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Wednesday Open Thread: Pop Culture of 1989

January 8, 2020 by Miranda 228 Comments

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Good Morning POU! Let’s take a look at 1989!

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In Technology the 486 series of microprocessor is released by Intel opening the way for the next generation of much more powerful PC’s. Microsoft releases it’s Office Suite including Spreadsheet, Word Processor, Database and Presentation Software which today still dominates in office applications.

Following Massive protests bring about the collapse of The Berlin Wall and the East German Government both are dismantled which leads after many years to the reunification of East and West Germany.

In China Pro democracy protesters clash with Chinese Security Forces in Tiananmen Square on June 4th and the pictures of a man taking on a tank are seen on TV news throughout the world.

South Africa –  Violence in black townships worsen with over 2,500 killed. New Prime Minister F.W. de Klerk starts to dismantle apartheid.

How Much things cost in 1989
Yearly Inflation Rate U.S.A. 4.83%
Year End Close Dow Jones Industrial Average 2753
Interest Rates Year End Federal Reserve 10.50%
Average Cost of new house $120,000.00
Average Income per year $27,450.00
Average Monthly Rent $420.00
Average Price for new car $15,3500.00
1 gallon of gas 97 cents
US Postage Stamp 25 cents
BMW 325 $21,400
Ford Probe $12,695

Fashion Clothing From 1989

Top Grossing Films

1. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade Paramount $474,171,806
2. Batman Warner Bros. $411,348,924
3. Back to the Future Part II Universal $331,950,002
4. Look Who’s Talking TriStar $296,999,813
5. Dead Poets Society Disney $235,860,116
6. Lethal Weapon 2 Warner Bros. $227,853,986
7. Honey, I Shrunk the Kids Disney $222,724,172
8. Ghostbusters II Columbia $215,394,738
9. The Little Mermaid Disney $184,155,863
10. Born on the Fourth of July Universal $161,001,698

Top Television Shows

1 The Cosby Show NBC 23.1
Roseanne ABC
3 Cheers NBC 22.7
4 A Different World 21.1
5 America’s Funniest Home Videos ABC 20.9
6 The Golden Girls NBC 20.1
7 60 Minutes CBS 19.7
8 The Wonder Years ABC 19.2
9 Empty Nest NBC 18.9
10 Monday Night Football ABC 18.1
11 Unsolved Mysteries NBC 18.0
12 Who’s the Boss? ABC 17.9
13 Murder, She Wrote CBS 17.7
Chicken Soup ABC
15 Grand NBC 17.6
16 L.A. Law 17.4
17 Dear John 17.2
18 Coach ABC 17.0
19 In the Heat of the Night NBC 16.9
20 Matlock 16.6
21 Growing Pains ABC 15.4
22 Full House 15.3
Designing Women CBS
24 CBS Sunday Movie 14.9
Hunter NBC
26 Head of the Class ABC 14.8
27 Murphy Brown CBS 14.7

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