What happened in 1989?

[tracilicious]

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.