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US GDP (1998 dollars): $3,115.90 billion
Federal spending: $678.25 billion
Federal debt: $994.8 billion
Median Household Income
(current dollars): $19,074
Consumer Price Index: 90.9
Unemployment: 7.6%
Cost of a first-class stamp: $0.15 ($0.18 as of 3/22/81; $0.20 as of 11/1/81)
- MTV goes on the air running around the clock music videos, debuting with "Video Killed the Radio Star."
- The Supreme Court rules to allow television cameras in the courtroom.
- Pacman-mania sweeps the country.
Record of the Year: "Sailing," Christopher Cross
Album of the Year: Christopher Cross, Christopher Cross (Warner Bros.)
Song of the Year: "Sailing," Christopher Cross, songwriter
- AIDS is first identified. Background: Understanding AIDS
- IBM introduces its first personal computer, running the Microsoft Disk Operating System (MS-DOS). Background: Computers and Internet
Friday and Saturday nights, hanging out, listening to REO Speedwagon's Hi Infidelity album, Phil Collins "In The Air Tonight" and Rick Springfield's "Jessie's Girl".
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I love these flashbacks! In 1981 I turned 33, Melody turned 7, and David and I had our 8th anniversary. I started my first job since after Melody was born, and we got a new bunny-Peter Wabbit. Our other pets were Snookey, Shaz, Grumpy, Honey Bun, and Tweety (3 dogs, 1 cat, and a bird), and two turkeys. (I keep a notebook where I list all these things, because I need that mind jogger!) I loved Rick Springfield because I watched General Hospital, and to this day On Golden Pond is on my top five list of favorite movies.
As I watched all the stuff about Ted Kennedy this week, I realized how many things just fall to the wayside of our consciousness of all things past - and these mind joggers, whether a tv show or a post like this, pull them out of hiding and let us see how large a part these periferal events are to our personal daily lives.
Thanks!
I agree. I have a pretty good memory of the past, and it helps that I kept a diary every year from 1977 to 1985. I wish I had kept going beyond that, but unfortunately, 1985 was another "turning point" year that I want to forget. :(
But you are right...all it takes is a song, a smell, or something else so trivial to generate strong memories. Thanks for stopping by!
I remember that year so well! I was a freshman/sophomore in high school. And while it was a great year for movies, Raiders was definitely the best. I saw it three times in the theatre...
However, there's a skelleton in my movie closet - I saw Heavy Metal seven times that summer! LOL
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Hehehehe I saw Heavy Metal 5 times...and own the dvd! :)
Missy, I am so relieved!
Okay, I own the DVD, the laserdisc, a bootleg VHS tape, the soundtrack on record & CD, t-shirt, movie book, two movie posters, and the magazine issue featuring the movie.
And my D&D character is a fighter named Taarna.
Maybe that's a little obssessive?
Wow, I love this <3 I was 10 in 1981, but I remember watching General Hospital & Rick Springfield was oh so cute!
My Dad HATED MTV. "That's not why I pay for cable!"
Whereas my Mom was busy humming and dancing in the kitchen :)
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