 | George Bush Sr. is elected President. |
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| The greenhouse effect is discovered. |
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| America's Most Wanted debuts. |
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| Prozac is introduced to the public. |
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| Sonny Bono becomes mayor of Palm Springs |
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| Yo! MTV Raps debuts. |
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| CD's outsell albums for the first time. |
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| Lionel Richie's wife was arrested for assaulting Lionel and a model she found him with. |
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| Burt Reynolds and Loni Anderson get hitched. |
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| #1 Song of The Year: Roll With It - Steve Winwood. |
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| "She's Like The Wind" shows Patrick Swayze can sing as well as dance and act. |
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| Salt N Pepa get their breakthrough hit with "Push It". |
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| Julia Roberts hits the big screen in her first breakthrough role in Mystic Pizza. |
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| Top grossing film of the year: Who Framed Roger Rabbit. |
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| Spuds Mackenzie becomes the original party animal. |
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| Oprah Winfrey is the hottest talk show in America. |
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| The new Suzuki Samurai gets bad reputation for flipping over when turning corners. |
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| Penny Loafers with a penny in them and Levi's with the cuffs rolled up were the fashion statements of the year. |
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| U2 records Rattle and Hum album and then later the documentary. |
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| Flying chair thrown by skinhead hits Geraldo in the nose on his self titled talk show. |
| 1987 :: 1989 | |
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