Mundelein High School - Obelisk Yearbook (Mundelein, IL)

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l o world events 'F . 0 . . 1Gill'Hl .J 6 . f i K A ca Sl? EC lA 0 f , Y rEl vx.'-l l fi!-im if 1:6 X 3 -1Q.' 0 l !3'-'34 Baeemasnov' 'in , Lk ' --can e-' -- :- ix Entertainment- On Nov. 20, approximately ' 70 million Americans viewed The Day 5 After, an ABC TV special that exposed the s 1 he MHS American Flag. and all other American flags, flew at half-mast in mor ofthe American Marines killed in Beirut. Americans flew thcir flags at tlf-mast for one week. WAP. GAMES ALL THE 'RWHT MovES ' PTS 1 Lt5glR1sK L public to the realities of nuclear war, instilling a new fear in many. The producer of the movie said that it was a giant public service announcementfi On TV, Mr. T was hot - appearing on the A Team and other shows as a guest. And for those of us who had cable, video music was the thing from MTV. The longest video ever, considered an I8-minute movie, was Michael Jackson's 'lThriller.', Movies were hot everywhere. Tom Cruise made it big with Risky Business, and All the Right Movesw, Bob Seager had a smash hit with the title song from Risky Business' Old Time Rock-n-Roll? Other hit movies were War Games , Flashdance , Return of the Jediw and Terms of Endearmentf' a 1 The music industry had its money-makers too. Michael Jackson's Thriller album had practically every one of its songs in the top ten at one time or another. Lionel Richie did well, as did the Police with Synchronicity The year 1984 crept upon us, and thanks to George Orwell's novel, Nineteen Eighty-Four, the year was well known. Many speculated about the book's relationship to reality. There was no escaping 1984.