news of the 1980’s
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News of the 1980’s. Mt St Helens Erupts- 1980. 8:32 A.M. May 18, 1980 Registered 5.1 on the Richter Scale 57 people killed. Mt. St. Helens. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xP2dreOI8gI This is a short video about the eruption that is a little more than 7 minutes. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
8:32 A.M. May 18, 1980 Registered 5.1 on the Richter Scale 57 people killed
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xP2dreOI8gI This is a short video about the eruption that is a little more than 7 minutes.
http://www.history.com/videos/mount-st-helens-erupts#mount-st-helens-erupts This video is set to “Should I Stay or Should I Go” by the Clash- it is a little over 3 minutes
December 8, 1980 http://www.biography.com/blog/john-lenn
ons-tragic-death-33-years-later-a-timeline-of-events This is a timeline of events with Lennon’s assassination
Mark David Chapman- assassin http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/extras/2011
/12/08/dec-8-john-lennon-shot-killed-1980/ This is the ABC announcement of his death
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQWx9892r-E Howard Cosell announcing death on Monday Night Football
Pope John Paul II was shot four times Mehmet Ali Agca was attempted assassin Sentenced to life in prison- in 2000 he was
pardoned at the request of the Pope. Sent to another prison to serve terms for other offenses- released in 2010
One theory is he was hired by KGB because of Pope’s support of the Polish movement for independence
Pope and Agca met and developed a relationship- Pope announced he forgave Agca
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8cniGcg2xU Lady Diana entering the church for her wedding to Prince Charles
Global audience of 750 million people Considered a “fairy tale wedding”
http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2085383_2085381_2085346,00.html This is considered to be #3 on Time’s list of government showdowns.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dc8brHWFZMY This is Reagan speaking about the strike.
11,345 workers were fired- Reagan stated they were in violation of the law that forbids government union workers from striking
Tended to be strong conservative
In later years was a swing vote
Nominated by President Reagan
I think the important thing about my appointment is not that I will decide cases as a woman, but that I am a woman who will get to decide cases.
I tried to decide each case based on the law and the Constitution.
Lives 112 days http://www.wired.com/thisdayintech/2009
/12/dayintech_1202jarvikheart/ This article talks about Clark and why he was not a candidate for a heart transplant
Jarvik 7- type of artificial heart
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wojiv4AhD4g Sally Ride recalls her first mission to space
http://www.biography.com/people/sally-ride-9458284/videos This is a mini biography of Sally Ride
Flew on Challenger mission in 1983
http://www.biography.com/people/vanessa-williams-9542151 Mini Biography of Vanessa Williams
Soon afterwards had to return her crown because of inappropriate photos that were released in Penthouse
http://www.cnn.com/2013/06/13/world/meast/beirut-marine-barracks-bombing-fast-facts/
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/big/1023.html
Two truck bombs struck buildings housing the U.S. and French forces
Killed a total of 299 American and French servicemen (241 American servicemen- 220 were Marines)
Suicide bombers detonated each of the truck bombs
It was the deadliest single-day death toll for the Marines since the Battle of Iwo Jima
Triggered by a military coup that had ousted a revolutionary government
Restored a constitutional government There had been a request for intervention Invasion began Oct 25, 1983 (just a
couple of days after the bombing of the U.S. barracks in Beirut)
First female gymnast from outside Eastern Europe to win the Olympic gold medal in the Gymnastic Individual All-around competition
Inspired by Nadia Comaneci Trained under Romanians Bela and Marta
Karolyi (they coached Nadia Comaneci) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sSuTdsj
xTI (Mary Lou reflects on winning the gold)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFKCFvZDs3A Covering Retton’s Perfect 10
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yi_5xbd5xdE
1976 Nadia highlight of Olympics moments- first perfect 10 score in gymnastics
(Motivation for Mary Lou Retton)
http://sports.yahoo.com/video/carl-lewis-historic-olympic-performance-140500946.html
Carl Lewis wins 4 Gold Medals at the Los Angeles Summer Olympics
Prime Minister of India Known for political ruthlessness Went to war with Pakistan in support of the
independence movement in East Pakistan Resulted in an Indian victory and the
creation of Bangladesh Assassinated by her bodyguards- the
bodyguards were Sikh and there was a Sikh separatist movement in India that she attempted to repress
http://www.biography.com/people/indira-gandhi-9305913?page=1
December 2, 1984 Pesticide plant in Bhopal, India leaked
methyl isocynate gas and other chemicals Dense toxic cloud Killed more than 8000 people in just a few
days Factory belonged to Union Carbide- made a
settlement with the Indian Government in 1989 for $470 million (a total of only $370 to $533 per victim)
Groundwater and soil is still contaminated
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2lZuw3j3ro Filming of a Pepsi commercial- Jackson suffered from second and third degree burns
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=po0jY4WvCIc This commercial came out later
Major marketing failure Reintroduction of Coke’s original
formula was rebranded as “Coca-Cola Classic”
January 28, 1986 Broke apart 73 seconds into flight 7 crew members died O-ring seal in its right solid rocket
booster failed at liftoff- it allowed pressurized hot gas from within the solid rocket motor to reach the outside
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7LEByr_QNE This is a ten minute video about the Iran Contra Affair
Lt. Col. Oliver North Began in 1985- Reagan’s administration
supplied weapons to Iran in the hopes of securing the release of American hostages in Lebanon by terrorists loyal to Khomeini
US took millions of dollars from the weapons sale- routed the money and guns to right wing “Contra” guerrillas in Nicaragua
Contras were opponents of Nicaragua’s Sandinista Junta of National Reconstruction
Democratic dominated Congress passed the Boland Amendment- banning aide to the Contras
Part of the deal was that the U.S. would send 508 American made TOW anti-tank missiles from Israel to Iran for the safe exchange of a hostage (Reverend Benjamin Weir)
Israelis offered to ship 500 HAWK surface to air missiles to Iran in November 1985 in exchange for the release of all remaining American hostages being held in Lebanon
Arms were sold with proceeds going to the Contras, and hostages were released
Eventually the terrorists elected to kidnap more hostages following their release of the previous ones
Lebanese magazine Ash-Shiraa published a series of articles in November 1986 that exposed the weapons for hostages deal
Congress issued a report that the president bore “ultimate responsibility”
Republican Senator John Tower headed up a review board
President had been inefficient in controlling National Security Council- they made the illegal deals
Not known from hearings if president knew about the Contra support
Televised May to August 1987
North had been the main negotiator He stated he was “under the orders from
his superiors” May 1989 he was convicted of unlawfully
destroying government documents When George H.W. Bush became president-
North’s conviction was expunged on the grounds he acted out of patriotism
Bush issued presidential pardons for all indicted in the scandal
http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20193651,00.html The Epic Rescue of Jessica McClure
http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1977927_1977934_1977866,00.html Rescue of Jessica was #2 on Time’s list of Miraculous Rescues
http://www.biography.com/people/baby-jessica-17175736 Shows rescue
http://hellogiggles.com/news-nostalgia-lets-talk-about-baby-jessica There is video within this with the rescue (around 5 minutes)
18 months old, fell down 22-foot well, trapped for 58 hours
Oil Spill in Prince William Sound, Alaska March 24, 1989- hit a reef Spilled 260,000 to 750,000 barrels of crude
oil Considered to be one of the most
devastating human caused environmental disasters
Remote location made it difficult for a response effort
Captain had been drinking heavily- but was not at the controls (he was asleep)
Third mate who was at the controls did not have a radar that was working (had been broken for about a year) so he could not look to see it was close to the reef
Exxon management knew the radar was broken and had opted to not fix it