Shōwa 56 - or the year 1981 of the Japanese Calendar
In 1981,
:: MTV goes on the air running around the clock music videos, debuting with “Video Killed the Radio Star.”
:: Pacman-mania sweeps the country.
:: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, or AIDS was first identified.
:: IBM introduces its first personal computer, running the Microsoft Disk Operating System (MS-DOS).
:: Frank Zappa releases a three discs album named Shut Up ‘n Play Yer Guitar. Disc 2 is named Shut Up :: ‘n Play Yer Guitar Some More. Disc 3? Return of the Son of Shut Up ‘n Play Yer Guitar.
:: The Pope John Paul II was shot twice. (he survived)
:: Best Picture of the year goes to “Chariots of Fire”
:: John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s “Double Fantasy” gets a Grammy for Album of the Year
:: I was born. (insert BIG YAY + CHEERS here)
:: ok so were a a squillion other people like Paris Hilton, Jessica Alba, Britney Spears, Justin Timberlake,
:: Natalie Portman, Beyonce, Elijah Wood (frodo?), Josh Groban, Brandon Flowers of the Killers, Rachel
:: Bilson blah blah woof woof but who cares.
