1987? That was over half a lifetime ago for me and many readers won’t remember it at all. Back in 1987, Germany was still divided into East and West and the city of Berlin was still divided by the Berlin Wall. Nelson Mandela was still imprisoned by the South African government which still practiced apartheid which was a Dutch word for racial segregation. Maggie Thatcher had her third General Election victory in the UK and became the longest serving British Prime Minister of the twentieth century. Ronald Reagan was coming to the end of his second term as President would be replaced by George Bush who would only serve one term. His son George W. Bush would serve two terms as President but not until after two terms by Bill Clinton who defeated George Bush in the 1992 Presidential Election.
1987? That was over half a lifetime ago for me and many readers won’t remember it at all. Back in 1987, Germany was still divided into East and West and the city of Berlin was still divided by the Berlin Wall. Nelson Mandela was still imprisoned by the South African government which still practiced apartheid which was a Dutch word for racial segregation. Maggie Thatcher had her third General Election victory in the UK and became the longest serving British Prime Minister of the twentieth century. Ronald Reagan was coming to the end of his second term as President would be replaced by George Bush who would only serve one term. His son George W. Bush would serve two terms as President but not until after two terms by Bill Clinton who defeated George Bush in the 1992 Presidential Election.