eshda3wa
May 29, 2008
1985
Popular Songs
1. I Want To Know What Love Is - Foreigner
2. Careless Whisper - Wham! featuring George Michael
3. Can't Fight This Feeling - REO Speedwagon
4. One More Night - Phil Collins
5. We Are the World - U.S.A. for Africa
6. Crazy for You - Madonna
7. Don't You - Simple Minds
8. Everything She Wants - Wham!
9. Everyone Wants to Rule the World - Tears for Fears
10.Heaven - Bryan Adams
Top Ten Movies
1. Back to the Future2. Beverly Hills Cop
3. Cocoon
4. Fletch
5. The Goonies
6. The Jewel of the Nile
7. National Lampoon's European Vacation
8. Pale Rider
9. Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment
10. Rambo: First Blood, Part II
Most Popular Television Shows
1. The Cosby Show
2. Family Ties
3. Murder, She Wrote
4. 60 Minutes
5. Cheers
6. Dallas
7. Dynasty
8. The Golden Girls
9. Miami Vice
10. Who's the Boss?
Best Picture:"Out of Africa"
Best Director Sydney Pollack ... "Out of Africa"
Best Actor:William Hurt ... "Kiss of the Spider Woman"
Best Actress:Geraldine Page ... "The Trip to Bountiful"
Grammy Awards
Record of the Year: "We Are the World" ... USA for Africa
Song of the Year: "We Are the World" ... Michael Jackson & Lionel Richie
Best Album: "No Jacket Required" ... Phil Collins
Male Vocalist: Phil Collins ... "No Jacket Required"
Female Vocalist:Whitney Houston ... "Saving All My Love for You"
Drama: Steven Sondheim & James Lapine ... "Sunday In the Park With George"
Fiction: Alison Lurie ... "Foreign Affairs"
International Reporting: Josh Friedman & Dennis Bell. Newsday (Garden City, NY)
National Reporting: Thomas J. Knudson ... "Des Moines Register"
Public Service: "Ft. Worth Star-Telegram"
New Coke debuts
Coca-Cola replaces its original formula with "New Coke" recipe to compete with Pepsi-Cola. Public outcry quickly develops and the company brings back the original Coke.
Live Aid
The all-star rock concert, held in Philadephia and London, raises $70 million for African famine relief.
Titanic wreckage found
The Titanic wreckage is discovered on the ocean floor of the North Atlantic.
Nitendo
Nintendo releases the Nintendo Entertainment System
Harrods
Mohammed Alfayed buys london based department store harrods
Space
STS-51-G Space Shuttle Discovery completed its mission, best remembered for having Sultan bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, the first Arab and first Muslim in space, as a Payload Specialist.
Fashion
Tommy Hilfiger brand established
Whats so special about the year of your birth ?
35 Comments:
I was born :P
Man you really have it all drilled down,
I don't know what's so special about my year of birth. now i'm jealous ;p
btw, i never get to know if i'm shot gun or not, this sucks ;/
My birth pretty much heads the list.
wow..I've got to find out about mine;)
Sooo is it your birthday by any chance? If so, Happy Birthday :)
Hmm this was when i was 2 years old. Back to the future is still a pretty cool movie.
events that was on 1985 ^^ it's always good to have information.
Well, you just said them. :D
ME!!! .. i cant believe i wasnt a part of your list.
D.I.G.!
ollaaa..The Goonies! shakhbaree... brings back funny memories :)
Same things- 1985 was a very good year!
I have no idea.. Me being born?
Cheers!
1987= the birth of shoosha :D
Whats so special about the year of my birth? Ansam came to existence :-P LOL
I share the same birth date (not the year) with Omar Khayyam!
sorry my dear but 1984 is the hottest year ever :P
I cannot hide the fact that I'm kinda happy that both you and I share the same year. 1985 FTW :P
i did a search on what happpened the year i was born and these r two of them:
-The first Apple Macintosh goes on sale.
-Pop star Michael Jackson's scalp is seriously burned by pyrotechnics during filming of a Pepsi television commercial.
interesting!
what tat said ; P
it turned out i was a girl not the boy my parents though they'd have
which is good u know :Pp
Beverly Hills Cop and Police Academy bring back some very good memories! Now those were some really good and easy movies!
1985 <3
Aretha Franklin becomes the first woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Portugal and the People's Republic of China sign an agreement in which Macau would be returned to China in 1999.
United Kingdom general election, 1987: Margaret Thatcher is elected as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom for the third time.
During a visit to Berlin, Germany, U.S. President Ronald Reagan challenges Soviet Premier Mikhail Gorbachev to tear down the Berlin Wall.
World population reached 5 billion people in Zagreb, Croatia, according to the United Nations.
Prozac makes its debut in the United States.
Thomas Knoll and John Knoll develop the first version of Photoshop.
......BUT REALLY
my birth tops them ALL!
1984!
I believe there are books, songs, albums, movies, etc all titled 1984.
I don't know, except that i was born :D
The year i was born
" EVERY BODY WAS KUNGFU FIGHTING" hoo ha !
Mashallah! Was that when u were born :)
you have no idea how fucking hot it is to see a C4 vette on a girl's blog.. no idea
marry me?
not so sure there was anything 'special' the year i was born because of everything going on throughout the decade as a whole, but my birthday is the same day julius caeser was assassinated.. true story
that's the highlight of all that i've learned in school heh
I guess.... nothing?
I googled it ;p
i was born in 1984
mako shy interesting 9ar7a gheer ena i was born ;p
oo the first original Macintosh was released;)
oo eygoolich awl hndi esma Rakesh Sharma went to space ;p
oo also AIDS breaks out ;(
Tag... your it...!!!
i was born ok 1988 that ws the most intersing thing thats could have happened, google 1988 u'll see the event of the century Balqees was born :P looool
OMG careless whisper :S:S i love that song but it gets stuck in my head o ma y6l3 :S
+ u were born in a fun year not fair :(
Born : 06/21/1982 William of Wales, Prince Chuck & Lady Di's baby
LOL that was more than enough for me ;)
You've been tagged!
i love careless whisper .. such a kareoke song...
3a6aiteeni nostalgia '3air 6abee3i :'(
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