• Speech team won Upstate 8 Tournament.
• Varsity Soccer won 2nd place in the Upstate 8 Tournament.
• Varsity Cheerleaders placed in Top 10 in Regional Competition.
• Cross Country team broke all records (9-2), being the only LP Varsity team to win a Regional Championship.
• Girl's Tennis team placed 3rd in Conference.
• Girl's Gymnastics placed 3rd in Upstate 8 Competition.
• Lancettes place 2nd at Regional Camp.
• Speech team won Upstate 8 Tournament.
• Marching Band performs at Soldier Field and gets invited to Orange Bowl.

• "I want to know what love is..." Foreigner
• "Careless Whisper"... Wham! with George Michael
• "Can't fight this feeling"... REO Speedwagon
• "One more night"... Phil Collins
• "We are the world"... USA for Africa
• "Crazy for you"... Madonna
• "Don't You"... Simple Minds
• "Everything she wants"... Wham!
• "Everyone wants to rule the world"... Tears for Fears
• "Heaven"... Bryan Adams

• Back to the Future
• Beverly Hills Cop
• Cocoon
• Fletch
• The Goonies
• The Jewel of the Nile
• National Lampoon's European Vacation
• Pale Rider
• Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment
• Rambo: First Blood, Part II

• The Cosby Show
• Family Ties
• Murder, She Wrote
• 60 Minutes
• Cheers
• Dallas
• Dynasty
• The Golden Girls
• Miami Vice
• Who's The Boss?

Academy Awards
"Out of Africa"... Best Picture
Sydney Pollack (Out of Africa)... Best Director
William Hurt (Kiss of the Spiderwoman)... Best Actor
Geraldine Page (The Trip to Bountiful)... Best Actress

Grammy Awards
"We are the World" (USA for Africa) ... Record of the Year
"We are the World" (Michael Jackson & Lionel Richie)... Song of the Year
Phil Collins (No Jacket Required)... Best Male Vocalist
Whitney Houston (Saving All My Love For You)... Best Female Vocalist

• NBA: Los Angeles Lakers vs. Boston Celtics Series(4-2)
• NCAA Football: Oklahoma Record (11-1-0)
• Heisman Trophy: Bo Jackson, Auburn, RB points 1,509
• Stanley Cup: Edmunton Oilers vs. Philadelphia Flyers Series (4-1)
• SuperBowl XIX: San Francisco 49ers vs. Miami Dolphins (38-16)
• US Open Golf: Andy North (279), Oakland Hills Country Club Birmingham, MI
• World Series: Kansas City Royals vs. St. Louis Cardinals Series (4-3)

• Ronald Reagan takes office for second term. At 73 he is the oldest person to ever take the oath of office.
• The first class postal rate goes to 22 cents.
• Mikhail Gorbachev becomes Soviet Leader.
• Coca Cola announces New Coke but is forced to revert back to Classic.
• TWA Flight 847 is hijacked by Arab terrorists.
• Live Aid organized by Willie Nelson is held on July 13 which raised over $70 million for starving Africans.
• The wreck of the Titanic is discovered.
• Pete Rose breaks Ty Cobb's career base hit record.
• Rock Hudson dies of AIDS on October 2. He was one of the first major stars to become a victim of AIDS.
• Windows 1.0 software is introduced.
• Nintendo gaming software in introduced.
• A hole in the ozone layer over Antarctica is discovered.