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Senior Class of 1987 (Part XI)

I spy at least two people who have MySpace pages.

Flashback: October 1987

After a few weeks off, I'm back in the saddle for the final 3 months of this here blog. So without further ado, here's a few historical events that occurred in our world 20 years ago this month.

• An earthquake with a magnitude of about 5.9 hits Los Angeles.
• 1 year old Jessica McClure falls and gets trapped in a well at her aunt's house in Midland, Texas.
• "Black Monday"
• South Korean voters approve a new constitution.
• The first indoor World Series game is played, and the Minnesota Twins win their first championship.
• A Japanese bank pays a record $1.1 million for a rare U.S. postal stamp, called the "Lady McGill", that originally sold for 2 cents in 1852.
  
• The nomination of Robert Bork to the U.S. Supreme Court is rejected by the Senate.
  

Flashback: September 1987

Is summer over already?!

• Celebrations marking the 200th anniversary of the Constitution are held in Philadelphia
• The T.V. drama "thirtysomething" debuts on the ABC network
• Players in the NFL go on strike and teams decide to use "replacement players" rather than cancel games
  
• The Dow Jones index rises a record 75.23 points
• German Mathias Rust is criminally tried in Moscow for landing his plane near Red Square back in May.

KNHS circa 1982

It hasn't been around for a pretty long time now, but it was kind of cool to have the distinction of being one of only a few high schools in the country to have an operating radio station.

Senior Class of 1987 - 10 Years Prior

A small portion thereof. (Click image for larger view)



Ah, to be 7 years old in the mid to late '70s, living in north Torrance, and looking forward to watching this on one of the UHF TV channels. Good times.

Maybe the Food was Making Students Fat

You'll notice in the background of the bottom picture here from the 1987 yearbook some food and drink vending machines. Those machines used to be in front of the wall in this picture, which was recently taken:



I'm assuming the machines were taken away for good and not just moved someplace else on campus (like the teachers' lounge). Also, there wasn't any grass in front of the pictured building back in 1987. It all just seems so odd.