market ( yes, it's true ... we are getting older than dirt! )
The first space shuttle, Columbia, was launched on April 12, 1981 from Cape Canaveral, Florida
Lech Walesa started the Solidarity
Movement in Poland ...
"Gay Cancer" was finally identified as AIDS ... Yeah, that's a picture of the nasty little bug
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The Iran Hostages had just been released
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John Lennon had just been shot.
The United States of America had just celebrated it's Bicentennial 5 years before. ( Remember all of the red, white, and blue ! )
MTV was started ... that's right, before 1981
there was no MTV ... damn we are getting old! "..Celebrate good times, come on..." was all over pop radio. Pope John Paul II was shot. President Reagan fired the air traffic controllers. The first woman ( Sandra Day O'Connor ) was appointed to the Supreme Court. President Reagan was shot. Return of the Jedi was one year old. Iran - Iraq war Abscam - On February 3, 1980, the Philadelphia Inquirer and other newspapers revealed details about a secret two-year FBI sting operation code-named "Abscam." By 1984, four members of the U.S. House of Representatives and one U.S. Senator had been convicted of bribery and conspiracy charges. It was the biggest scandal to hit Washington since Watergate though it is largely forgotten today. Why is that? Because neither party has an incentive to bring it up.Mount Saint Helens Erupts -
Playing on TV in 1981 -
Schedule:
1981 MoviesRaiders of the Lost Ark was number one at the box office while On Golden Pond won big at the Oscars. Other notable movies of the year include: An American Werewolf in London Top 10 Singles on the radio:
Here are some of the albums you may have been listening to in 1981. Daryl Hall & John Oates - Private Eyes David Byrne, Brian Eno - My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts Elvis Costello, Attractions - Trust Funkadelic - The Electric Spanking Of War Babies Joan Jett & Blackhearts - I Love Rock 'N Roll Luther Vandross - Never Too Much Neville Brothers - Fiyo On The Bayou Psychedelic Furs - Talk, Talk, Talk Soft Cell - Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret
FadsFrom the Rubik's Cube, to Boom Boxes, to Cabbage Patch Kids, to Koosh Balls, to Trivial Pursuit, to those annoying "Baby on Board" signs, we're covering all the fads of the Awesome80s. "Baby on Board" SignsRemember when we were supposed to avoid hitting the cars with the "Baby on Board" signs on them? It's open season on them now! Boom BoxesWant to let the rest of the neighborhood share in the sure enjoyment of the latest Ozzy Osborne album? Get a Boom Box and a crate full of batteries and blast away! Hacky-SackCoordinated enough to kick a bean bag but too wimpy to be a jock? Hacky-Sack was your sport. Full article coming soon! Rubik's Cube
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Dianna and
Charles got married ...
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