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

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POLITICS and HISTORY

• Mikhail Gorbachev succeeds Konstantin Cherichenko as General Secretary of the USSR
• Severe winter in Europe kills more than 100 people
• The UK starts screening blood donations for the AIDS virus
• The Live Aid Rock Concert in London and Philadelphia raises over $600M for African famine relief
• The French sink the Greenpeace flagship 'Rainbow Warrior' in Auckland, New Zealand

MUSIC

• Rock Me Amadeus by Falco
• Everybody Wants to Rule the World by Tears for Fears
• Life in a Northern Town by Dream Academy
• One Night in Bangkok by Murray Head
• Lay Your Hands on Me by the Thompson Twins
• Take on Me by A-Ha

TV and at the MOVIES

• Michael J Fox took us Back to the Future
• Madonna was Desperately Seeking Susan
• Jack Nicholson fought for Prizzi's Honor
• Harrison Ford was Witness protecting
• Bruce Willis and Cybil Shephard were Moonlighting
• The Golden Girls made the Florida lifestyle sound bearable
• Kate & Allie were eighties women
• MacGyver sold millions of Swiss Army knives

People that Died in 1985

• Orson Welles (b.1915) American film maker
• Rock Hudson (b.1925) American actor
• Ricky Nelson (b.1940) American singer and actor
• Yul Bryner (b.1915) American actor
• Peter Sellers (b.1925, British comedian)
• Mae West (b.1890, film actress)
• Steve McQueen (b.1930, actor)
• Jimmy Durante (b.1893, american comedian)