This is the page to try and answer the age-old question:
What the *%#@! were we thinking anyway? It's OK, our
parents ask themselves the same things and that would
all be ok, except that the stuff they thought was and
looked cool has actually sort of become so again...
Anyway, I digress - please enjoy this romp through time
and avoid choking as you come face to face with the
collective taste or lack thereof of our generation.
Actually some of this is pretty cool - and a special
thanks to Chris Hutton (fka Hellenbrandt) for collecting
this info.
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Time Magazine’s Men of the Year: Ronald
Reagan & Yuri Andropov
The first untethered spacewalk was successfully conducted
by Astronauts Bruce McCandless II and Robert L. Stewart
in February 1984.
Researchers identified the virus thought to cause
AIDS. (ed, - 1984 = poor timing to be a teen, sex
changed from something that could make you itch or have
a baby into something that could kill you slowly and
painfully!!)
Apple Computer introduces the first Macintosh personal
computer. (ed- like the one that built this website!
Go Steve Jobs!)
During June, Americans paid an average of $1.19 for
a gallon of unleaded gasoline. (ed- and complained
about gas prices being high - translated for inflation
that would be close to $2.00 per gallon)
In July Congress passes a bill that cut highway funding
for states that didn’t raise the minimum drinking
age to 21. (ed. ...and we had been looking forward
to those road trips to Roger Wilco for how long?? !!!
- darn)
In September 1984 the U.S. embassy building in Beirut
was bombed by terrorists, 7 months after President Reagan
ordered the withdrawal of U.S. Marines from Lebanon.
In late 1984, Indira Gandhi, India’s first female
Prime minister, was assassinated.
Ronald Reagan was re-elected as President of the United
States. George H. Bush was his Vice President. They
defeated Walter Mondale and his running mate Geraldine
Ferraro, the first female on the U.S. vice president
ballot.
The economic growth rate in the U.S. rose at rate
of 6.8%, the highest in 33 years.
In July the 1984 Summer Olympics opened in Los Angeles.
Highlights include Carl Lewis tying Jessie Owens record
of winning four Olympic gold medals in four events.
Carl won the 100-meter dash, the 200-meter dash, the
long jump and was a member of the winning 400-meter
relay. Soviet Union boycotts Olympics over concerns
about terrorism.
1984 Winter Olympics were held in Sarajevo, capital
city of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Highlights included
Maria-Liisa Kiryesmiemi-Hämäläinen of
Finland participated in her sixth Winter Olympics and
won three gold medals and one bronze in women’s
cross-country skiing events.
Eagles’ wide receiver Mike Quick was selected
for the 1984 Pro Bowl.
Sixers ended their 1983 – 1984 season with a
52-30 record, placing second in the Atlantic division.
Julius Erving led the team in total points while Moses
Malone had the most rebounds. Maurice Cheeks had the
highest number of assists and steals for the season.
Phillies’ pitcher Al Holland, second baseman
Juan Samuel and third baseman Mike Schmidt made the
1984 All Stars team.
1985 People Magazine’s first-ever “Sexiest
Man Alive” – Mel Gibson.
Sport Illustrated Swim Suit Model – Paula Porizkova
Bob Geldof and the rest of Band Aid recorded “Do
they know its Christmas?”’ to efforts to
raise money toward famine relief in Ethiopia.
At the 1984 Tony Awards, “The Real Thing”
won Best Play, Best Actor in a Play (Jeremy Irons),
Best Actress in a Play (Glenn Close), Best Director
for a Play (Mike Nichols), Best Featured Actress in
a Play (Christine Baranski). Meanwhile, “La Cage
Aux Folles” won Best Musical, Best Director for
Musical (Arthur Laurents), Book (Harvey Fierstein),
Score (Jerry Herman) and Costume Designer (Theoni Aldredge).
The PG13 rating was initiated in June 1984 by The
Motion Picture Association of America.
Amadeus won Best Picture, Best Director (Milos Forman),
Best Actor (F. Murray Abraham) at the 1984 Academy Awards.
The same year, Sally Field won the Oscar for Best Actress
in “Places in the Heart”.
At the 1984 Grammy Awards, Tina Turner "What's
Love Got To Do With It?" won Record of the Year
and Song of the Year. Lionel Richie’s “Can’t
Slow Down” won Best Album. Phil Collins won Male
Vocalist for "Against All Odds (Take A Look At
Me Now)" while Tina Turner won Best Female Vocalist
for "What's Love Got To Do With It?"
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1892 - Red Lion Road School built
1917 – Lower Moreland Township established
1926 – Lower Moreland Junior-Senior High School
built on Murray Avenue
1932 – Additions added to Red Lion Road School
1952 – Additions added to Red Lion Road School
1959 – Pine Road Elementary School built.
1962 – Additions added to Red Lion Road School
1967 – Lower Moreland Junior-Senior High School
on Murray Avenue partially destroyed by fire; Lower
Moreland Middle School built on Murray Avenue site;
Lower Moreland Senior High School built on Red Lion
Road
1969 – Four portable classrooms added to Red Lion
Road School, eight portables added to Pine Road Elementary
School; unknown number of portables added to Middle
School
1971 – Additions made to Lower Moreland Senior
High School
1980 – Red Lion School closed; some portables
at other Lower Moreland schools closed1980
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