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

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POLITICS and HISTORY

• Argentine forces invade the Falkland Islands
• Italy's 43rd Government since 1945 takes power
• Neoli Farrell, of New Zealand, becomes the first paraplegic to win a gold medal at the Commonwealth Games, in archery.
• Israel returns the Sinai to Egypt in accordance with the Camp David agreement
• Israel invades Lebanon and advances on Beirut to drive PLO fighters from the country
• The Indian Government institutes a pollution free zone around the Taj Mahal

MUSIC

• Back on the Chain Gang by The Pretenders
• Puttin on the Ritz by Taco
• Come on Eileen by Dexy's Midnight Runners
• Cruel Summer by Bananarama
• Rock the Casbah by The Clash
• Do you Really Want to Hurt Me by Culture Club
• Is There Something I Should Know? by Duran Duran
• I Want Candy by Bow Wow Wow
• Our House by Madness

TV and at the MOVIES

• Silver Spoons (Ricky Schroeder)
• Remington Steele (The debonair Pierce Brosnan)
• Cheers - where everyone knows your name
• ET, The Extra Terrestrial, had us cycling to the moon
• First Blood introduced us to Rambo
• Chariots of Fire won the Best Movie at the Oscars
• Henry Fonda (On Golden Pond) was Best Actor
• Katherine Hepburn (On Golden Pond) was Best Actress
• Tootsie, Dustin Hoffman, was a real drag!!!
• Ghandi had us noticing the life of an amazing man

People that Died in 1982

• John Belishi (b.1949, American actor)
• Grace Kelly (b.1929, American actress and Princess of Monaco)
• Ingrid Bergman (b.1915, Swedish film actress)
• Henry Fonda (b.1905, film actor)
• Leonid Brezhnev (b.1906, Soviet Leader)
• Marty Robbins (b.1925, American country and western singer)
• Carl Orff (b.1895, West German composer) Marty Feldman (b.1934, British comedian)
• Kenneth More (b.1914, English actor)