[raatkirani2005]

Oh my goodness, I remember all that stuff as well. I was in fifth grade, and I totally remember the stock market crash and the iran-contra affair, even though I had no idea what that was. Gorbachev was the face plastered all over the news, and Reagan with his lame "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall" speech. Also, wasn't the Gary Hart-Donna Rice scandal that same year? My parents would always change the channel whenever that story came on, but I do remember he had a boat he named Monkey Business. I also remember the hijackings. That was definitely the crime du jour back then. And I remember the PIA hijacking, but there was also a Pan Am hijacking in Karachi, which I remember a friend was on. She came back with stories of dead people next to her and blood everywhere.

Music wise, for a girl like me, Whitney Houston was the biggest thing. "I Wanna Dance with Somebody" was incredibly popular. And so were the Bangles "Walk Like an Egyptian." And the biggest movie for me was "Three Men and a Baby." Awww...