Lake Howell High School - Wings Yearbook (Winter Park, FL)

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Kansas City Royals star George Brett's game win- i A u ...I TT... -..- SD rt Heisman Trophy winner, Herschel Walker, stunned the college football world in February by leaving the University of Georgia to sign a contract with the New lersey Generals of the USFL. Drug revelations continued in pro sports, and all three major professional leagues cracked down on offenders. For the first time in the 132 year history of the America's Cup, the United States lost. Martina Navratilova lost one of 87 matches. ning home run against the New York Yankees was taken away because of the amount of pine tar on his bat. Royals protested and the home run was restored. The University of Miami Hurricanes, led by the outstanding freshman quarterback Bernie Kosar, overcame a season-opening loss to Florida and won the 1984 National Championship over H1 ranked Nebraska. Nov. 22, marked the 20th anniversary of the assassination of john F. Kennedy. Martin Luther King got his own holiday. Pres. Reagan began wearing a hearing aid. Vanessa Williams, 20, was crowned the 57th winner of the Miss America Contest, the first black woman to wear the crown. An anti-trust suit splintered AT8fT. Cabbage Patch dolls and Care Bears swept the nation in Christmas buying. Paul Bear Bryant, 69, lan. 26, Karen Carpenter, 32, Feb. 4, Tennessee Williams, 71, Feb. 24, Barney Clark, 62, Mar. 23, Gloria Swanson, 84, Apr. 4, Frank Reynolds, 59, Apr. 30, George Ballanchine, 79, Apr. 30, lack Dempsey, 87, May 31, Larry Gordon, 29, lune 25, loe Delaney, 24, june 29, Vicki Morgan, 30, luly 7, David Niven, 73, luly 29, Benigno Aquino, 50, Aug. 24, Rep. Larry McDonald, 48, Sept. 1, Sen. Henry Scoop jackson, 71, Sept. 1, Kelso, 26, Oct. 16, Jessica Savitch, 35, Oct. 23, Lillian Carter, 85, Oct. 30. I S A suicide bomber drove a truck loaded with explosives into the U.S. Marines Headquarters at Beirut airport, killing himself and 241 U.S. servicemen. The attack came six months after a car packed with explosives demolished much of the U.S. embassy in Beirut, killing 46 people. Soviet jet fighters shot down a civilian jetliner that strayed over Soviet air space September first. All 269 on board, including Rep. Larry McDonald and 6 other Americans died. ln an early morning invasion October 25, U.S. paratroopers and Marines landed on the Caribbean island of Grenada, after members of a Marxist government staged a coup and murdered Prime Minister Maurice Bishop. Benigno Aquino, believed to be the strongest challenger of Phillipines President Ferdinand Marcos, was assassinated as he stepped off a plane at Manila airport, after returning from three years of self-imposed exile in the U.S. Amid world wide nuclear protests and deadlock at the negotia- tion tables in Geneva, the United States began to place 572 Pershing 2 cruise missiles in Western Europe. .5 . fs

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Concern over AIDS, the deadly disease that affects mostly homosexuals and intravenous drug users, reached near panic proportions in 1983 with 1,400 new cases and 368 deaths. Interior Secretary lames Watt resigned October 9, three weeks after saying his Coal Advisory Commis- sion was made up of 'la black, a woman, two lews and a cripple. Other comments offended American indians, liberals, environmentalists, and fans of the Beach Boys. Eastern airline employees went on strike. l One of the worst freezes this century struck across the country, paralyzing transportation and destroying millions of dollars in crops. Texas inmate Charles Brooks, lr. became the first prisoner executed by injection of lethal drugs. Sally Ride, the first woman astronaut from America, Guion Bluford, the first black in space, Ulf Meirbold, the first foreigner to fly in an American ship, and a night time launching marked a year of firsts for NASA and the Space Shuttle. lint rtainm nt Top 10 Crossing Movies 1. Return of the ledi 2. Tootsie 3. An Officer and a Gentleman 4. Elashdance 5. Trading Places 6. War Games 1 7. 48 Hours l 8 Octopussy 9. Superman lll 10. Stayin' Alive Top 10 Songs 1. 'Every Breath You Take, the Police 2. llFlashdance . . . What A Feeling, lrene Cara 3. llBillie lean, Michael lackson 4. l'Down Under, Men at Work 5. Total Eclipse of the Heart, Bonnie Tyler 6. PManeater, Darryl Hall and lohn Oates 7. HAH Night Long, Lionel Richie 8. Beat lt, Michael lackson 9. PGloria, Laura Brannagan 10, Islands in the Stream, Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton Team. Christine Craft was awarded S500,000 on her suit claiming sex discrimination against a Kansas City TV station. ABC's The Day After and CBS's final episode of Mi'Ai'Si'H were two of the biggest ratings successes of all time. Mr. T became this year's instant celebri- ty as the gold chained star of The A The Thornbirds and The Winds of War became the second and third most watched mini-series on TV. Peter Jennings became the ABC News anchor after Veteran reporter Frank Reynolds died of viral hepatitis and bone cancer. The new rock video rage swept the air waves and proved especially successful for Duran, Duran and Michael lackson.

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