1981
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"Ze tightness of your shorts equals ze square route of your age." Einstein.
Meanwhile, in the real world,
1981
was a helluva year because...
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The 1st launch of a space shuttle (Columbia)
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Pope shot by insane Turk, May 13
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Prince Charles and Diana Spencer marry on July 29
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The first IBM-PC's begin to roll of the lines
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The birth of MTV, the 24 hour-a-day music television station
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Pac-Man is introduced in the US and sparks a huge craze
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Poland government crushes the Solidarity movement
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The first reports of homosexual men dying due to a mysterious breakdown of the bodies' immuminzation system. Becomes known as Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, AIDS.
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Assasination attempt on Ronald Regean on March 30, 1981 by John Hinkley
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Israel annexes the disputed Golan Heights territory
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Egyptian president Anwar el-Sadat is assassinated by Islamic extremists during a military parade in Cairo
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Ronald Reagan takes oath as 40th President
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Salman Rushdie, Midnights Children
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Ooohhh be still my dancing feet..
They don't make em like they used to..
Raiders of the Lost Ark,
Chariots of Fire,
On Golden Pond, Reds, Atlantic City
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Chariots of Fire
On Golden Pond
Reds
Atlantic City