The Year I Got Married

Tomorrow is January 23rd which marks my 20th wedding anniversary.  It got me wondering what else happened that year.  Here's a list from my deteriorating memory and a little web research:

The 1st WWF Royal Rumble was held the day after my wedding...Hacksaw Jim Duggan won!  No, I didn't see it.

The Washington Redskins handily defeated the Denver Broncos 42-10 at SuperBowl XXII in San Diego, CA a week after my wedding.  I did see this.

The Edmonton Oilers gained their 4th Stanley Cup but lost Wayne Gretzky to the LA Kings.  It was a good year for Los Angeles as their Dodgers won the World Series.

The Games of the XXIV Olympiad were hosted in the Winter at Calgary, Canada and in the Summer at Seoul, South Korea.

At the Oscars The Last Emperor won Best Picture, Michael Douglas won Best Actor for Wall Street, and Cher won Best Actress for Moonstruck. (My personal favorite is Harry and the Hendersons winning Best Makeup)

INXS (5 awards) was the star of the MTV Music Awards and Guns N' Roses walks away with Best New Artist award.

The Writers Guild of America goes on strike....deja vu?

TV Debuts - 48 Hours, America's Most Wanted, China Beach, Roseanne, Yo! MTV Raps,  Murphy Brown, Mystery Science Theater 3000, COPS

TV Endings - Magnum, P.I. , The Facts of Life, Cagney and Lacey, St. Elsewhere, Punky Brewster, Solid Gold

Oprah Winfrey created Harpo Studios to produce her already successful talkshow. (I added this one for Sherri)

The Soviet Union began it program of economic restructuring (perestroika) under Mikhail Gorbachev.

Benazir Bhutto is sworn in as Prime Minister of Pakistan.

The United States was tied up with a presidential election which would eventually see George Bush defeat Michael Dukakis and the Iran-Contra affair.

An unknown governor from Arkansas named Bill Clinton gave a disappointing 32 minute opening night address at the Democratic National Convention.  He made up for it a few nights later on the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson and again 4 years later by winning the presidential election.

The US Navy retaliates for the USS Samuel B. Roberts mining with Operation Praying Mantis, in a day of strikes against several Iranian oil platforms and naval vessels. (I had first hand experience with this one)