review of 1980s
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Review of 1980s
Dustin Cotton
May 18, 1980 in Washington StateWorst volcanic explosion in US historyCaused by a 5.1 earthquakeSpread 230 square miles
Eruption of Mt. St. Helens
February 22, 1980Played Red Machine from the USSRMade up of young menRussians were suppose to win
US Hockey team beat Russia in Olympic games
Part of the Beatles Beatles split and went his own wayMarried Ono and had a sonPlanning for a come backMurdered on Dec. 8 1980 outside of his
apartment
John Lennon
First supreme court justice female (U.S.)Sep. 25, 1981 – Jan. 31, 2006Nominated by Ronald Reagan
Sandra Day O'Connor
August 1, 1981First to play music videos 24/7First song was “Video killed the radio star” by
the Buggles
MTV
August 20, 1985 – March 4, 1987Political scandal in the United StatesBegan as an operation to free American
hostages being held by terrorist groups Oliver North was part of the second plan:
diverting proceeds from the arms sales to support the Contra rebels group in Nicaragua
Iran-Contra Affair
Born Feb. 6, 1911 March 30, 1981Punctured a lung and bullet was one inch
from his heartShot from John Hinckley with a .22 cal.Died June 5, 2004
Assassination attempt of Reagan
14 min. music video by Michael JacksonReleased December 2, 1983Most influential pop music video of all time
“Thriller”
remove undesired fat from the face, neck, chin, breast, back, arms, abdomen, hips, flanks (love handles), inner and outer thighs, buttocks, knees and ankles.
Liposuction
Became a life style in the 80s22 million people abused cocaineBeing shipped to the U.S. landing in MiamiIn 1985, cocaine-related hospital
emergencies rose by 12 percent, from 23,500 to 26,300.
Cocaine
September 1, 1983Shot down by Soviet JetsU.S congressman Lawrence McDonald was
aboardNavigated into USSR airspace
South Korean flight 007
June 18, 1983Became the first American woman and then
the youngest to enter spaceSpent more than a total of 343 hrs. in space
Sally Ride
October 23, 1983Terrorist suicide bombers in a van bought in
TexasKilled 299 American and French servicemen
Beirut Terrorist Attack
Introduced by Phillips and SonyCD-DA was the first cd1984 both companies came out with the CD-
ROM
CD’s
1984Athletes from 140 nations competed at the
Los Angeles Games
Olympics in Los Angels
Rank Nation Gold SilverBronze
Total
1 United States
83 61 30 174
2 Romania
20 16 17 53
3 West Germany
17 19 23 59
4 China 15 8 9 32
5 Italy 14 6 12 32
6 Canada
10 18 16 44
7 Japan 10 8 14 32
8 New Zealand
8 1 2 11
9 Yugoslavia
7 4 7 18
10 South Korea
6 6 7 19
American Pop and R&B recording artist, producer, dancer, model and actress
In 1983, she became the first woman of African-American descent to be crowned Miss America
1988 released her debut album “The Right Stuff”
Vanessa Williams
March 7, 1985length 7:09Written by Michael Jackson and Lionel RichieIt is a charity song
We are the world
1986All American college basketball playerPicked by the Boston Celtics died 2 days later
after a cocaine overdose
Len Bias
Created the color TV game systemInventers of Donkey Kong & Mario BrothersWorth billions
Nintendo
Jan. 28, 1986Exploded 73 seconds into it flight7 crew member including the first school
teacher, African AmericanCaused by a bad O ring
Challenger Disaster
First reports were in June 1981Most AIDS cases were among white peopleIn 1985, the first federal resources dedicated
to HIV prevention were made available to all state and local health departments nationwide
AIDS
American fashion modelMost considered her the first supermodelBecame affected with HIV and died at 26
(Nov. 18, 1986)
Supermodel GIA
October 14, 198718 months old when she fell into a well in
Midland, TexasWorkers worked for 58 hrs. to free her from
an eight inch wide well casing 22 ft. below the ground
She has had 15 surgeries over the years
“Baby Jessica”
Served as the 65th and 67th governor of Massachusetts
Democratic presidential nominee in 1988Second Greek American governor in U.S
history
Michael Dukakis
Feb. 16, 19899 years and 50 days after Soviet troops
intervened to support a coup by a Marxist ally100,300 Soviet troops in AfghanistanCompared to the American experience in
Vietnam War
Soviets leave Afghanistan
Both men and women began wearing looser shirts and tight , close-fitting pants
Men grew mustaches
Fashion of the times
Included:Back to the Future Blade RunnerThe Empire Strikes BackE.T
Famous Movies of the Time
From Philadelphia, PaHit in 1970s & 1980sSong that got them know was Sarah SmileMark P Cotton Jr.(Jun. 5 1974 – Dec. 12 2010)
my father wrote one of there songs. “So Close”
Daryl Hall and John OatesSo Close by Hall & Oates Music Video on Yahoo! Music