Flashback: January 1987

Twenty years ago this month, the widely recognized first lady of soul, Aretha Franklin, became the first woman ever to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Who would have guessed that the hit single she had that year with George Michael, "I Knew You Were Waiting for Me," was a line 'ol George uttered during his anonymous buggery forays in public restrooms?

Among other things that happened in the world this month 20 years ago:

• President Ronald Reagan undergoes prostate surgery, and the main stream media is all over it.
• Budd Dwyer, Treasurer for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, publicly commits suicide at a press conference after being found guilty for various criminal acts.
• The president of Ecuador, Leon Cordero, is kidnapped.
  
• Ohrbach's department store closes in New York City after 64 years of operation (the Ohrbach's in Del Amo Fashion Mall also closed in '87).
• The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above 2,000 for the first time ever.
• The New York Giants beat the Denver Broncos in the Super Bowl, which was played in Pasadena.