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02/16/2012
By: John Barnes
Setting the Stage
1987 was a momentous year. President
Reagan was embroiled in the Iran Contra affair in the same year that he
famously called upon Soviet President, Mikhail Gorbachev to “tear down
this wall” in Berlin, and nominated Robert Bork to the Supreme Court. Televangelist
Pat Robertson launched his campaign for the presidency and the Dow
Jones Industrial Average hit historic highs at 2,000 and 2,500 before
crashing on “Black Monday”. In pop culture, Aretha
Franklin was inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, while future
global health activist, Bono, released Joshua Tree with U2; plans were unveiled for Euro Disney and The Simpsons were introduced to American television audiences.
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