Remember When These 25 Things Happened 25 Years Ago?

1. Ronald Reagan was inaugurated for the first time?

2. Walter Cronkite retired as anchor of CBS News succeeded by Dan Rather?

3. The IBM PC was introduced?

4. Prince Charles married Lady Diana Spencer?

5. Eleven terrorists were arrested in Evanston?

6. “Hill Street Blues” premiered on NBC?

7. The “draft” was re-instituted?

8. Sandra Day O’Connor became the first woman on the Supreme Court?

9. A gallon of regular gas cost $1.25?

10. There was an Anti-Nazi protest on Deering Meadow?

11. John Lennon was shot and killed in front of the Dakota?

12. MTV made its debut?

13. The first Space Shuttle successfully blasted off and returned safely to earth?

14. Interest rates on savings accounts were above 20%?

15. The top rated shows on TV were M*A*S*H, Dallas, and 60 Minutes?

16. Hoos Drug was on the southeast corner of Clark and Sherman?

17. Chariots of Fire won the Academy Award for Best Picture?

18. Simon and Garfunkel reunited, for the first time, for a concert in Central Park?

19. An unknown artist named Prince opened for the Rolling Stones in LA?

20. The only place in Evanston to legally get a beer was the Orrington Hotel bar?

21. Pope John Paul II was wounded in St. Peter’s Square?

22. Candace Bergen, Charlton Heston, Peter Strauss and Patricia Neal showed up for the dedication of the Theater and Interpretation Center?

23. The Hut, the Pickle, Yesterday’s and Szabo were places to eat?

24. The Department of Agriculture announced ketchup considered a vegetable?

25. Anna Kournikova, Alicia Keys, Elijah Wood and Britney Spears were born?