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Cutting edge technology of the 60s and 70s becomes outdated as the world advances... |
Music
Einstein A Go Go by Landscape (1981)
Like A Virgin by Madonna (1984) written by Billy Steinberg and Tom Kelly
We Never Danced (1987) sung by Martha Davis written by Neil Young.
Dusty - The Very Best of Dusty Springfield (1988) - Including "Nothing has been proved" from the film Scandal
Telephone Themes
Call Me by Go West (1985)
James Bond
Sean Connery: Never Say Never Again (1983) [Not EON Productions]
Roger Moore: For Your Eyes Only (1981), Octopussy (1983), View to a Kill (1985)
Timothy Dalton: The Living Daylights (1987), Licence to Kill (1989)
Cars
Suffix marks were introduced in 1963, in the format:
for example XAR 109 W
| Suffix | W | X | Y | Z |
| From Date | Aug 80 | Aug 81 | Aug 82 | Not used |
Prefix were marks introduced in 1983, in the format:
for example, A 670 FPU
| Prefix | A | B | C | D | E | F | G |
| From Date | Aug 83 | Aug 84 | Aug 85 | Aug 86 | Aug 87 | Aug 88 | Aug 89 |
The Q prefix has been used since August 1983 for vehicles of indeterminable age, e.g. kit conversion cars.
Space
Space Shuttles: Columbia, Endeavour, Atlantis, Challenger, Discovery.
The first shuttle flight STS-1 (Space Transportation System) was of Columbia and it was launched on 12th April 1981.
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Challenger STS 51L - Jan 1986 'Challenger go throttle up' - Faulty 'O - rings' on the solid rocket boosters, caused an explosion during take off. |
The Weather
Hurricane winds in October 1987.
Deep snow in Winter 1988/9. {may have been 87/88?}
Other Events
In January 1985 the last 405 line (black and white) TV transmitter was switched off.
The end of 'Checkpoint Charlie' as the Berlin Wall , which separated East and West Germany, came down on 9th November 1989.
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