10 Reasons to Love
The Berlin War Was
Taken Down
We
finally called it quits on the Cold War. In November 9, the East German
government lifted the Iron Curtain to allow free travel through the Berlin Wall
– and thousands of East Berliners were able to move through the crossing points.
The World Wide Web
was invented
We
owe a lot to Tim Berners-Lee, a software engineer working out of Switzerland
who "understood the unrealized potential of millions of computers
connected together through the Internet." His proposal led to the creation
of a royalty-free World Wide Web technology. So 1989? Life-changing.
A 4,400-year-old
mummy was discovered
One
of the oldest mummies ever found in Egypt was unearthed at the foot of the
Great Pyramid of Cheops. The aristocratic young woman was found with a smile
frozen on her face, perhaps because she was so happy it was 1989?
The first GPS
satellite went into orbit
The
first of 24 satellites went up into space, and the world was changed forever.
This yielded a Global Positioning System that provided precisely accurate
location and time, no matter the weather. Oh, and since 1993, it's completely
free from anywhere on earth. Thanks, 1989!
Top grossing movie
of 1989? Batman!
Michael
Keaton made an unlikely Batman. Jack Nicholson made a perfect Joker. Together,
they grossed over $411 million worldwide and won the film an Academy Award.
The Dalai Lama won
the Nobel Peace Prize
The
exiled monk was recognized for his nonviolent campaign to end China's
domination over Tibet.
Famous People Born
in 1989
Nina Dobrev,
Lily Collins, Daniel Radcliffe, Lily
James, Nicholas Hoult, G-Eazy, Tyga,
Ashley Benson, Jason Derulo,
Lucy Hale, Phoebe Tonkin, Kat Graham, Branimir Kostadinov, Joe
Jonas, etc.
The music was better
Madonna released “Like a Prayer”. And Cher
released “If I Could Turn Back Time”, "Smooth Criminal: by Michael Jackson
also came out. Songs like Another Day in Paradise - Phil Collins, Back To Life
(However Do You Want Me) - Soul II Soul, Black Velvet - Alannah Myles, Epic -
Faith No More, Pictures Of You - The Cure, Free Fallin' -
Tom Petty, I Don't Want A Lover – Texas, I Want It All – Queen, Listen To Your
Heart – Roxette,
Personal Jesus - Depeche Mode, Poison - Alice Cooper, and About A Girl –
Nirvana, were just a small part of the hits back then!
The fashion was on
point. I mean…
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