I LOVE 1985

#6 in my I love the 80s series

NEW COKE comes and goes (really bad idea)
LIVE AID every famous musician possible in two continents play multiple concerts to benefit the Ethiopian famine
WE ARE THE WORLD famous musicians come together to record one of the biggest songs in history to raise funds and awareness of the Ethopia crisis
TITANIC wreckage is found (James Cameron gets an idea)
FIRST VERSION OF WINDOWS is released
CALVIN and HOBBES debut in newspapers
ROUTE 66 the famous highway idolized in film, tv and music is removed from United States highway department map
MIKHAIL GORBACHEV becomes leader of the Soviet Union
NINTENDO is introduced to the world market ( Goodbye Atari. Hello duck hunt & tecmo bowl)
MEXICO CITY over 9000 people killed in a earthquake
MICHAEL JORDAN nba rookie of the year (I think he's gonna turn out ok)
TRANSFORMERS rule the toy market

BACK TO THE FUTURE ROCKY 4 COCOON OUT OF AFRICA are tops of at the movies

WHAM TEARS FOR FEARS. WHITNEY HOUSTON PRINCE are the top choices in music

BRUNO MARS and MICHAEL PHELPS are born (toss up over who wears more gold)

My birthday was on wednesday October 16th.My view of the world at the time "I think I like girls now...no wait...I dont."