What were you doing in 1989? I was completing my first year at college and about to turn 18. I had a huge perm and an acid-washed jean jacket. I daydreamed of ways to turn cheerleading into a career. I was a dumb-ass. But I hadn’t been born yesterday.
In 1989, today’s freshman had been born yesterday. The class of 2011 was born the year Seinfeld debuted. That’s according to Fascinating Freshman Factoids from a consultancy called Twentysomething Inc., which, duh, markets to young folk. Take a read:
(1) When the Class of 2011 was born, movie theaters were showing Batman, Lethal Weapon 2, When Harry Met Sally, Little Mermaid, and Field of Dreams.
(2) Chinese students sparked the Tiananmen Square Protest.
(3) Seinfeld debuted on TV.
(4) The first of 24 global positioning satellites (GPS) was launched into orbit.
(5) George H. W. Bush succeeded Ronald Reagan as the 41st U.S. President.
(6) Ayatollah Khomeini placed a $3 million bounty on the head of Salman Rushdie, author of The Satanic Verses.
(7) Births: Michelle Wie. Deaths: Lucille Ball, Salvador Dalí, and Bette Davis.
(8) The Dilbert comic strip was syndicated for the first time.
(9) MTV was airing award-winning videos from Paula Abdul (“Straight Up”), Fine Young Cannibals (“She Drives Me Crazy”), and Guns N’ Roses (“Sweet Child O’ Mine”).
(10) The federal grand jury indicted a Cornell University student for releasing a computer virus – the first person to be prosecuted under the 1986 Computer Fraud and Abuse Act.
That’s whacked. Or is that word too 1989?