The Book of Me, Written by You - Week 12 - The Year I Was Born

The Book Of Me, Written By You is a 15 month project set up by Julie Goucher at Anglers Rest.

Each week there are prompts which require answering. 

Week 12 - The Year I Was Born

The year I was born was designated the International Youth Year by the United Nations.

Titanic Wreck
(Image link: www.wikipedia.org, Author:
Courtesy of NOAA/Institute for Exploration/University of Rhode Island
(NOAA/IFE/URI), June 2004)

Queen Elizabeth II was on the throne and Margaret Thatcher was the Prime Minister.

Significant Events

• South Africa ends its ban on interracial marriages
• Coco-cola releases NEW COKE, but it was not popular & only lasted 6 months
• Discover a hole in the Ozone Layer
• The wreck of the Titanic is located
• Greenpeace vessel Rainbow Warrior in bombed and sinks in Auckland Harbour
• A total solar eclipse occurs over the Antarctic
• Calvin & Hobbes debuts
• Comic relief is launched

Red phone box
(Image link: www.wikipedia.org,
Author: Benkid 77, 27 Sept 2009)

Science & Technology

• BT began phasing out their iconic red phone boxes
• First British mobile phone call is made
• DNA is first used in a criminal case
• Windows first version is released by Microsoft
• Nintendo's first home video game console is released
• Tetris is released

Sport

• Boris Becker, aged 17, is Wimbledon's youngest winner
• Bradford City football stadium goes up in smoke, killing 56 people

Music

• Norway wins Eurovision
• Live Aid raises >£50 million for the famine in Ethiopia
• 'The Power of Love' by Jennifer Rush was the biggest selling single of the year
• 'Merry Christmas Everyone' by Shakin' Stevens was the Christmas Number 1
• Number 1 singles:



Live Aid
(Image link: www.wikipedia.org,
Author: Alfabille, 14 Dec 2012)

• 'We Are The World' by Band Aid
• 'I Want to Know What Love Is' by Foreigner
• 'I Know Him So Well' by Elaine Paige & Barbara Dickson
• 'You Spin Me Around (Like A Record)' by Dead or Alive
• 'Easy Lover' by Philip Bailey & Phil Collins
• 'We Are The World' by USA Africa
• 'Move Closer' by Phyllis Nelson
• '19' by Paul Hardcastle
• 'You'll Never Walk Alone' by The Crowd
• 'Frankie' by Sister Sledge
• 'There Must Be An Angel (Playing With My Heart)' by Eurythmics
• 'Into the Groove' by Madonna
• 'I Got You Babe' by UB40 & Chrissie Hynde
• 'Dancing In The Street' by David Bowie & Mick Jagger
• 'If I Was' by Midge Ure
• 'The Power Of Love' by Jennifer Rush
• 'A Good Heart' by Feargal Sharkey
• 'I'm Your Man' by Wham!
• 'Saving All My Love For You' by Whitney Houston
• 'Merry Christmas Everyone' by Shakin' Stevens

Bacup Police Station featured in Juliet Bravo
(Image link: www.geograph.org.uk,
Photographer: Dr Neil Clifton,  30 Jun 2011)

Films & TV

• Back to the Future, was the highest grossing film
• Eastenders is first aired on BBC 1.
• James Bond film, A View To A Kill is released
• Juliet Bravo, ended (filmed in the town where I lived)
• Open All Hours, ended

Famous Births

• Lewis Hamilton, British F1 driver
• Cristiano Ronaldo, Portuguese footballer
• Keira Knightley, English actor
• Leona Lewis, English singer
• Lily Allen, British singer
• Wayne Rooney, British footballer

Famous Deaths

• EB White, the author of Charlotte's Web & Stuart Little
• Laszlo Biro, inventor of the ballpoint pen