actually reliving something brilliant that you did in your youth, can often help with a lot of things. Especially ageing. I guess on the most basic level it helps make you feel young again, or at least recall memories of the past a lot more clearly, which can be a good thing if your life has been hectic/stressful.
Maybe pick on of these instead.
! > Aretha Franklin becomes the first woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Chase, Maryland rail wreck: An Amtrak train en route from Washington, DC to Boston, Massachusetts collides with Conrail engines, killing 16.
R. Budd Dwyer, Treasurer for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, shoots and kills himself at a press conference after being found guilty on charges of bribery, fraud, conspiracy, and racketeering.
Brownsville, Texas was deluged with seven inches of rain in just two hours on Feb 9, and flooding in some parts of the city was worse than that caused by Hurricane Beulah in 1967.
A Unabomber bomb explodes in Salt Lake City, Utah on Feb 12. A second explodes at the Salt Lake City computer store on the 20th.
President Ronald Reagan addresses the American people on the Iran-Contra Affair, acknowledging that his overtures to Iran had 'deteriorated' into an arms-for-hostages deal.
In Charlotte, North Carolina, televangelist Jim Bakker, head of PTL Ministries, resigns after admitting an affair with church secretary Jessica Hahn.
Klaus Barbie, a German soldier and Gestapo member, goes on trial in Lyon for war crimes committed during World War II. He is sentenced to life imprisonment for crimes against humanity.
The USS Stark (FFG-31), while patrolling the Persian Gulf, is struck by two Exocet missiles from an Iraqi F-1 Mirage fighter, killing 37 sailors and injuring 21 other crew members (during the Iran-Iraq War).
In the case of Edwards v. Aguillard, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that a Louisiana law requiring that creation science be taught in public schools whenever evolution was taught was unconstitutional.
Northwest Airlines Flight 255 (a McDonnell Douglas MD-82) crashes on takeoff from Detroit Metropolitan Airport in Romulus, Michigan just West of Detroit killing all but 1 (4-year old Cecelia Cichan) of the 156 people on-board (among them Nick Vanos, a center for the Phoenix Suns).
The Legend of Zelda was released for the NES in North America.
The 200th anniversary of the United States Constitution is celebrated across the country.
The United States is caught up in a drama that unfolds on television as a young child, Jessica McClure, falls down a well in Midland, Texas, and is later rescued.
Black Monday (Oct 19): stock market levels fall sharply on Wall Street and around the world.
Category 5 Typhoon Nina smashes the Philippines with 165 mph winds and devastating storm surge, causing destruction and 1,036 deaths.
Delaware (1st state admitted to the Union), Pennsylvania, & New Jersey celebrate their bicentennial statehood.
PSA Flight 1771 crashes near Paso Robles, California, killing all 43 on board, after a disgruntled passenger shoots his ex-supervisor on the flight, then shoots both pilots and himself.
The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty is signed in Washington, D.C. by U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev.
Square Co., Ltd. releases Final Fantasy in Japan for the Famicom.
The Perl programming language was created by Larry Wall.
Prozac makes its debut in the United States.
World population reached 5 billion people.
Hustler Magazine v. Falwell is argued before the U.S. Supreme Court.