{"id":38600,"date":"2018-01-09T14:28:13","date_gmt":"2018-01-09T14:28:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flubu.com\/blog\/?p=38600"},"modified":"2018-01-09T14:43:34","modified_gmt":"2018-01-09T14:43:34","slug":"just-to-make-you-feel-a-bit-old","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flubu.com\/blog\/2018\/01\/09\/just-to-make-you-feel-a-bit-old\/","title":{"rendered":"Just to make you feel a bit old&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flubu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/the80s.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"38601\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.flubu.com\/blog\/2018\/01\/09\/just-to-make-you-feel-a-bit-old\/the80s\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.flubu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/the80s.png\" data-orig-size=\"1012,774\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"the80s\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.flubu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/the80s-600x459.png\" src=\"https:\/\/www.flubu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/the80s-600x459.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"459\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-38601\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.flubu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/the80s-600x459.png 600w, https:\/\/www.flubu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/the80s-400x306.png 400w, https:\/\/www.flubu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/the80s-768x587.png 768w, https:\/\/www.flubu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/the80s.png 1012w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>All of these things happened <strong>30 years ago<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Notable events of 1988:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Soviet Union begins its program of economic restructuring (perestroika) with legislation initiated by Premier Mikhail Gorbachev &#8211; followed by the total collapse of the Soviet union later in the year.\n<li>The Phantom of the Opera, the longest running Broadway play ever, opens.\n<li>Iran\u2013Contra affair.\n<li>Celine Dion wins the Eurovision Song Contest for Switzerland.\n<li>A report by U.S. Surgeon General states that the addictive properties of nicotine are similar to those of heroin and cocaine.\n<li>NASA scientist testifies to the Senate that man-made global warming has begun.\n<li>Al-Qaeda is formed by Osama bin Laden.\n<li>The Morris worm, the first computer worm distributed via the Internet, written by Robert Tappan Morris, is launched from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the U.S.\n<li>Benazir Bhutto is sworn in as Prime Minister of Pakistan, becoming the first woman to head the government of an Islam-dominated state.\n<li>Pan Am Flight 103 is blown up over Lockerbie, Scotland, killing a total of 270 people.\n<li>TAT-8, the first transatlantic telephone cable to use optical fibers, is completed.\n<li>Zebra mussels are found in the Great Lakes.\n<li>Tim Berners-Lee begins to openly discuss his plans for what would become the World Wide Web at CERN.\n<li>Rihanna, Sasha Grey, Jessie J, Adele, Rupert Grint, Emma Stone and Tinie Tempah are born.\n<li>Philippe de Rothschild, Richard Feynman, John Holmes, Robert A. Heinlein, Kim Philby, Enzo Ferrari, F\u00e9lix Leclerc and Roy Orbison die.\n<\/ul>\n<table border=0>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width:50%\">\nThe following <strong>songs<\/strong> make it to the Billboard top 100:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;A Groovy Kind of Love&#8221;, Phil Collins\n<li>&#8220;A Hazy Shade of Winter&#8221;, The Bangles\n<li>&#8220;Candle in the Wind&#8221;, Elton John\n<li>&#8220;Desire&#8221;, U2\n<li>&#8220;Don&#8217;t Worry, Be Happy&#8221;, Bobby McFerrin\n<li>&#8220;Faith&#8221;, George Michael\n<li>&#8220;Fast Car&#8221;, Tracy Chapman\n<li>&#8220;Get Outta My Dreams, Get into My Car&#8221;, Billy Ocean\n<li>&#8220;Got My Mind Set on You&#8221;, George Harrison\n<li>&#8220;Heaven Is a Place on Earth&#8221;, Belinda Carlisle\n<li>&#8220;Kokomo&#8221;, The Beach Boys\n<li>&#8220;Man in the Mirror&#8221;, Michael Jackson\n<li>&#8220;Need You Tonight&#8221;, INXS\n<li>&#8220;Never Gonna Give You Up&#8221;, Rick Astley\n<li>&#8220;One Moment in Time&#8221;, Whitney Houston\n<li>&#8220;Pour Some Sugar on Me&#8221;, Def Leppard\n<li>&#8220;Red Red Wine&#8221;, UB40\n<li>&#8220;She&#8217;s Like the Wind&#8221;, Patrick Swayze\n<li>&#8220;Simply Irresistible&#8221;, Robert Palmer\n<li>&#8220;Sweet Child o&#8217; Mine&#8221;, Guns N&#8217; Roses\n<li>&#8220;The Loco-Motion&#8221;, Kylie Minogue\n<li>&#8220;The Way You Make Me Feel&#8221;, Michael Jackson\n<li>&#8220;We&#8217;ll Be Together&#8221;, Sting\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:50%\">\nThe following <strong>movies<\/strong> are released:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A Fish Called Wanda\n<li>Akira\n<li>Beetlejuice\n<li>Big\n<li>Bloodsport\n<li>Cinema Paradiso\n<li>Coming to America\n<li>Dangerous Liaisons\n<li>Die Hard\n<li>My Neighbor Totoro\n<li>Rain Man\n<li>Scrooged\n<li>The Dead Pool\n<li>The Last Temptation of Christ\n<li>Twins\n<li>Who Framed Roger Rabbit\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All of these things happened 30 years ago. Notable events of 1988: The Soviet Union begins its program of economic restructuring (perestroika) with legislation initiated by Premier Mikhail Gorbachev &#8211; followed by the total collapse of the Soviet union later in the year. The Phantom of the Opera, the longest running Broadway play ever, opens&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flubu.com\/blog\/2018\/01\/09\/just-to-make-you-feel-a-bit-old\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Just to make you feel a bit old&#8230;&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[322],"class_list":["post-38600","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-getting-old"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3u9vK-a2A","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.flubu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38600","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.flubu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.flubu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.flubu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.flubu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38600"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.flubu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38600\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38606,"href":"https:\/\/www.flubu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38600\/revisions\/38606"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.flubu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38600"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.flubu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38600"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.flubu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38600"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}