Thornridge High School - Piper Yearbook (Dolton, IL)

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Above: Ronald Reagan was refelected to a second term in office as President. Reagan won with a landslide victory capturing 49 states to Mondales l. This was one ot the biggest victories in the history of the presidency. iPhoto courtesty of the White Housel. Far Left: The Chicago Bears tackled their way to win the NFC Central Divi- sion. Beating the Redskins was a one- step-away victory to the Super Bowl. Running back, Walter Payton, broke the all-time career rushing record ot lim Brown which exceeded l3,000 yards. iPhoto courtesy ot the Chicago Bearsb. Left: Rrince and The Revolution, Tina Turner, and Bruce Springsteen were among the popular performers who won a Grammy at the 27th Annual Grammy Awards. Current Events 217

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Chicago finally came out of hibernation when the Cubs captured the National League East title for the first time in 39 years. Chicago's soccer team, the Sting, kicked its way to win- ning the Soccer Bowl Cham- pionship. For the first time, three indoor members played in the All-Star game. Patriotic crowds in EA. went flag-waving wild for the home team at the XXIII Olym- piad. The U.S. won many gold medals. Among these were such events as girl's basket- ball, boy's basketball, cycling 141, men's gymnastics, men's swimming C221 men's and women's track and field CIGD, men's volleyball, wrestling 191. Charitable organizations around the world donated food and aid to the starving people of Ethiopia. Band-Aid, a band composed of many British musicians, made a re- cord which was their way of contributing to the crisis in Chicago comes alive in '85 Above: Rookie and most valuable player, Michael Iordan, was a promising draftee as he advanced to represent the Bulls in the all-Star game in his first year in the pros iPhoto courtesy Chicago Bulls.J Right: Mickey Mouse, who was created by Walt Disney in 1934, celebrated his 5Oth birthday. iPhoto courtesy Walt Disney Productionsj Ethiopia. Proceeds from Band- Aid's record exceeded that of the donation made by the United Nations. A Union Carbide plant in Bhopal, India, had a toxic gas leak which resulted in one of the worst disasters, killing over 2,500 people. Mrs. Geraldine Ferraro, the first woman ever to run for the office of Vice President, was the running mate of Walter Mondale on the Democrat tick- et. Paul Simon surprised the voters as he upset Charles Per- cy in his race for U.S. Senator from Illinois. NASA launched the space shuttle on a secret mission for the Department of Defense. This space defense plan against nuclear attack was dubbed Reagans star wars plan. Tina Turner was named best rock vocalist and best pop vo- calist at the 27th annual Grammy Awards. The awards night climaxed a comeback for Turner. Other award winners were Prince and The Revolution for best rock performace by a group and best album of an original movie soundtrack. Bruce Springsteen won his first Grammy as best rock male vo- calist. Best female country vo- calist was Emmy Lou I-Iarris while best male country vocal- ist was Merle I-Iaggard. The 300-year anniversary oil Iohann Sebastian Bach's birth' day was celebrated. Born in Germany, Bach was consid- ered to be the greatest geniu of Baroque music and lived t the age of 65. Nominations for the year's best picture were Amadeus,' A Passage to India, Th Killing Fields, Places in th Heart, and A Soldiers Sto ry. l'Amadeus and A Pas sage to India had the mos nominations with Il each. f ' .f i.i,i llii I ss. 5 S 216 Current Events

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I like it! I like it! What is a tad? lt is a practice on many ditterent catagories. ot interest tollowed tor a time The votes were tallied, and ev- with exaggerated zeal. eryone had their tavorites Students were given a sur- which reflected the year ot '85 vey that asked them questions i i .gi ,it, Q. Q :,.,, i.. f r ea . 5 K . X Ni . Q .. Z it K 3 S . E: x 1 Q K ,tes B. 218 Fads t G X ,.fW ' Dates: l. Movies 2. Fine Restaurant 3. Downtown Movies: l. Beverly Hills Cop 2. Purple Rain 3. Breakfast Club Movle Stars Board Games 1- Eddle Murphy 1 Monopoly Upper Left: Rich Siggins is one ot the 2, Pringe 2. Trivial PL1I'SL1ll many students who like to rent home A ' videos. 3' Chnl Eastwood 3' Llie Top: Cabbage Patch dolls were not 1ust tor children as teenagers like Pau la Franson collected them also. Above: Trivial Pursuit was not just 5 game but also a fun way ot learning