I graduated HS that year and wish i could go back every day

@SilverGorilla1776

2 жыл бұрын

Me too Jason. Great times!

@eastcoastgrandison4855

2 жыл бұрын

1989 was my favorite year

@la73sh19

2 жыл бұрын

I was a freshman, in '88-'89.

@patrick4324

2 жыл бұрын

I guess we're relaxed now lol

@unknowntx2469

2 жыл бұрын

Amen!

During the Loma Prieta earth quake I was a 43 year old police officer working in Marin County, Calif. (the north end of the Golden Gate bridge is anchored in Marin County) I had just called out for dinner at a restaurant while on my shift. A few minutes later the lights went out and the glass lights hanging overhead about 4 ft. a part started swinging and bashing into each other. A minute later I ran back to my car and started checking buildings in my area for gas leaks, injuries etc. The shift would last 24 hours before I got relieved to go to my home in Sonoma, County 30 miles north. I remember looking to the east and seeing fires burning in Oakland and Richmond, Calif across the bay. In the rear view mirror I could see fires burning in San Francisco and directly ahead to the north in the direction of my home town near Santa Rosa, Calif. fires were burning as well. I'm a retired two tour Vietnam combat Marine. I was used to see such scenes but not in our own neighborhoods. I finished a 30 year career there in 2003. I moved to Phoenix, AZ. in 2007.

@d-mack-ga5340

2 жыл бұрын

I visited San Francisco and Oakland about 6 months after the earth quake, I was amazed at how quickly they were able to clear-up the cities after such devastation. If I hadn't witnessed all the news coverage on TV, I would have never known there was a massive quake shortly beforehand. The only remaining evidence was the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge was still closed. So much gratitude goes out to all you First Responders, both past and present...Thank You All!

@palerider964

2 жыл бұрын

Glad to hear you made it out. (Vietnam and commiefornia) Semper Fi.

@steffanheimdallson5807

2 жыл бұрын

One of my best friends from high school was an engineer at Hyde Street Studios in '89. Being from Wisconsin, that was his first earthquake. Shook him up pretty good, no pun intended.

@ilovenoodles7483

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your military service. It's because of God and Vietnam Vets like yourself that I'm alive and here in this great country. God bless you. I remember that earth quake. That's all we talked about for about 5mos. straight in school and twice a week we had the school counselor come into our class to talk about the effects and trauma it had on people there and also how it spread to people who weren't there...all when we were in 5th grade!! Oh, and uh .. I'm in AZ too, so hello fellow northern neighbor.

@archstanton4365

Жыл бұрын

I was sitting at the kitchen table watching the World Series on a 13" black & white TV.

1989 was my most cherished year -- After knowing and dating my best friend for a few years, we married. Mot precious gift ever --- loving and being loved by an incredible, wonderful, kind, intelligent man. Though we had 30 odd years together - the time was too short. Still, 1989 remains such a wonderful year --- It always will be.

@MichiganPeatMoss

2 жыл бұрын

Met my wife in '89 myself. Was a significant year for a lot of Gen Xers in one way or another.

I was born in1989 and graduated from high school in 2008. Both of those years had an Indiana Jones movie and a Batman movie. And both Batman movies featured the Joker.

I bought a 1987 IROC in 1989. So much fun that year living in Pensacola.

The 80s were definitely the best decade.

@harismansoor5733

Жыл бұрын

2000's was

I was 32 years old, and it was my 4th year working at Kmart. Back, when Kmart was owned by Kmart Corporation. I miss Kmart and Sear's. But, I still remember the Blue Light Specials at Kmart. I remember the new TV 📺Shows and Sitcoms that came on in 1989. I will be turning 65 years old. How Time ⏲️Flies By. P.S., I still remember all the Talk Shows that also came on TV 📺.

@1corinthians-138

2 жыл бұрын

The blue light specials were so much fun. My mom would take all the kids and have us running all over the store. Do you remember those cookies that were like fig newtons, only they were iced and fruit flavors like apple, blueberry and strawberry?? Only Kmart sold them. If they were on a blue light special, we would get a whole bunch.

@jamesslick4790

2 жыл бұрын

As another former KMart worker, I miss KMart, For a retail store It was a fun place to work (except for certain customers, LOL). It was a vastly different shopping experience Than "Wally World" Wally's just makes you want to leave as fast as possible. KMart WANTED you to linger (Hence the K-Cafés and the Blue Light Specials...) F**k Eddie Lampert for screwing up BOTH KMart AND Sears! I hate Wally World, So switched over to Target.

@monkeywkeys3916

2 жыл бұрын

@@jamesslick4790 Yes he pretty much pillaged Sears. And wiped hisass with Kmart.

@jamesslick4790

2 жыл бұрын

@@monkeywkeys3916 👍👍

@davidsquires154

2 жыл бұрын

@@jamesslick4790 The Kmart Store located on 50 N.Groesbeck Hwy and Cass in Mt. Clemens, Michigan closed permanently in 1996. I took 1 month of unemployment, and I got another job with Meijer, Meijer is a Superstore chain based in Grand Rapids, Michigan and a Kmart competition. I retired from Meijer in 2012.

The year that I fell in love for the first time…the memories are bitter/sweet

1st year for Jr High for me. 12 years old back then. ❤

I remember watching with tears (literally) of joy watching The Wall fall. Something I had never thought I would ever see in my life time and Eastern Europe eventually being freed.

This was the year I graduated. I remember a lot of what happened this year. So cool. Thank you, Recollection Road, for doing these videos. So great to remember the things that happened while I was growing up in the 80's.

@timg2088

2 жыл бұрын

Yes! I also graduated in May of 1989. What an amazing time to be an 18 yr old kid!

Just turned 21 and, did my last deployment(Westpac)and got out of the Navy(Honorable conditions). Back then, you had to serve 4yrs to get and honorable discharge and i signed up for 3. But i finally got my honorable discharge while i was in the Navy Reserve.

89 the number, another summer (Get down) Sound of the funky drummer Music hittin' your heart 'cause I know you got soul! (Brothers and sisters!)

I was only 7 in '89. Life was a whole lot more simpler. ❤

I was a Navy Commander on the USS Wainwright when Hugo slammed into Charleston SC. My wife and kids spent the night under a table as our Navy house blew apart. We were forced to take the ship out to sea before it hit. Charleston Port Authority wouldn't let us back in after Hugo move on due to the extensive damage to the port. We anchored out watching the extraordinary and very visible storm damage before going to Jacksonville, Fl to pick up relief supplies. It was a heck of an experience.

@elwin38

2 жыл бұрын

How are you sir...i was on the West coast stationed on the Belleau Wood finishing out my 2nd(and last cruise). I was stationed on her from 2 Jan 87 until 9 Jul 1989. Got out of the Navy on terminal leave 26 Jun 89.

I remember seeing batman the night before it came out at a prescreening. The theater was so packed we got the last seats all the way down in front and to the side. Spent the night at my friends house that night. The next day went to Great America with my friends and mooned people on the ride there and back.

I only have vague memories of 1989. I was delving deep into recreational pharmaceuticals at the time. Not my most shining moment. They say you live and you learn. I say I survived and smartened up.

@monkeywkeys3916

2 жыл бұрын

Methaqualone?

@mikehughes4969

2 жыл бұрын

@@monkeywkeys3916 It was mostly cocaine, some mescaline and a little LSD.

@dalpz205

2 жыл бұрын

Don't forget MDMA. It was actually MDMA.

I miss the 80's I found my true love ...lost her 4 years ago to cancer

@maxmulsanne7054

2 жыл бұрын

I think I lost my true love in 1989. Her mother blew it. Then I blew it. Then on 10 July 1989, Healdsburg, CA, my best friend was gone. She was only 19.

@yfa6244

2 жыл бұрын

Im so sorry...

I joined the USAF in 1989. I was in Basic Training when Hugo hit SC. My flight never heard a word of that hurricane until graduation day. I was in Tech School at Lowry AFB when the San Fran quake hit. I had a girl in my class who was from San Francisco. It took her over a month to get a hold of her family via telephone. 1989 is a year I will always remember mostly because of my senior training instructor at basic training. He was a little Hitler and made that summer something I will never forget.

@Pistolpete147

2 жыл бұрын

@ C M, I joined the Air Force in 1989 also, but went to Lackland for basic in February of 90, I also was at Lowry for supply logistic training. I think I know who your TI was because one of my friends had him, they also called him little Hitler because of his mustache. Sounds like we may have even crossed paths then who knows

@kickinvideo333

2 жыл бұрын

Did you miss Panama ?

I was 30 yrs old that year. What a wonderful time it was but those days are gone. Thanks for sharing this with us that watch your channel. Outstanding job sir. Thanks.

@bigwillietheb

2 жыл бұрын

I'm half your age , I was 15 that year

@monkeywkeys3916

2 жыл бұрын

19 in 89

@martinlynch6764

2 жыл бұрын

32 in 89.What a year !

@edwardparkhurst9804

2 жыл бұрын

@@martinlynch6764 so much to do and things were cheap and made well. Thanks for sharing your thoughts.

@johnnyboy-ws3we

2 жыл бұрын

I was born in 1989

1989 I was 14 years of age. We saw; Bat Man Indiana Jones and the last Crusade. Tango and Cash. Road House and im sure other movies that same year. What an amazing time that will never be repeated.

The year I graduated from high school. Great memories.

Also in 1989… Generations premiered on NBC. Now You See It returns to CBS with new host, Chuck Henry. “Tango & Cash” starring Sylvester Stallone and Kurt Russell was released. The Mickey Mouse Club returns and aired on The Disney Channel. Their version was videotaped at Disney-MGM Studios in Florida, now Disney’s Hollywood Studios. Teen Win, Lose or Draw hosted by Marc Price premiered on The Disney Channel. Actress Rebecca Schaeffer of “My Sister Sam” murdered at her apartment building in Los Angeles by Robert John Bardo. She was 21 years old.

@monkeywkeys3916

2 жыл бұрын

Cosby show was the highest ranked series in 1989 followed by Roseanne. To think, Cosby & Quaaludes were still ongoing.

I graduated in 89. Good times!

Was a great year,most of it at least

the end of the 80s and it wouldn't be the same ever again. the music ; the TV shows . life wasn't the same.

Gosh, 1988 and 1989 were probably the best years of my young life. I was on top of the world, and anything seemed possible. Awesome decade, awesome memories.

one of my favorite Don Bluth movies came out in 1989 (All Dogs Go to Heaven), the only problem was I was just one year old when it did. I don't remember the 80s but I do remember the 90s. I miss the 90s so much. It is sad that Judith Barsy did not get to see it. So I just have to say rest in peace Judith Barsy and thank you Don Bluth for making my favorite animated movie of 1989 and my 90s childhood. :)

I was born this year. I'm 33 today and to think I was brought into this world and existed during some of these historic moments blows my little mind. I was born on January 2nd a day after this year started. The world would never be the same once I came of age, my looks were so dashing and my intelligence unheard of. People started imitating my style and I started a revolution that changed humankind forever. I am the definition of sexy, I am the pinnacle of intelligence.

@johnnyboy-ws3we

2 жыл бұрын

Wow i am also turning 33 1989 was a good year for us also are you a fan of anime and superhero"s like me

@thesilence250

Жыл бұрын

same here. 3rd May 1989..i got nostalgic thats why i watched this video.

This is so cool. I was 12 in '89. I completely remember all these things! Esp. the earthquake. I lived in Marin County and we felt it big time as well.

damn.. I was 29.. I turn 62 in a few days.. it doesn't seem that long ago?

@SMac-bq8sk

2 жыл бұрын

Same here...1960 born too. Was there ever a better decade than the 80s to spend your 20s? Good times, but long gone now.

@monkeywkeys3916

2 жыл бұрын

Old farts blowing in the wind.

@SMac-bq8sk

2 жыл бұрын

@@monkeywkeys3916: Simian hemorrhoid with a keyboard.

@monkeywkeys3916

2 жыл бұрын

@@SMac-bq8sk Queuing Kansas music now

The marketing for the Batman movie was simple but brilliant: BAT SYMBOL

@monkeywkeys3916

2 жыл бұрын

Great memory & perspective

The earthquake disturbing the 1989 World Series was bad. At the end, the A's win in a clean sweep against the Giants.

I was right in the middle of the Loma Prieta quake. I had just left work and was on Army St in S.F. Fun times!

Next week we start the 1990's with 1990 Flashback.

I lived in San Jose California when the earthquake hit. My son was born in January of 1989.

The year Pete Rose got railroaded. He will always be a baseball star to me.

@jrussellcase

2 жыл бұрын

Facts

@charlesbaldo

2 жыл бұрын

I was a big red machine fan, and I now hate Pete Rose. However I think there is such a hypocrisy now in MLB that they have on line gambling as sponsors and advertisers.

@halbud

2 жыл бұрын

He is a H. O. F. !!!

@charlesbaldo

2 жыл бұрын

@@halbud He is a M. O. R. O. N. he could be HOF, but he is more interested in saying FU to baseball and feeding his gambling addiction. He will most likely never be HOF.

@timg2088

2 жыл бұрын

"Yes, I bet on baseball." ~Pete Rose

Also in 1989… “Prancer” starring Sam Elliott, Cloris Leachman, Michael Constantine and Rebecca Harrell was released. Disney-MGM Studios Theme Park opened at Walt Disney World Resort in Florida, now Disney’s Hollywood Studios. TV shows have ended that year… $ale of the Century, hosted by Jim Perry and Summer Bartholomew on NBC Super Password, hosted by Bert Convy on NBC. Card Sharks, hosted by Bob Eubanks on CBS. The New Hollywood Squares, hosted by John Davidson in Syndication. Small Wonder in Syndication. The New Leave It To Beaver on TBS. Family Ties on NBC.

Also in 1989… NBC Tower in Chicago opened and the new home for WMAQ-TV with studios to produce National shows like Jenny Jones, Jerry Springer, etc.

@marka.graffakasnakebitenat3736

2 жыл бұрын

I always wanted Jenny Jones to sit on my face.

@pernelldh

2 жыл бұрын

@@marka.graffakasnakebitenat3736 😄😃😂🤣

Married....With Children was way better than Seinfield.

@diatribe5

Жыл бұрын

I miss the reruns of MWC. No matter how many times I saw some episodes, they made me laugh so hard I cried.

The day Gameboy was released in North America was the day the legendary "Death of a Goldfish" episode of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood from 1970 aired on PBS for the final time.

The year i came into the world July 20 1989..I'm blessed to be an 80s baby

@westonmeyer3110

Жыл бұрын

The last good decade.

Love these videos!

Still the best Batman !!!!

@Perririri

2 жыл бұрын

Michael Keaton, the _best_ Batman / Bruce Wayne!!

@aseygirl9295

5 ай бұрын

100% agree - absolutely hands down the best one! I also remember the Batdance song from that movie by Prince!

LOL I was 26 or so, in Mayport Florida, between deployments, so I was partying too much to remember a lot of these events! ;)

I started high school in 1989. Seems like a simple time compared to today.

Great video! Lots of history was made during this year!

Hugo came all the way inland to Charlotte NC, some 200 hundred miles. Some folks did not have power for a couple months.

The Scorpions “Winds of Change “ comes to mind. ‘89 wasn’t a bad year for me. Good interest rates at the bank, and jobs were easier to find and there was something called discretionary income, lower healthcare costs, food was cheap, etc.

I lived through Hugo in Charlotte NC, hurricane force winds 200 miles from the coast dropped hundreds if not 1000s of trees in the area. I was without power for 10 days in a new Condo. It truly was survival mode for the city the first week, finding food and groceries at anywhere with power.

@hilltopmachineworks2131

2 жыл бұрын

I was living in Raleigh at the time and remember it well. I later moved to Charlotte in 1991. You remember Hugo's diner on South Blvd?

@halbud

2 жыл бұрын

I too live in Charlotte now as i did when Hugo hit ,What a night of howling winds and trees cracking !!!

@AquariusBeam

2 жыл бұрын

My grandparents lost some big trees in their yard in Charlotte from Hugo.

One of the best years in pop music and all its subgenres

US Billboard Hot 100 number one singles for 1989 JAN 7 Poison - Every Rose Has Its Thorn (also #1 on 12/24-31/1988) JAN 14 Bobby Brown - My Prerogative JAN 21-28 Phil Collins - Two Hearts (from "Buster") FEB 4 Sheriff - When I'm in Love (recorded in the early 1980s) FEB 11-25 Paula Abdul - Straight Up MAR 4-18 Debbie Gibson - Lost in Your Eyes MAR 25 Mike + the Mechanics - The Living Years APR 1 The Bangles - Eternal Flame APR 8 Roxette - The Look APR 15 Fine Young Cannibals - She Drives Me Crazy APR 22-MAY 6 Madonna - Like a Prayer MAY 13 Bon Jovi - I'll Be There For You MAY 20-27 Paula Abdul - Forever My Girl JUNE 3 Michael Damian - Rock On JUNE 10 Bette Midler - Wind Beneath My Wings JUNE 17 New Kids on the Block - I'll Be Loving You (Forever) JUNE 24 Richard Marx - Satisfied JULY 1 Milli Vanilli - Don't Forget My Number JULY 8 Fine Young Cannibals - Good Thing JULY 15 Simply Red - If You Don't Know Me By Now JULY 22-29 Martika - Toy Soldiers AUG 5 Prince - Batdance AUG 12-26 Richard Marx - Right Here Waiting SEPT 2 Paula Abdul - Cold Hearted SEPT 9 New Kids on the Block - Hangin' Tough SEPT 16 Gloria Estefan - Don't Wanna Lose You SEPT 23-30 Milli Vanilli - Girl I'm Gonna Miss You OCT 7-28 Janet Jackson - Miss You Much NOV 4 Roxette - Listen To Your Heart NOV 11-18 Bad English - When I See You Smile NOV 25-DEC 2 Milli Vanilli - Blame it On the Rain DEC 9-16 Billy Joel - We Didn't Start the Fire DEC 23-30 Phil Collins - Another Day in Paradise (also #1 on JAN 6-13, 1990)

@CJ-jq4lv

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this!

@monkeywkeys3916

2 жыл бұрын

Remember all those tunes and what I was doing meaning Not Much. Glad things changed for me in the 90s.

Can't believe you left out Tiananmen Square.

@AJ17_

2 жыл бұрын

Because he's only focusing on events that happened in America. The tagline in his videos is always "Life in America".

@simonpearn479

2 жыл бұрын

True mate, but this is all about America, and no mention of the Hillsborough Disaster either???

I graduated high school that year. 🎓

1960s tv stars survivors in 1989 Michael Landon (53) Diahann Carroll (54) Kent McCord (47) Larry Hagman (58) Karen Valentine (41) Peggy Lipton (42)

Major Professional Sports Champions in 1989 World Series: Oakland Athletics sweep San Francisco Giants, four games to zero. NBA Finals: Detroit Pistons sweep Los Angeles Lakers, four games to zero. Super Bowl XXIII: San Francisco 49ers 20, Cincinnati Bengals 16. Stanley Cup Finals: Calgary Flames beat Montreal Canadiens, four games to two. NCAA Division I Major Sports Champions in 1989 College World Series: Wichita State Shockers. Basketball: Michigan Wolverines (men), Tennessee Volunteers (women) Football: Miami Hurricanes.

@MidKid61

2 жыл бұрын

NCAA Division I Sports Champions in 1989 Hockey: Harvard Crimson Soccer: Virginia Cavaliers and Santa Clara Broncos (men), North Carolina Tar Heels (women) Lacrosse: Syracuse Orangemen Volleyball: UCLA Bruins (men), Long Beach State 49'ers (women)

@MidKid61

2 жыл бұрын

OTHER SPORTS CHAMPIONS FOR 1989 Indianapolis 500: Emerson Fittipaldi Daytona 500: Darrell Waltrip Kentucky Derby and Preakness: Sunday Silence Belmont Stakes: Easy Goer Masters: Nick Faldo PGA Championship: Payne Stewart US Open (Golf): Curtis Strange British Open: Mark Calcavecchia Wimbledon and US Open (Tennis): Steffi Graf and Boris Becker Australian Open: Steffi Graf and Ivan Lendl French Open: Arantxa Sanchez Vicario and Michael Chang PBA Bowler of the Year: Pete Weber US Figure Skating Champions: Jill Trenary and Christopher Bowman

1989 , I turned 15 years old & was in the 10th grade

I miss those times.

@maxmulsanne7054

2 жыл бұрын

... and the people who made those times great. 🌿✝️🌎🌤💕

This is to year I graduated high school... I wore a pink long sleeve polo shirt with a narrow blue tie and a pair of 501 jeans with white sneakers. California

My early childhood !

The 89 world series was unfair because the earthquake gap allow Oaklands top pitchers Dave Stewart and Mike Moore to dominate and each pitch 2 games with plenty of rest.

And in 1989, Rozalia came over to my apartment after church in that purple dress. 😁

Turned 30 that year - pre internet. Good memories.

1989 is when a star was born

This was the year I was born. Damn. How things have evolved and changed since then.

This was my first year in which I still hold some vague memories. As a 4 year old I remember a vacation where I went on a ride on a gondola in Venice Italy and a camel in Egypt. I dressed up as Batman on Halloween. That's about it I think...

Batman was huge that summer

@monkeywkeys3916

2 жыл бұрын

Bat Dance 🎶🎸

One event missing - Inauguration Day, Friday, January 20th, 1989, and I was there, rather close for the general audience. The only Inauguration Day I have been to so far. The peaceful transfer of power in the United States of America from Ronald Reagan (40) to George H. W. Bush (41) on a very cold and clear day, if I recall correctly.

@t-bo2734

2 жыл бұрын

A far more significant event missing: the murderous Tiananmen Square massacre. No mention of the invasion of Panama or Joe Montana's Super Bowl win, either.

I was a freshman in high school

@marmel4086

2 жыл бұрын

Me too

Best decade ever and the best memories ever.b😊

1989 was a great year! Not that it was part of the 80's, but, that it had it's own time in the 80's! I like the presentation of these videos! There's a lot of information here! Great Video! Thanks

Seems like only yesterday!, I turned 27 in 1989

Even though the first short appearance was mentioned in the '87 Flashback, on DECEMBER 17TH the Fox broadcast network debuted the first full episode of The Simpsons, which on February, 2022 is still running after 717 episodes. Believe it is at least the 2nd longest running (# of episodes) animated show worldwide after the Dragon Ball franchise (there maybe someone else, but I can't remember).

@1985OldSkool

2 жыл бұрын

"Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire" (a.k.a. "The Simpsons Christmas Special") was the first full episode that aired on Fox (Sunday, December 17, 1989). "The Simpsons" would become a regularly-scheduled series four weeks later.

@syxepop

2 жыл бұрын

@@budc6246 - THAT'S RIGHT! (in a sense) Wikipedia states as 1002 Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies theatrical shorts and 1041 in total. But neither series has as much episodes as The Simpsons...

@DjSportsGirl86

2 жыл бұрын

The Simpsons was the longest prime time aminated series in U.S. television history.

I was 12 yrs old in the sixth grade and anxiously waiting for the weekand to see batman.

1989 was the year my sister graduated High School as she graduated from Nottingham (Hamilton North) High School in Hamilton Township, NJ. Would go on a cruise for the first time when our family did the DISNEY/PREMIER CRUISE week where we went to WALT DISNEY WORLD for four nights with a three night PREMIER CRUISE to The Bahamas. Plus my folks took over Weinstein's Deli officially from it's original owners. Other things that happened that year was my cousin Michelle graduated high school, my aunt revealed she was pregnant with my cousin Rebecca, and would fly from Newark International Airport for the last time, and started flying from Philadelphia International Airport for future trips.

I was 9 years old back in 1989 in the 4th grade I remember we went to go see Ghostbusters 2 at the movies and Batman. And uncle Buck. And I remember Aresnio hall started his late night talk show which is an classic.

Hurricane Hugo was also filmed on a whole episode of Rescue 911 back in 1991.

I was attending International Business College working on a diploma in Computerized Accounting.

I was 4 and my mother took me to see Batman! I will never forget, then the turtles movie at the turn of the decade! Greatest times as a child

Class of 89 here.... can't believe we're 50!?!?!

Junior in high school at this time and my favorite year by far

I was 9 years old back in 89. We had good movies I remember we went to go see Ghostbusters 2

Thank you for your thoughtful videos. I'm curious as to why the historic Tiananmen Square was left out of this video? Your work is appreciated

@shawnsmolk9314

2 жыл бұрын

Seriously. Lots of sports references but nothing about a revolution leading to a massacre.

@AJ17_

2 жыл бұрын

He's only focusing on events in America, not world-wide. Every video has the subtitle "Life in America", so events in other countries have pretty much been left out.

@archlich4489

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed. It's events in America, but that was so huge...

@rf101259

2 жыл бұрын

@@AJ17_ He covered the Berlin wall coming down, Americans only watched that on tv, but we also watched Tiananmen Square on tv so I also wonder why it was left out.

1989 was a great year. I got married and moved to then West Germany with my wife. I was in the USAF living in a small village. We traveled Western Europe and enjoyed seeing many landmarks. Then the fall of the wall. The East Germans were much more excited about it than the West Germans. It was a great year for music, movies and travel. Still together! 🇺🇸🇩🇪

You forgot Madonna's controversial Like A Prayer video that through many into hysteria LOL...i remember everything else in this clip but strongly remember the Madonna because it made massive headlines.

And I got my first two tattoos in the Phillipines. Good times indeed.

My favorite year!

One year later, in October of 1990, at 27, I got the worst, most unexpected news of my life - I somehow "tested positive for the AIDS virus" as my doctor informed me. It's been quite a "life", certainly not what I expected, but I am grateful every day God gives me. Be good to people - too much darkness in the world these days and do the best you can, believe in "goodness" and be happy.

@diatribe5

Жыл бұрын

Unlike many others, you survived. Just like Magic Johnson. I remember too well that the AIDS crisis had a profound effect on young adults’ sex lives, and I was so nervous that I went to the county health department to get an HIV test. The 2 week wait to return for the results was nerve wracking. Fortunately, I was negative, and the counselor gave great explicit advice on how to play it safer. Nowadays, the tests can be found in drugstores.

@jeffbengert2863

Жыл бұрын

@@diatribe5 Yup, Dia Tribe (great name....), those two weeks were AWFUL. Even worse was when I didn't hear back from my doctor, then she didn't return my phone messages. Then I received a letter in the mail asking me to come to her office to discuss my test results. I'm intelligent - I had to confront the truly unbelievable thought that maybe.....OMG, Dia, I truly went into a state of shock and my senses became "protected" for the couple of days until my appointment, the "positve" result and downfall. I truly was numb with shock for a couple of weeks, then massively depressed. I had jus lost my Mom in January, terribly sad for me, and had begun my "new LIFE" by getting a job at NYUCD, and planned to get my Masters degree. That life never happened.....if it wasn't for NYUCD- the people I worked with, the students - I would not have survived. God bless them all......Dia, thanks. Be good to all people and enjoy life. Jeff

And over in England this year we had the terrible Hillsborough Football stadium disaster in which nearly 100 people were crushed to death and the 33rd anniversary of this awful day was yesterday (15th April), the Kegworth aircraft accident where the pilot narrowly missed crashing onto a Motorway, Arsenal sensationally became League Champions with the last kick of the season, Liverpool won an emotional F.A. Cup final, Nottingham Forest won the League Cup.

I was 16 & a junior in highschool😊

Also in 1989: Operation Just Cause, US invasion of Panama to depose dictator Manuel Noriega, 20 December 1989.

I was 2 years old

We were married that year. Best wedding ever!

i was 10 years old that year.

Sir, good video overall but you missed an event on Nov 9 that was one of the top ten significant world events of the 20th century: the Berlin Wall.

@joeheid4757

2 жыл бұрын

He missed it in the timeline datewise but he mentioned it at the beginning.

Wow a lot happened that year. But I fully agree nothing was bigger than the Berlin Wall coming down.

I was 9 then, was also blessed with a little brother as well that year, i remember my babysitter bringing over her boyfriend, also We didnt start the fire okaying on TV

Also during April-June 1989, Ryoba Aishi, a high school murderer, made national headlines of her actions.

Champions of 1989 Super Bowl XXIII Champion: San Francisco 49ers Stanley Cup Champion: Montreal Canadiens NBA Champions: Detroit Pistons World Series Champions: Oakland A's

When Michael Keaton was the Batman!!