Craigslea State High School Class of 87 20 Year Reunion

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Craigslea State High SchoolClass of 8720
Year Reunion

• Welcome classmates and teachers

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Class of 87
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Class of 1987
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Our School Song !!
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1987 Facts

• January 3 - Aretha Franklin becomes the first
  woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of
  Fame.
• February 23 - Supernova 1987A is observed (the
  first "naked-eye" supernova since 1604).
• March 4 - President Reagan addresses the American
  people on the Iran-Contra Affair, acknowledging
  that his overtures to Iran had 'deteriorated'
  into an arms-for-hostages deal.
• March 19 - In Charlotte, North Carolina,
  televangelist Jim Bakker, head of PTL Ministries,
  resigns after admitting an affair with church
  secretary Jessica Hahn.
• March 29 - Australian Football League expanded
  with the West Coast Eagles, and Brisbane Bears
  joining the league

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Our Graduation
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Our Graduation
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Our Graduation cake
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Graduation
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1987 Facts

• April 19 - The first appearance of The Simpsons
  on The Tracy Ullman Show.
• May 11 - The first heart-lung transplant takes
  place in Baltimore, Maryland.
• May 14 - Lieutenant Colonel Sitiveni Rabuka
  executes a bloodless coup in Fiji.
• May 26 - Hacksaw Jim Duggan and Iron Sheik are
  arrested together in car for possession of
  Marijuana. Many feel this is the beginning of the
  end for pro wrestling trying to hide the fact
  that it is scripted entertainment and not real
  sport, as Duggan and Sheik were portrayed as
  hated rivals.
• May 28 - West German pilot Mathias Rust, 19,
  evades Soviet air defenses and lands a private
  plane on Red Square in Moscow. He is immediately
  detained (but is released August 3, 1988).

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Graduation
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Post Formal Party
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1987 Facts

• June 11 - United Kingdom general election, 1987
  Margaret Thatcher is elected as Prime Minister of
  the United Kingdom for the third time.
• July 11 - Australian Prime Minister Bob Hawke's
  government is re-elected for a third term.
• July 17 - The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes
  above the 2,500 mark for the first time, at
  2,510.04.
• July 27- Australian singer Kylie Minogue releases
  her first hit, a remake of Little Eva's The
  Locomotion.
• September 12 - Burkes Backyard Premiers
• October 19 - Black Monday stock market levels
  fall sharply on Wall Street and around the world.
  By the end of October Australian Markets had
  crashed 41.8,

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Hiking Camp
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1987 Facts

• November 18 - Iran-Contra affair U.S. Senate and
  House panels release reports charging President
  Ronald Reagan with 'ultimate responsibility' for
  the affair.
• December 1 - Construction of the Channel Tunnel
  is initiated.
• December 1 - Queensland Following a week of
  turmoil from his National Party of Australia
  colleagues, Joh Bjelke-Petersen resigns as
  Premier of Queensland. He is replaced by Mike
  Ahern, the only premier never to contest an
  election as premier.
• December 8 - The Intermediate-Range Nuclear
  Forces Treaty is signed in Washington, D.C. by
  U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader
  Mikhail Gorbachev.
• December 29 - Prozac makes its debut in the
  United States.

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Ski Trip
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1987 Born

• February 26 - Julia Bond, American pornographic
  actress
• March 9 - Bow Wow, American rapper
• April 9 - Jesse McCartney, American singer and
  actor
• April 11 - Joss Stone, English musician
• April 19 - Maria Sharapova, Russian tennis player
• April 23 - Emily Fox, American cupstacking
  champion
• September 7 - Evan Rachel Wood, American actress
  and singer
• September 28 - Hilary Duff, American actress and
  singer
• November 3 - Gemma Ward, Australian model
• December 7 - Aaron Carter, American singer and
  actor

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12 G
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1987 Died

• January 15 - Ray Bolger, Wizard of Oz - Scarecrow
  1904
• February 2 - Alistair MacLean, British writer
  (heart attack) (b. 1922)
• February 4 - Liberace, American pianist (b. 1919)
• February 22 - Andy Warhol, American artist,
  director, writer (b. 1928)
• March 28 - Maria von Trapp, Austrian singer - Yes
  the real Sound of Music Lady! (b. 1905)
• May 14 - Rita Hayworth, American actress (b.
  1918)
• June 22 - Fred Astaire, American actor and dancer
  (b. 1899)
• June 24 - Jackie Gleason, American actor and
  comedian (b. 1916)
• August 17 - Rudolf Hess, Nazi official (b. 1894)
• August 29 - Lee Marvin, American actor (b. 1924)
• September 11 - Lorne Greene, Canadian actor (b.
  1915)
• September 29 - Henry Ford II, president of Ford
  Motor Company (b. 1917)

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Social events
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1987 Other stuff

• State of Origin
• Queensland had won the 1987 series 2-1 - A
  fourth games was played in the USA - NSW won that
  30-18.
• World Cup Challenge - Wigan 8 Manly 2 Wigan
  36,895
• NSWRL
• Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 18 - 8 Canberra
  Raiders 27 September 1987
• AFL - Carlton beat the Hawthorn by 15 point -
  15.14 (104) to 9.17 (71).
• 'Stars and Stripes' won back the America's Cup
  from Australia.
• Australia's Pat Cash won at Wimbledon
• Minnesota Twins win the World Series
• New York Giants win Superbowl XXI

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Theatre
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1987 Other stuff

• The band Nirvana is formed
• The Eurovision Song Contest 1987 Johnny Logan was
  the winner for Ireland of this Eurovision with
  the song, Hold Me Now.
• Academy Awards
• - Best motion picture Platoon
• - Best actor in a leading role Paul Newman The
  Color of Money
• - Best actress in a leading role Marlee Matlin
  Children of a Lesser God
• Three Men and a Baby is the top grossing film
• "Walk Like An Egyptian" by The Bangles spends the
  most time at the top of the US charts
• Full House, Married with Children, and Star Trek
  The Next Generation premiere

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Schoolies
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1987 Billboard top 100

• January 3 "Walk Like an Egyptian" The Bangles
• January 17 "Shake You Down" Gregory Abbott
• January 24 "At This Moment" Billy Vera and the
  Beaters
• February 7 "Open Your Heart" Madonna
• February 14 "Livin' on a Prayer" Bon Jovi
• March 14 "Jacob's Ladder" Huey Lewis the News
• March 21 "Lean on Me" Club Nouveau
• April 4 "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" Starship
• April 18 "I Knew You Were Waiting (for Me)"
  Aretha Franklin and George Michael
• May 2 "(I Just) Died in Your Arms" Cutting Crew
• May 16 "With or Without You" U2
• June 6 "You Keep Me Hangin' On" Kim Wilde
• June 13 "Always" Atlantic Starr
• June 20 "Head to Toe" Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam
• June 27 "I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves
  Me)" Whitney Houston

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87 Billboard top 100 cont

• July 11 "Alone" Heart
• August 1 "Shakedown" Bob Seger
• August 8 "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking
  For" U2
• August 22 "Who's That Girl" Madonna
• August 29 "La Bamba" Los Lobos
• September 19 "I Just Can't Stop Loving You"
  Michael Jackson with Siedah Garrett
• September 26 "Didn't We Almost Have It All"
  Whitney Houston
• October 10 "Here I Go Again" Whitesnake
• October 17 "Lost in Emotion" Lisa Lisa and Cult
  Jam
• October 24 "Bad" Michael Jackson
• November 7 "I Think We're Alone Now" Tiffany
• November 21 "Mony Mony" Billy Idol
• November 28 "(I've Had) The Time of My Life" Bill
  Medley and Jennifer Warnes
• December 5 "Heaven is a Place on Earth" Belinda
  Carlisle
• December 12 "Faith" George Michael

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Miscellaneous
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Those that will not be forgotten

• Mahon Raby
• Michael Fairbrother
• Stuart Dufty

Rest in Peace
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Special Thanks to

• Angela Drought (Smith) For working the phones
  tirelessly looking for us and her photos
• Kerri Ann Munro (Jones) For working as a
  detective in finding our friends
• Rachel Smith (George) For arranging the venue
  for us
• Melissa Strader (Edmunds) For sending us photos
• Kris Kitchener For sending photos as a
  Presentation Thanks

Hope you are enjoying your night