DJ StarsageHost
Matt BurlingameHostGood afternoon, time travelers.
Today you are in 1989-
... a pivotal year that you've visited several times before.
The fall of the Berlin Wall became the defining image of the end of the Cold War-
... with people literally tearing down the barrier that had divided East and West Germany for decades.
At the same time, the Exxon Valdez oil spill devastated Alaska's coastline and became one of the worst environmental disasters in US history.
Across the globe, the Tiananmen Square protests captured the world's attention as Chinese students demanded democratic reforms before the government violently cracked down.
It was also a year of major celebrity milestones, with Taylor Swift, Daniel Radcliffe, and Brie Larson all born in 1989.
Sadly, the world also lost entertainment legends, including Lucille Ball, Bette Davis, and Monty Python star Graham Chapman.

[laughs] A- and I mean, there were reasons that I would, uh, stay up all night and, uh, sometimes sneak into the, the den.

That's what we used to call those places where we had basements and there was a, an extra room for a TV, and it was usually carpeted and had paneling in those days, but, you know.
Good afternoon, time travelers.
Today you are in 1989-
... a pivotal year that you've visited several times before.
The fall of the Berlin Wall became the defining image of the end of the Cold War-
... with people literally tearing down the barrier that had divided East and West Germany for decades.
At the same time, the Exxon Valdez oil spill devastated Alaska's coastline and became one of the worst environmental disasters in US history.
Across the globe, the Tiananmen Square protests captured the world's attention as Chinese students demanded democratic reforms before the government violently cracked down.
It was also a year of major celebrity milestones, with Taylor Swift, Daniel Radcliffe, and Brie Larson all born in 1989.
Sadly, the world also lost entertainment legends, including Lucille Ball, Bette Davis, and Monty Python star Graham Chapman.

[laughs] A- and I mean, there were reasons that I would, uh, stay up all night and, uh, sometimes sneak into the, the den.

That's what we used to call those places where we had basements and there was a, an extra room for a TV, and it was usually carpeted and had paneling in those days, but, you know.
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