2006-09-09 09:16:00 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
February 22, 1980 -
US hockey team defeats the USSR in the semi-finals at the Winter Olympics.
May 18, 1980 -
Mount St. Helens erupts.
November 21, 1980 -
We find out who shot J.R. Ewing. :)
December 8, 1980 -
John Lennon killed by Mark Chapman.
March 30, 1981 -
John Hinckley Jr. attempts to assassinate Pres. Ronald Reagan.
April 12, 1981 -
First launch of Space Shuttle Columbia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STS-1
July 29, 1981 -
Marriage between Prince Charles and Princess Diana.
August 1, 1981 -
MTV begins broadcasting.
December 28,1981 -
The first "test-tube baby", Elizabeth Jordan Carr, is born by 'in vitro' fertilization.
January 8, 1982 -
Break-up of AT&T into the Baby Bells.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regional_Bell_operating_company
March 26, 1982 -
Groundbreaking ceremony for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
May 1982 -
MS-DOS 1.25 is released.
November 29, 1982 -
Soviet invasion of Afghanistan begins.
February 28, 1983 -
Last episode of M*A*S*H airs.
November 2, 1983 -
Martin Luther King Day made an official holiday.
1983 -
McDonald's introduces the Chicken McNugget.
November 20, 1985 -
First version of Microsoft Windows is released.
January 28, 1986 -
Space Shuttle Challenger explodes killing all seven crew members including the first schoolteacher, Christa McAuliffe, to go into space.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Challenger_disaster
February 9, 1986 -
Halley's comet pays a visit.
April 26, 1986 -
Explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear plant in the Ukraine.
May 28, 1987 -
Mathias Rust lands a private plane on Red Square in Moscow.
December 8, 1987 -
Signing of the INF Treaty between the US and USSR. This effectively ended the nuclear arms race between the two superpowers.
February 2, 1989 -
The last Soviet armored column leaves Afghanistan, ending 9 years of Soviet occupation.
March 24, 1989 -
Exxon Valdez spills 11 million gallons of oil into the Prince William Sound in Alaska.
April 21, 1989 -
Students protests begin in Tiananmen Square, China.
November 9, 1989 -
The inadvertent announcement that all East Berliners would be allowed to travel to West Berlin with proper permission. The ensuing crowd of East Berliners attempting to go to West Berlin overwhelmed security guards and all we're allowed to cross without restriction. This eventually led to the dismantling of the Berlin Wall which began on June 13,1990.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin_wall#The_fall.2C_1989
December 17, 1989 -
"The Simpsons" premiere.
December 20, 1989 -
Operation "Just Cause" begins in Panama to overthrow the leader Manuel Noriega.
December 25, 1989 -
Nicolae Ceauşescu and wife Elena are executed.
Wow, so many things happened during that time. It'll take some time to think of other important events that occurred during the 1980's. :)
2006-09-09 10:40:22 · answer #1 · answered by Kookiemon 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think the Nightmare Before Christmas came out in 1993. I wouldn't call that special but that was a cool movie! Reggie Jackson was put in to the Hall of fame and I think that year marked the first time that Martin Luther King day was observed in all 50 states. You might want to look that up though.
2016-03-17 11:00:06 · answer #2 · answered by Barbara 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Berlin Wall came down, which people of my generation never thought would ever happen. It divided Germany into East Germany (communist) and West Germany (democratic), and every country east of the wall was under Soviet Russia's control, with the exception of China, which is communist anyway. Thousands of people died trying to get past the wall.
2006-09-09 09:25:24 · answer #3 · answered by Me in Canada eh 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First civillian into space , teacher Kristi McCaulife (I believe that is how you spell her name), assigned to be part of the flight crew of Space Shuttle Challenger In 1985.
Space Shuttle Challenger exploded shortly after lift off in 1986.
2006-09-09 09:26:23 · answer #4 · answered by Hawaii808 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Band Aid and Live Aid in 1982? organised by Bob (now Sir Bob) Geldof and Midge Ure, in reponce to the famine in Ethiopia
2006-09-09 09:22:44 · answer #5 · answered by glas_ebrenn 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Married with Children came out on Fox.
Women started wearing leg warmers.
2006-09-09 09:23:46 · answer #6 · answered by Scott B 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the berlin wall came down in 1989. also the 80's is when aids became an epidemic althought it was considered taboo, crack hit the streets, homosexuality became more widespread, but also taboo.
2006-09-09 09:20:38 · answer #7 · answered by chica bonita 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I got married. I graduated from college. Rock n Roll died.
2006-09-09 09:22:08 · answer #8 · answered by OU812 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1982 Israeli occupation of Lebanon
2006-09-09 09:22:02 · answer #9 · answered by fsaroufim 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
president reagan was shot at by john hinkley who had an obsession with jodie foster
2006-09-09 09:28:34 · answer #10 · answered by auntjewly 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋