We will give you some hints along the way, can you figure out "what was that year" on the Classic 9 at 11?
Belfast-born Alex Higgins beat Stephen Hendry to win the British Benson and Hedges snooker championship.
Do you remember this cracking tune at #9?
The 61st Academy Awards were held at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California, with Rain Man winning Best Picture
INXS were at #8:
Paul McCartney releases Снова в СССР(Back in the USSR) exclusively in the USSR. Bootleg copies sell for as much as US$1,000 in the United States
Electronic's Getting Away With it was at #7:
Ireland and the UK got a brand new radio station Atlantic 252:
Television soap opera Fair City was first broadcast on RTÉ One
Roxette were at #6:
Independent pop music station Century Radio went on the air for the first time
Fergus Sings The Blues was our #5:
Madonna's "Like a Prayer" music video, taped late in the previous year, attracted criticism for its use of Catholic Church iconography and for the use of cross burning imagery, but also garners praise for its interpretation of discrimination, rape, and faith. Pepsi drops Madonna as a spokesperson out of fear the video will cause religious groups to boycott the company. She was at #4:
It was the year Doc and Marty had to go back to the future, but why?
The Republic of Ireland beat Northern Ireland 3–0 in a World Cup Qualifier in Dublin
The La's were at #3:
Aer Rianta's five millionth passenger was presented with a holiday to Florida
Sowing The Seeds Of Love was at #2:
The Dalai Lama won the Nobel Peace Prize
And at #1 Eternal Flame!
It was the year My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown, starring Daniel Day-Lewis. told the true story of Christy Brown, an Irishman born with cerebral palsy, who could control only his left foot. Christy Brown grew up in a poor, working-class family, and became a writer and artist:
AND THE YEAR WAS 1989!
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