Out and About: 40 years in the United States for IKEA

In 1985, Ronald Reagan began his second term as president, and Mikhail Gorbachev became the new Soviet leader.  The Live Aid concert raised awareness for famine in Africa and the first version of Microsoft Windows was released. In Texas, the first Adopt-a-Highway sign went up. It was also the year IKEA opened its first store in the United States.In 1943, 17-year-o...