(Inaugural Year of Ironman Golf Championship)

• A postage stamp cost 25¢.
• Intel introduced the 386 chip.
• Adjusted to today’s dollars, a cell phone cost $4,300.
• Adjusted to today’s dollars, a 150mg hard drive cost $8,750
• Gas cost 90¢/gallon.
• The Berlin Wall fell, signaling the end of communism in Europe.
• The Time Person of the Year was Mikhail Gorbachev.
• The Top grossing movie was Batman (starring Michael Keaton).
• Sue Ellen shot JR.
• Magnum PI ended its TV run, leaving millions of women in despair on Thursday nights.
• The San Francisco 49’ers defeated the Cincinnati Bengals in Super Bowl XXIII.
• Notre Dame won the college national football championship (no BCS back then).
• And, the Oscar goes to...
  • Best Picture – Rain Man
  • Best Actor – Dustin Hoffman (Rain Man)
  • Best Actress – Jodie Foster (The Accused)
• Steve was in the middle of his first and toughest home renovation (1926 Avondale Estates home).
• For you Corvette fanatics -
  • The 1989 Corvette produced a whopping 245 horsepower; front-engine motor..
    • Current base motor produces 460hp, Z06 produces 650hp, ZR1 produces 755hp
    • The C8 Corvette, debuting in July 2019, features a mid-engine design.