Mid 80 facts
While investigating facts about Mid 80, I found out little known, but curios details like:
An 80 year old woman landed a plane successfully after the pilot suffered a heart attack mid-flight.
On Nov 22, 1987, two television stations in Chicago, IL, were hijacked within the course of three hours. The hijacker dressed to resemble Max Headroom, a fictional British artificial intelligence character from the mid 80's. To this day neither the hijacker nor any accomplices have been found.
In my opinion, it is useful to put together a list of the most interesting details from trusted sources that I've come across. Here are 10 of the best facts about Mid 80 I managed to collect.
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The UK had one of the lowest levels of income inequality in the world - even lower than that of the eastern European communist states - up until the mid 80-s
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In 1861, the Eastern region of Tennessee voted a whopping 80% percent against succeeding from the Union. At the time, this region of Tennessee had a Whig Party majority, and to this day, no Democrat has held two congressional seats in East Tennessee since the mid-1800’s.
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‘milky seas’ where vast areas of ocean, up to 6000 miles across, glow. There have been 235 reports of it since 1915, and it even appeared in Jules Verne's ‘Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea’. It wasn’t until the mid 80’s that that it was found to be caused by bioluminescent bacteria.
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Ringling Brothers Circus headlined a living "unicorn" named Lancelot in the mid 80's.
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Ching Shih, a Chinese prostitute turned pirate commanded the "Red Flag Fleet" of 1,800 pirate ships, and an estimated 80,000 men during the Qing Dynasty era (mid 19th century).
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There is a Hamburger University, which was designed to instruct personnel employed by McDonald's in the various aspects of restaurant management. More than 80,000 restaurant managers, mid-managers and owner/operators have graduated from this facility.
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In the mid 80's, Donald Trump bought a football team, sued the NFL and won $3.76c
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In the mid 80's the UK had its own version of the famed 'Soul Train' television show - a Funk and Soul music and dance program that rose to prominence in the 70s. The UK version lasted just one season and was hosted by Jeffrey Daniels, a former dancer on the original.
