Growing up in the 80's - Relive events, songs and T.V. memories right here

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POLITICS and HISTORY

• Pope John Paul II is shot twice in St Peter's Square (recovers fully)
• The Iranian President, Prime Minister and 29 others were killed in a bomb attack
• Peter Sutcliffe is arrested in Sheffield, UK and charged with the 13 'Yorkshire Ripper' murders
• The Springbok (South African) Rugby tour showcases in New Zealand. Over 1000 people were arrested during the two months of the tour
• Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer marry at St Paul's Cathedral
• Some attempts to assinate Ronald Reagan by John Hinckley
• Civil War rages in Lebanon
• Egyptian President, Anwar Sadat is assassinated
• Muhammad Ali retires from boxing

MUSIC

• Don't You Want Me by Human League
• Gloria by U2
• Pretty in Pink by the Psychedelic Furs
• Golden Brown by the Stranglers
• Tainted Love by Soft Cell J
• Just Can't Get Enough by Depeche Mode
• Never Say Never by Romeo Void

TV and at the MOVIES

• Those def babysitting College Girls on The Facts of Life
• Family Ties (Alex Keaton was my hero)
• Brideshead Revisited (Jeremy Irons and Anthony Andrews...British heaven)
• An American Werewolf in London scared the pants of everyone
• Arthur was just soooooo funny
• Gallipoli made sure that we should never forget
• An Officer and a Gentleman took us up where we belong
• Raiders of the Lost Ark introduced us to Indiana Jones
• Chariots of Fire was an Olympic effort

People that Died in 1981

• Bill Haley (b.1925) American bandleader
• Joe Louis (b.1914) American boxer
• Bob Marley (b.1945) Jamaican reggae musician
• William Holden (b.1918) American actor
• Natalie Wood (b.1938) American actress
• Hoagy Carmichael (b.1899) American songwriter