Wow.  You guys mostly seemed to have boring 1989's.  Someone please outsuck me for that year, it's depressing!  My family saw: sexual assault of one of my sisters, two suicide attempts (though I didn't even know about one until I was an adult, so she must not have done a very good job), my brother's meth addiction and getting thrown out of the house (including a violent fight between my parents), and the death of my grandfather.  
 
I also remember the whole Berlin wall thing.  I remember being amazed that countries would separate families over a political dispute.  My favorite show was Head of the Class (and Simpson's, but we had to sneak that one).  I would frequently fake sick so I could stay home from religious meetings and watch it.  It was also the year I was baptized as a Jehovah's Witness.  Which, ironically, my family considered the bright spot of the year. 
