On this day, 28th of May in 1988, the final episode of the short lived British television show "Chums" aired on Channel 4 after 2 seasons and a Christmas special. This was 6 years before the show would be picked up and reimagined for US audiences as "Friends".
English singer-songwriter Nik Kershaw, realising that the world is on fire, the barbarians are at the gate, and you have the audacity to come to him for help (1984)