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| William Golding, Nobel Prize Winner |
Soviets shot down a South Korean jet, killing 269. In
Beirut, terrorists killed 237 U.S. Marines. France invaded Algeria. Alabama Governor George Wallace set to serve fourth term. Crack cocaine debuts in
US. Karen
Carpenter died of complications from anorexia. First cell phone was
tested. Vinyl record sales took a dive. Disneyland
opened in Tokyo. The last episode of
M*A*S*H aired. Michael Jackson’s Thriller went to #1 and stayed there for 37
weeks. Torch Song Trilogy won multiple awards. The Nobel Prize for Literature went to William Golding. Alice Walker won the
Pulitzer Prize for Literature for The
Color Purple. The Mystery Writers of
America gave its Best Mystery Edgar to Rick
Boyer for Billingsgate Shoal and
The Private Eye Writers of America gave their top award to Lawrence Block for Eight
Million Ways To Die. Other books we read that year were: The
Lonesome Gods by Louis L’Amour, Hollywood Wives by Jackie Collins White Gold
Wielder by Stephen R. Donaldson The Name of the Rose by Umberto
Eco, Changes by Danielle Steel, Christine by Stephen King,
The Little Drummer Girl by John le Carré,
Pet Sematary by Stephen King, Poland by James L. Michener, and Return
of the Jedi by James Kahn and George Lucas. We went to the movies to
see: Nation Lampoon on Vacation, The Outsiders, Scarface, Star Wars— Return of the Jedi, Risky Business, Flashdance,
Christine, The Big Chill and Trading
Places. The music chart were topped
by “Every Breath You Take” by The Police,
“Billie Jean” by Michael Jackson, “Flashdance — What A Feeling” by Irene Cara, “Down Under” by Men at Work, “Beat It” by Michael Jackson, “Total Eclipse of the
Heart” by Bonnie Tyler, Maneater” by
John Hall and Daryl Oates, “Maniac” by Michael
Sembello and “Sweet Dreams” by the Eurhythmics.
Jonah Hill, Emily Blunt, Carrie
Underwood, and Amy Winehouse
came into the world. Among those who left it were: Tennessee Williams, David
Niven, Harry James Joan Hackett, Gloria Swanson, Pat O’Brien,
Rod Cameron, Raymond Massey, Buster
Crabbe, Joan Miró, Buckminster Fuller, Jack
Dempsey, Norm Shearer and Sir Ralph Richardson. If you were around, what were you doing
during this year of the water pig?
2 comments:
Seems like only yesterday. That was the year we moved to our current home and I became chair of the English Department at the college here. I've been retired for 12 years now, and that time span seems like about 12 minutes. Wow.
Time goes faster and faster.
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