What are some events nationally and internationally that happened in the 80's?

Question

I know the Berlin WAll fell in the 80's.

Answer 1

January 28, 1986. At about 73 seconds into it's ninth launch, the space shuttle Challenger exploded .

1981 Sandra Day O'Connor becomes first female Supreme Court Justice

August 1, 1981 The birth of MTV, the 24 hour-a-day music television station

Assasination attempt on Ronald Regean on March 30, 1981 by John Hinkley

Ozzy bites the head off a live bat thrown at him at a January 20, 1982 performance.

1982 The first artificial heart transplant takes place, the receipent lives 112 days.

1984 The AIDS virus is discovered

1984 Apple Computer releases the Macintosh personal computer

1984 The first all rap radio format is introduced at LA's KDAY

1985 "We Are The World" is recorded by USA for Africa, America's response to the British "Do They Know It's Christmas"

1985 Rock 'n' Roll Hall of fame is opened.

1985 Rock Hudson, the first major public figure to die to AIDS, dies on October 2.

1985 Karen Ann Quinlan, coma patient, dies of pneumonia. She was the first person to die in the "right-to-die" controversy debate.

Hands Across America, May 25, 1986

1986 Statue of Liberty celebrates the 100th Anniversary and gets a face lift in the process.

1986 America celebrates national holiday Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. day for the first time.

Baby Jessica," Jessica McClure falls down the well and is later rescued. Wednesday October 14th, 1987 --9:30am cst through Friday October 16th, 1987--8:30pm cst

The largest stock-market drop in Wall Street history occurred on "Black Monday" -- October 19, 1987 -- when the Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged 508.32 points, losing 22.6% of its total value. That fall far surpassed the one-day loss of 12.9% that began the great stock market crash of 1929 and foreshadowed the Great Depression

1988 CDs outsell vinyl for the first time ever.

1988 Pan Am Flight 103 explodes over Lockerbie, Scotland; Lybian terrorists are suspected of planting the bomb

1988 World's longest undersea tunnel is completed. Work begins on the Chunnel which will then become the world's longest undersea tunnel.

1989 The fall of the Berlin wall on November 9th.

1989 Students protest on Tienanmen Square, Beijing, China - the army intervenes; 3000-7000 killed, June 3rd.

1989 Vance vs. Judas Priest: Parents of two teenaged Judas Priest fans who attempted suicide in December 1985 sue the band, claiming that a subliminal message in the song "Better by You, Better than Me" influenced their actions. (Justice Jerry Carr Whitehead will rule in favor of the band in 1993.)

Answer 2

In Beirut, Lebanon the USA marines barracks was blown to bits with the marines inside....on October 23rd, 1983. Someone in a truck ran through the security gate and kept going... When we heard the news my heart felt as if it stopped in my chest...it was such painful news. I'll never forget it. All those young men gone while there were there to protect the Lebanese people. That was just one event that comes to mind.

Answer 3

The Challenger exploded in 1986.

Answer 4

Here's a great site for events listed year by year

http://www.tripletsandus.com/80s/timeline.htm

Answer 5

President Reagan was shot.