{"id":5744,"date":"2015-01-08T07:52:41","date_gmt":"2015-01-08T12:52:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/?p=5744"},"modified":"2015-01-08T08:00:33","modified_gmt":"2015-01-08T13:00:33","slug":"30-years-ago-in-1985","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/?p=5744","title":{"rendered":"30 years ago, in 1985\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By George<\/em> came across a terrific list of pop culture events that were headline in the year 1985 \u2013 30 years ago this year! Here is a list of 30 things turning 30 in 2015.<\/p>\n

1. Back to the Future<\/em>
\n2. New Coke
\n3. “We are the World”<\/em>
\n4. WrestleMania I
\n5. Pictionary
\n6. Discovery of the RMS Titanic wreck
\n7. “We Built This City,”<\/em> voted the “Worst Song of All Time”
\n8. Bands: Guns N\u2019 Roses, DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince, Indigo Girls, Jane\u2019s Addiction, Crowded House
\n9. The Nintendo Entertainment System (in the U.S.) released Super Mario Bros., and Duck Hunt
\n10. Mask<\/em> (the Movie) and M.A.S.K.<\/em> (the TV Show)
\n11. Discovery of the Hole in the Ozone Layer
\n12. Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?<\/em>
\n13. Madonna’s Big Year
\n14. Blockbuster Video
\n15. The first smoking ban in U.S. restaurants
\n16. Calvin and Hobbes<\/em>
\n17. Microsoft Windows 1.0
\n18. The first Dot Com
\n19. Books: Contact, The Handmaid\u2019s Tale, White Noise…<\/em>
\n20. The Brat Pack (first seen in The Breakfast Club<\/em>)
\n21. PeaklLevels of David Lee Roth in the Rockosphere<\/em>
\n22. The first commercial AIDS Blood Test
\n23. Anna Kendrick, Michael Phelps, Raven-Symon\u00e9… born in 1985
\n24. Thundercats! Jem! The Golden Girls!<\/em> debuted
\n25. VH1, Nick at Nite, Elmo, and the First Letterman “Top 10 List”
\n26. Portlandia (Statue)
\n27. The WELL
\n28. Phil Collins, No Jacket Required<\/em>
\n29. The First Million-Selling CD: Dire Straights\u2019 Brothers in Arm<\/em>
\n30. Studio Ghibli<\/em><\/p>\n

SOURCE:\u00a0 To read about each of these events and enjoy video clips and links to further information, click to the full article, found in Mental Floss<\/strong><\/em>: 30 Things Turning 30 in 2015<\/a><\/p>\n

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