HHS Class of 1989

Memories of a Class

1970s * 1980s * 1990s * 2000s * 2010s

These are the events that shaped the life of an entire class. A few we don't remember, although they had a profound impact on our lives (the first microprocessor). Others we'll never forget (the Challenger accident). What do you remember?

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In 1970-71...

...the class of 1989 was born.

In 1970...

...The Beatles broke up.
...Apollo 13 flew.
...the first Earth Day was held.
...the Kent State Massacre took place.
...the first automated teller machine (ATM) was installed in a U.S. bank.
...Eggo waffles and Hamburger Helper appeared on store shelves.
...the Nerf ball debuted.

In 1971...

...cigarette ads were banned from TV.
...trading began in NASDAQ.
...the first-class mail rate was raised from six cents to eight cents.
...the 26th Amendment was added to the United States Constitution.
...Homewood High School opened.
...the Attica Prison riots occurred.
...the first pocket calculator went on sale.
...Intel produced the first microprocessor.
...Pulsar introduced the LED digital watch.
...Walt Disney World opened.
...Birmingham celebrated its centennial.

In 1972...

...Atari was founded and released Pong.
...Governor George C. Wallace was shot.
...eleven Israeli Olympic athletes were killed by Palestinian terrorists during the Munich games.
...M*A*S*H premiered on television.
...HBO went on the air.
...Apollo 17, the last manned moon mission, was flown.

In 1973...

...the Supreme Court rendered a verdict in the case of Roe v. Wade.
...the Vietnam War officially ended.
...the draft ended.
...McDonald's introduced the Quarter Pounder.
...NASA launched Skylab.
...Brookwood Village opened.
...the 1973 Arab-Israeli War took place.

In 1974...

...the first edition of Dungeons & Dragons was published.
...the first-class mail rate was raised to ten cents.
...the first commercial sale made by scanning a UPC took place.
...McDonald's debuted the Egg McMuffin.
...Hank Aaron beat Babe Ruth's home run record.
...President Richard Nixon resigned after the Watergate scandal.
...Evel Knievel failed to make a jump over Snake River Canyon.
...55 mph became the national speed limit.
...Muhammad Ali began his second reign as heavyweight boxing champion.

In 1975...

...construction of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline began.
...the SS Mayaguez was seized by the Cambodian navy.
...Jaws became the highest-grossing film of all time.
...Century Plaza opened.
...Apollo 18 and Soyuz 19 docked in orbit.
...Jimmy Hoffa disappeared.
...Saturday Night Live began airing.
...the Edmund Fitzgerald sank.
...Microsoft was founded.
...the first-class mail rate was raised to 13 cents.
...sales of microwave ovens first exceeded those of gas ranges.

In 1976...

...the Concorde made its first commercial flight.
...Apple Computer was founded.
...the United States celebrated its bicentennial.
...red was removed from the M&M's color mix.
...Vikings 1 and 2 landed on Mars.
...an earthquake near Tangshan, China killed hundreds of thousands.
...the first outbreak of Ebola took place in Zaire.
...Chairman Mao Tse-tung died.
...WTCG (later WTBS) started distribution on cable TV.

In 1977...

...the Trans-Alaska Pipeline was completed.
...Star Wars became the highest-grossing film of all time.
...David Berkowitz, a.k.a. Son of Sam, was arrested.
...Elvis Presley died.
...most of the class of 1989 began school at Edgewood, Hall-Kent, or Shades Cahaba Elementary Schools.
...NASA launched Voyagers 1 and 2.
...the first VHS VCR was introduced.
...the TV miniseries Roots drew a large audience.
...the Atari Video Computer System (VCS) was released.

In 1978...

...Garfield debuted.
...the first-class mail rate was raised to 15 cents.
...Pluto's moon, Charon, was discovered.
...Texas Instruments introduced the Speak & Spell.
...Louise Brown, the first "test tube baby," was born.
...Pope Paul VI died; Pope John Paul I died; Pope John Paul II was installed.
...Love Canal was declared a federal emergency.
...Showtime went on the air.
...Muhammad Ali became the heavyweight boxing champion for the third time.
...the Jonestown Massacre took place.

In 1979...

...Sony introduced the Walkman.
...the Susan B. Anthony dollar coin was introduced.
...Skylab fell out of orbit.
...Voyagers 1 and 2 reached Jupiter.
...C-SPAN went on the air.
...superstations WGN and WOR begin distribution via cable TV.
...McDonald's created the Happy Meal.
...the first Wal-Mart opened in Alabama.
...Pinwheel became the first children's cable channel.
...ESPN went on the air.
...Hurricane Frederic struck the Alabama coast.
...Richard Arrington became Birmingham's first African American mayor.
...Iran took 66 Americans hostage.
...the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan.

In 1980...

...the U.S. hockey team defeated the Soviet Union at the Winter Olympics.
...Pac-Man debuted.
...Mount St. Helens erupted.
...everyone was asking, "Who shot J.R.?"
...Sony introduced the first consumer camcorder.
...CNN becomes the first all-news network.
...Voyager 1 reached Saturn.
...Bloom County debuted.
...John Lennon was killed.

In 1981...

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...the final 52 American hostages in Iran were freed.
...Rubik's Cube swept the nation.
...Walter Cronkite retired as CBS anchorman.
...the first-class mail rate was raised to 18 cents and then 20 cents.
...President Ronald Reagan was shot.
...a new incarnation of the Birmingham Barons debuted.
...NASA launched the first Space Shuttle.
...Cats debuted in London.
...Pope John Paul II was shot.
...Pinwheel was renamed Nickelodeon.
...Prince Charles and Lady Diana were married.
...three walkways collapsed at the Kansas City Hyatt Regency hotel.
...MTV went on the air.
...Voyager 2 reached Saturn.
...the IBM Personal Computer (PC) is introduced.
...Sandra Day O'Connor became the first female Supreme Court Justice.
...coach Paul "Bear" Bryant became the winningest coach in college football.

In 1982...

...the first compact discs were marketed.
...Great Britain and Argentina waged the Falkland Islands War.
...the World's Fair was held in Knoxville.
...channel 21, WTTO, went on the air.
...The Weather Channel went on the air.
...John Hinckley, Jr. was found not guilty by reason of insanity.
...E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial became the highest-grossing film of all time.
...Diet Coke debuted.
...GRID was renamed AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome).
...most of the class of 1989 came together for the first time at Homewood Middle School.
...Cheers premiered.
...seven Chicago-area residents died from cyanide-laced Tylenol capsules.
...Leonid Brezhnev died; Yuri Andropov became head of the Soviet Union.
...Barney Clark recieved the first permanent artificial heart.

In 1983...

...Michael Jackson's Thriller burned up the pop charts.
...coach Paul "Bear" Bryant died, only five weeks after retiring.
...the Birmingham Stallions played their first season with the USFL.
...the final episode of M*A*S*H drew record viewers.
...the U.S. Postal Service began using ZIP+4.
...Sally Ride became the first female American astronaut in space.
...McDonald's added Chicken McNuggets to their menu.
...Nissan drops the Datsun name from their cars in America.
...the Soviet Union shot down Korean Air Lines Flight 007.
...Marines in Beirut, Lebanon were killed by a suicide bombing.
...the U.S. invaded Grenada.

In 1984...

...AT&T was broken up.
...Apple released the Macintosh computer.
...Yuri Andropov died; Konstantin Chernenko became head of the Soviet Union.
...everyone was talking about Big Brother.
...everyone was playing Trivial Pursuit.
...the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) was isolated.
...the MPAA created the PG-13 rating.
...the San Ysidro McDonald's Massacre took place in San Diego.
...The Cosby Show premiered.
...Prime Minister Indira Gandhi of India was assassinated.
...a Union Carbide plant in Bhopal, India released toxic gas.
...27 coal miners died in a fire in a Orangeville, Utah mine.
..."Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer" became a Christmas smash hit.
...Cabbage Patch Kids was the hot Christmas toy.

In 1985...

...the first-class mail rate was raised to 22 cents.
...Konstantin Chernenko died; Mikhail Gorbachev became head of the Soviet Union.
...Howard Cosell retired from ABC.
...a hole was discovered in the ozone layer.
...I-65 within Alabama was completed.
...the Birmingham Turf Club opened.
...Cherry Coke and New Coke debuted.
...the original Coca-Cola formula returned as Classic Coke.
...the Birmingham Stallions played their final season.
...the class of 1989 began high school.
...an earthquake near Mexico City killed tens of thousands.
...all new cars in the U.S. required a third brake light.
...the Italian liner, Achille Lauro, was hijacked.
..."We Are the World" was recorded.
...Nevado del Ruiz in Columbia erupted.
...Homewood's varsity football team were state 5A semi-finalists.
...Calvin and Hobbes debuted.

In 1986...

NASA image of Challenger explosion

...Voyager 2 reached Uranus.
...Space Shuttle Challenger exploded.
...Halley's Comet visited the inner solar system.
...the Riverchase Galleria opened.
...Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos were exiled from the Philippines; Corazon Aquino became president.
...Geraldo Rivera failed to find Al Capone's "secret vault."
...an accident occurred at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant.
...Pizitz was bought by McRae's.
...the Yugo came to the U.S.
...the Nintendo Entertainment System was released.
...Fox debuted as the fourth commercial television network.
...the Homewood Patriot Band led Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.
...Homewood's varsity football team were state 5A finalists.

In 1986-87...

...the class of 1989 got their driver's licenses.

In 1987...

...Chris Reebals won a state wrestling championship.
...Jim Bakker's affair with Jessica Hahn was revealed.
...Vice President George Bush spoke at Homewood High.
...Gary Hart's affair with Donna Rice was exposed.
...Mathias Rust landed his plane in Red Square.
...Gorbachev introduced perestroika.
...the California Raisins debuted.
...red was added back to the M&M's color mix.
...Harmonic Convergence supposedly took place.
...Jessica McClure was rescued from a well.

In 1988...

...the Birmingham Barons moved to Hoover.
...the first-class mail rate was raised to 25 cents.
...Anoop Mishra won the Lincoln-Douglas Debate at the National Forensic League National Championship.
...Mr. Dedrick left his position as assistant principal.
...Brookwood Village was remodeled.
...Hurricane Gilbert struck Mexico.
...Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie was published.
...Geraldo Rivera's nose was broken by a thrown chair.
...some of the class of 1989 got to vote in their first presidential election.
...an earthquake nearly destroyed Spitak, Armenia.
...terrorists blew up Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland.

In 1989...

...the Exxon Valdez oil spill occurred.
...Dilbert debuted.
...the class of 1989, after as many as 12 years together, graduated and went their separate ways.
...the first City Stages took place.
...student protest in Tiananmen Square led to a massacre.
...the original Nintendo Game Boy was released.
...Bloom County ceased publication.
...Voyager 2 reached Neptune.
...Hurricane Hugo struck South Carolina.
...an earthquake struck Oakland, sandwiching cars on I-880.
...the Berlin Wall fell.
...the U.S. invaded Panama (a.k.a. Operation: Just Cause).

In 1990...

...Nelson Mandela was released from prison.
...Gulf stations across the South became BP stations.
...the Hubble Space Telescope was launched.
...Universal Studios Florida opened.
...Microsoft Windows 3.0 debuted.
...Wal-Mart became the largest retailer in the U.S.
...controversy erupted because Shoal Creek, about to host the PGA Championship, had no black members.
...Iraq invaded Kuwait; the U.S. began Operation: Desert Shield.
...Pete Rose was permanently banned from Major League Baseball for gambling.
...Seinfeld and The Simpsons debuted.
...the MPAA changed the X rating to NC-17.
...Germany was reunified.
...Iben Browning predicted a major earthquake would strike the New Madrid region.

In 1991...

...the first Gulf War (a.k.a. Operation: Desert Storm) took place.
...the first-class mail rate was raised to 29 cents.
...Rodney King's beating by LAPD officers was caught on video tape.
...the Biringham Fire played their first game.
...the World Wide Web was created.
...serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer was arrested.
...Paul "Pee-Wee Herman" Reubens was arrested for allegedly exposing himself.
...the first version of Linux was released.
...Quantum Computer Services changed its name to America Online.
...Luby's Massacre took place in Killeen, Texas.
...Magic Johnson announced he was HIV positive.
...the Cold War ended with the collapse of the Soviet Union.

In 1992...

...South Central Bell became BellSouth.
...news outlets warned about the Michaelangelo computer virus.
...Stella Liebeck sued McDonald's after being burned by a spilled cup of their coffee.
...the Los Angeles riots took place.
...Johnny Carson retired as host of the Tonight Show; Jay Leno took over.
...the final episode of The Cosby Show was shown.
...Hurricane Andrew crossed Florida, devastating it, and struck Lousiana.
...the Birmingham Fire disbanded when the WLAF folded in North America.
...Sinead O'Connor ripped up a photo of the Pope on national television.
...the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute opened.

In 1992-93...

...the class of 1989 reached legal drinking age.

In 1993...

...Beanie Babies first went on sale.
...a bomb went off in a parking deck under the World Trade Center.
...Janet Reno became the first female U.S. Attorney General.
...a blizzard dropped up to a foot of snow on north Alabama.
...ATF agents raided the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Texas.
...the final episode of Cheers was shown.
...Lorena Bobbitt cut off her husband, John Wayne Bobbitt's you-know-what.
...Jurassic Park became the highest-grossing film of all time.
...Frasier premiered.
...the flawed mirror of the Hubble Space Telescope was replaced.

In 1994...

HHS stereogram

...Netscape and Yahoo! were launched.
...First Alabama Bank was renamed Regions Bank.
...apartheid ended in South Africa.
...stereograms became popular.
...Susan Smith drowned her two children.
...Nelson Mandela was elected president of South Africa.
...Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 struck Jupiter.
...Michael Jordan played a single season with the Birmingham Barons.
...Nancy Kerrigan was clubbed on the leg by Tonya Harding's bodyguard.
...former president Richard Nixon died.
...a small plane crashed into the White House.
...O.J. Simpson led police on a chase in his white Ford Bronco.
...Friends premiered.

In 1994-95...

...O.J. Simpson was on trial for murder.

In 1995...

...the first-class mail rate was raised to 32 cents.
...two new television networks, The WB and UPN, debuted.
...an earthquake near Kobe, Japan killed thousands.
...Men Are from Mars; Women Are from Venus became a best-seller.
...Prince Charles and Princess Diana were divorced.
...the Oklahoma Federal Building was bombed.
...Christopher Reeve was paralyzed.
...Alabama chain gangs received national attention.
...the Sony PlayStation debuted.
...blue won the vote for the new M&M's color; tan was retired.
...Amazon.com and eBay went online.
...Hurricane Opal struck the Florida panhandle.
...the national speed limit was abolished.

In 1996...

...Calvin and Hobbes ceased publication.
...the federal government shut down over a budget dispute.
...Comet Hyakutake made a close pass to Earth.
...the redesigned $100 bill was released.
...mad cow disease becomes a problem for Great Britain.
...Theodore Kaczynski, the Unabomber, was arrested.
...everyone was doing the Macarena.
...MSNBC went on the air.
...the Summer Olympics were held in Atlanta; Olympic Park was bombed.
...the Port Arthur Massacre took place in Australia.
...Hurrican Fran struck North Carolina.
...Tickle Me Elmo was the hot Christmas toy.
...JonBenét Ramsey was murdered.

In 1997...

...Comet Hale-Bopp visited the inner solar system.
...Heaven's Gate cult members committed mass suicide.
...Tamagotchi came to the U.S.
...Tiger Woods won his first Masters.
...Mike Tyson bit Evander Holyfield's ear during a boxing match.
...the United Kingdom returned Hong Kong to China.
...Pathfinder landed on Mars.
...Dolly the sheep was produced via cloning.
...Princes Diana was killed.
...Mother Theresa died.
...Titanic became the highest-grossing film of all time.
...the redesigned $50 bill was released.
...the world's first surviving septuplets were born.
...DVDs first went on sale in the U.S.

In 1998...

...a bomb exploded at a Birmingham abortion clinic.
...Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa beat Roger Maris' season home-run record.
...the final episode of Seinfeld was shown.
...the first high definition television (HDTV) went on sale.
...Google went online.
...the redesigned $20 bill was released.
...Hurricane Georges struck Mississippi.
...the first Harry Potter book was published in the U.S.
...John Glenn became America's oldest astronaut in space.
...Jesse "The Body" Ventura was elected governor of Minnesota.
...assembly of the International Space Station began.
...Operation: Desert Fox took place.
...Furby was the hot Christmas toy.

In 1999...

...the first-class mail rate was raised to 33 cents.
...President Clinton's impeachment trial took place.
...the 50 State Quarters Program began.
...Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace was released.
...NATO bombed Yugoslovia.
...the Columbine High School massacre took place in Colorado.
...the class of 1989 had their ten year reunion.
...an earthquake near Izmit, Turkey killed thousands.
...everyone was worried about the Millennium (Y2K) Bug.

In 2000...

...the world held massive celebrations to herald the year 2000.
...AOL and Time Warner merged.
...the Sacagawea golden dollar coin was released.
...Charles Schulz, creator of Peanuts, died.
...Verizon Wireless began operations.
...U.S. law enforcement agents seized Elian Gonzalez.
...the first ever catastrophic Concorde jet accident occurred.
...Who Wants to Be a Millionaire and Survivor started a new era of "reality television."
...the dot-com bubble burst.
...the race for the U.S. presidency came down to court battles.
...scooters were the hot Christmas toy.
...the first-class mail rate was raised to 34 cents.

In 2001...

...an earthquake near Gujarat, India killed tens of thousands.
...Dale Earnhardt died in a crash at the Daytona 500.
...Powertel became VoiceStream.
...Tropical Storm Allison flooded Houston.
...BellSouth Mobility and Cellular One became part of Cingular.
...Judge Roy Moore installed a Ten Commandments monument in the Alabama State Judicial Building.
...on Septmber 11th, the World Trade Center collapsed after a terrorist attack.
...13 coal miners were killed by mine explosions in Brookwood, Alabama.
...several anthrax-laced letters were sent to various politicians and media outlets.
...the United States toppled the Taliban goverment in Afghanistan.
...Apple released the first version of the iPod.
...American Airlines Flight 587 crashed in New York City.
...Enron fell apart under much scandal.

In 2002...

...the euro became the currency of the European Union.
...Charles Bishop crashed a plane into a Tampa building.
...Kmart filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
...Britain's Queen Mother died at 101.
...Bobby Frank Cherry was convicted for the 1963 Birmingham church bombing.
...the first-class mail rate was raised to 37 cents.
...allegations of child sex abuse by Catholic priests were prevelent.
...VoiceStream became T-Mobile.
...the Beltway snipers terrorized the suburbs of Washington, D.C.

In 2003...

...Space Shuttle Columbia broke up on re-entry.
...SARS became a global concern.
...the United States toppled Saddam Hussein's regime in Iraq.
...Eric Rudolph was captured.
...the nation's largest blackout affected the northeast.
...the Ten Commandments monument was removed from display.
...low carbohydrate foods came in vogue.
...Arnold Schwarzenegger was elected governor of California.
...Roy Horn of Siegfried & Roy was mauled by a tiger.
...the more colorful $20 bill was released.
...the final Concorde flight was flown.

In 2004...

...the Spirit and Opportunity rovers landed on Mars.
...Janet Jackson experienced a "wardrobe malfunction."
...ricin was found in a Senate mailroom.
...Martha Stewart was found guilty of lying to the SEC.
...terrorists bombed commuter trains in Madrid.
...the final episodes of Friends and Frasier were shown.
...former president Ronald Reagan died.
...Hurricanes Charley, Frances, and Jeanne struck Florida.
...Hurricane Ivan struck the Alabama coast.
...the more colorful $50 bill was released.
...Mr. Farr died.
...Yasser Arafat died.
...the Westward Journey Nickel Series began.
...Tom Brokaw retired as NBC anchorman.
...earthquake-spawned tsunamis killed tens of thousands around the Indian Ocean.

In 2005...

...Michael Jackson was on trial for child molestation.
...Dan Rather retired as CBS anchorman.
...there were shootings at Red Lake Senior High School in Minnesota.
...Terri Schiavo passed away after her feeding tube was removed.
...Pope John Paul II died; Pope Benedict XVI was inaugurated.
...Natalee Holloway went missing in Aruba.
...W. Mark Felt revealed himself to be Deep Throat.
...terrorists bombed the London subway.
...Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans and the Mississippi coast.
...the Birmingham Post-Herald published its final edition.
...a major earthquake in Pakistan killed tens of thousands.
...Rosa Parks died.
...SouthTrust merged with Wachovia.

In 2006...

...12 coal miners died after a mine explosion in West Virginia.
...the first-class mail rate was raised to 39 cents.
...Coretta Scott King died.
...Vice President Dick Cheney accidentally shot a hunting partner.
...three Birmingham college students were arrested for a string of Alabama church fires.
...McRae's stores became Belk stores.
...the more colorful $10 bill was released.
...A Day Without an Immigrant protested illegal immigration reforms.
...the U.S. soccer team competed in the opening round of the FIFA World Cup.
...terrorists bombed commuter trains in Mumbai, India.
...Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon came into conflict.
...London police arrested 21 people for a terrorist plot to blow up U.S.-bound airplanes.
...John Mark Karr was arrested and later released for the murder of JonBenét Ramsey.
...the International Astronomical Union downgraded Pluto from planet status.
...Steve Irwin, the Crocodile Hunter, was killed by a stingray.
...The WB and UPN merged to become The CW.
...Regions Bank completed acquisition of AmSouth.
...former president Gerald Ford died.
...AT&T bought out BellSouth.
...Saddam Hussein was executed.

In 2007...

...Anna Nicole Smith died.
...the Presidential $1 Coin Program began.
...daylight saving time started earlier.
...Don Imus was fired for his comments about the Rutgers women's basketball team.
...the Virginia Tech Massacre took place.
...the first-class mail rate was raised to 41 cents and forever stamps were introduced.
...Alabama suffered through a drought.
...Paris Hilton went to jail.
...British Prime Minister Tony Blair stepped down.
...Don Siegelman and Richard Scrushy were sentenced to jail.
...Apple released the iPhone.
...the I-35W bridge over the Mississippi River in Minneapolis collapsed.
...three rescuers were killed trying to help six trapped miners in Utah.
...California wildfires prompted the evacuation of over half a million people.
...daylight saving time ended later.
...many toys made in China were recalled for their lead content.
...there was a shooting at Westroads Mall in Omaha.

In 2008...

...there were shootings at Northern Illinois University.
...Fidel Castro stepped down as president of Cuba.
...the more colorful $5 bill was released.
...Cyclone Nargis hit Myanmar (Burma), killing tens of thousands.
...an earthquake in China's Sichuan province killed tens of thousands.
...the first-class mail rate was raised to 42 cents.
...Hostilities broke out between Russia and Georgia.
...Michael Phelps broke the record for most Olympic gold medals won by a single athlete, both in a lifetime and a single Olympics.
...the Large Hadron Collider went online briefly.
...Yankee Stadium and Shea Stadium saw their final NY Yankee and Mets baseball games, respectively.
...Congress passed a $700 billion economic bailout.
...terrorists attacked hotels in Mumbai, India.
...Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich was arrested and charged with fraud and bribery.

In 2009...

...Israel conducted an ground invasion of Gaza.
...a "miracle on the Hudson" occurred when Capt. Sully landed his airliner in the Hudson River.
...Barack Obama became the USA's first African-American president.
...bushfires in Australia killed 173.
...Natasha Richardson died after a skiing accidnet.
...North Korea launched a rocket.
...an earthquake struck L'Aquila, Italy.
...Capt. Richard Phillips was rescued after five days as a Somali pirate hostage.
...the H1N1 flu virus outbreak was deemed a global pandemic.
...Michael Jackson died.
...the class of 1989 had their twenty year reunion.
...two American journalists were freed by North Korea.

In 2010...

...an earthquake struck Haiti.
...Avatar became the highest-grossing film of all time.
...29 coal miners were killed in an explosion at Upper Big Branch Mine in West Virginia.
...a Polish government airliner crashed, killing Polish government, military, and business leaders.
...Iceland volcano, Eyjafjallajökull, erupted, creating an ash cloud that disrupted air traffic across Europe.

In 2019...

...the class of 1989 will have their thirty year reunion.

In 2039...

...the class of 1989 will hopefully have their fifty year reunion.

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