What Year was it?

WHAT YEAR WAS IT?Andrew Dua

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• Calgary, Alberta, Canada (winter)

• Seoul, South Korea (summer) Sports

Wins superbowl

Wayne Gretzky is traded from the Edmonton Oilers to the Los Angeles Kings in one of the most controversial transactions in hockey history.

Political

July 6- Carlos Salinas wins controversial Mexican presidential election

October 1- Mikhail Gorbachev is named head of the Supreme Soviet May 10- Michel Rocard

becomes Prime Minister of France.

December 2- Benazir Bhutto is sworn in as Prime Minister of Pakistan, becoming the first woman to head the government of an Muslim-dominated state.

Born in this year

Nikki Blonsky

Brooke Hogan

Haley Joel Osment

Julianne Hough

Religious

First Evangelical Lutheran Church in

America

U.S. televangelist Jim Bakker indicted for fraud

Technology• The Hubble Space Telescope goes into

operation

• The US Stealth Bomber is unveiled

• First transatlantic fiber optic cable laid able to carry 40,000 telephone calls simultaneously

“Heaven is a place on earth” – Belinda Carlisle

“Getta outta my dreams, get into my car”- Billy Ocean

“Man in the mirror”- Michael Jackson

“A groovy kind of love”- Phil Collins

“She’s like the wind” – Patric Swayze

“Kokomo”- Beach Boys

Music

Oscar Award Winners

Dustin Hoffman (Rain Man)- Actor in a leading role

Jodie Foster (The Accused)- Actress in a leading role

Geena Davis (The Accidental Tourist)- Actress in a supporting role

Rain Main- Best Picture

Can you guess the year?

A)1982B)1988C)1989D)1985

B) 1988