1980
Ronald Reagan President
George Bush Vice President
Tito of Yugoslavia dies
John Lennon assassinated
Solidarity for Poland
Rubik Cube fever
Zimbabwe independence
Iran, Iraq at war
Smallpox a thing of past
Cordless telephones debut
900 numbers marketed
Honda builds in US
Winter Olympics in NY
US Boycott Summer Olympics
Mt. St. Helen erupts
1981
Reagan shot & lives
Sadat assassinated
Attempted assassination on Pope
Isabel Peron jailed
Iran releases Americans
Charles & Diana marry
Mitterrand President of France
Martial Law in Poland
1st Space Shuttle launches
Dallas & Dynasty debut
US National debt over trillion
O'Connor 1st woman on Supreme Court
IBM introduces Personal Computers
Boston Celtics wins NBA
PacMan is a favorite game
1982
Vietnam War Memorial dedicated
Tylenol is recalled
Clark receives arifical heart
Princess Diana gives birth
Princess Grace dies in crash
John Belushi dies
Kohl Germany's leader
Israel strikes at PLO
Italy wins World Cup
1st Gene transplant successful
Liposuction is introduced
Boeing 767 debuts
St. Louis Cardinals win Series
Bengals win Super Bowl
Aerobic videos popular
1983
Ride 1st US woman in space
Turkey earthquake kill 2,000
Bomb kills 241 in Beirut
Car Bomb kills 63 in Beirut
Karen Carpenter dies
NutraSweet is introduced
Break dancing is popular
Navratilova wins US Open
Philadelphia 76ers win NBA
Cabbage Patch dolls the craze
USSR shoots down Korean Airliner
Protests against Nuclear weapons
Thatcher re-elected in England
Madonna is a rock star
final episode of M*A*S*H airs
1984
Reagan re-elected President
Bush Vice President
Ferraro 1st woman in VP race
Chernenko Soviet leader
Greenhouse warning issued
Stonewashed jeans are introduced
Poison gas disaster in India
Indira Gandhi assassinated
Marvin Gaye shot
AIDS virus identified
Macintosh hits markets
The Cosby show premiers
USSR boycotts Olympics
Mary Lou Retton wins two gold
Carl Lewis wins 4 Gold Medals
Detroit Tigers win Series
1985
Gorbachev elected USSR leader
Volcano erupts in Colombia
Live Aid debuts
Rock Hudson dies of AIDS
Extra second added to year
Amadeus wins 8 Oscars
Nevado erupts, kills 25,000
Soccer fans riot, 41 killed
Becker wins Wimbledon
Leaded gas banned
Titanic ship is found
Original Coca-Cola is back
Oil prices collapse
Compact disk replace records
Shoulder pads are the fad
Lendl wins US Open
SF 49ers win Super Bowl
Calvin & Hobbes dubut
1986
Space Shuttle Challenger explodes
Halley's comet returns
Statue of Liberty get facelift
Chernobyl accident in USSR
Waldheim President, Austria
Minister Palme killed, Sweden
Marcos flee, Philippines
Span & Portugal join Europe
Iran-Contra Affair exposed
Hole is Ozone layer discovered
Fox Network debuts
Tyson wins heavyweight title
Chicago Bears win Super Bowl
Testaverde wins the Heisman Trophy
Nintendo debuts
1987
Gorbachev & Reagan sign Treaty
US goes to Persian Gulf
Caller ID introduced
Stock Market drops 508 pts
Baby Jessica falls in well
Baby Jessica rescued
German landsinRed Square, Moscow
Bork denied a Supreme Court appt
Fred Astaire dies at 88
Bruce Willis marries Demi Moore
Ferry disaster kills 200
Minnesota Twins win Series
Lakers win NBA Championship
1988
George Bush President
Dan Quayle Vice President
USSR withdraws from Afghanistan
Summer Olympics in Korea
Pan Am Flight 103 explodes
Iran-Iraqi war ends
Bhutto Minister of Pakistan
B-52 bomber unveiled
FDA approves Minoxidil
Shroud declared a fake
Major oil rig disaster
Earthquake in Armenia
Prozac is introduced
Sonny Bono becomes Mayor
Australia celebrates 200 yrs
Karaoke becomes popular
Koosh Ball the craze
Los Angeles Dodgers win series
Lakers win NBA Championship
1989
Berlin Wall comes down
US invades Panama
Hugo devastates East Coast
Noriega toppled from power
Powell appointed Joint Chief of Staff
Earthquake rocks San Francisco
Valdez oil disaster in Alaska
Lucille Ball dies
Ayatollah Khomeini dies
Protest in Tienanmen Square
Dalai Lama ins Nobel Peace Prize
Pete Rose is banned from baseball
China declares Marshall Law
Batman hits the Movies
San Francisco 49s win Super Bowl
Nolan Ryan pitches 5,000 stikeout
Detroit Pistons NBA Champs
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 Lech Walesa became the leader of the newly organized Solidarity. This on the heels of winning the right to organize free trade unions. The strikes during the summer were about political freedom. The strikes got the workers increased wages, pensions, vacations and prmotions.
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On 8 December 1980 John Lennon was shot to death by a crazed fan. Lennon, who was 40 years old, was returning home with his wife when he was shot by suspect Mark David Chapman. In 1971 John made a plea for world peace. The world is mourning the lose of a great musician.
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Josip Broz, known as Marshall Tito, was the founding father of the modern Yugoslavia. He died on 4 May 1980 at the age of 87 years. Tito united six republics that now make Yugoslavia.
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 Former Governor of California, Ronald Wilson Reagan became the 40th President of the United States on 4 November 1980. He defeated President Jimmy Carter by a landslide, winning 44 out of the 50 states. Reagan, a Hollywood Movie star, was thought to be too old to be President at the age of 69 and is the oldest man elected to the office of the President. He promised to put the people back to work again.
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 Viewed by millions across the world, the fairytale Prince and Princess wed on 29 July, 1981. Prince Charles, oldest son of Queen Elizabeth and heir to the throne married Lady Diana Spencer in a spectacular ceremony. The ceremony took an hour and the couple then rode in a 70 year old gilded, horse drawn carriage to Buckingham Palace.
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 Francois Miterrand is the first socialist president of France since 1930. He was successful in uniting leftwing parties, including communist, behind his campaign. He promises nationalization of banks, higher taxes for the rich and full employment.
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President Anwar el-Sadat, leader of Egypt, was assassinated on 6 October 1981 while attending a military parade. Gunmen came in and opened fired and hit Sadat immediately, killing him. Ten others were killed and 40 other wounded in the spray of bullets. Vice President Hosni Mubarak will control the state of affairs and said, "I hereby declare, in the name of the great soul passing away and in the name of the people, its constitutional institutions and its aramed forces, that we are committed to all charters, treaties and international obligations that Egpyt has concluded." Sadat and Begin, President of Israel, made history when the two made peace to their countries.
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 On 14 April 1981 the space shuttle launched for the first flight into space. The space shuttle is the first reusable spacecraft. Astronauts John W. Y oung and Robert L. Crippen flew the mission around the earth's orbit 36 times which took 54 hours and 22 minutes. The space shuttle then successfully landed at Edwards AFB, California.
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 Ride, Sally Ride
She is the first US woman in space. Sally K. Ride is 32 years old and a physicist. She and the crew will be on board the Challenger making its seventh shuttle flight. The crew will deploy two satellites using the robotic arm. The German satellite was placed in orbit and then retreived by Sally.
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 The AIDS virus was identified on 23 April 1984. Called the Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, AIDS damages the immune system leaving those infected unable to fight off infectious iseases such as pneumonia and tuberulosis. The virus was discovered by the Pasteur Institute in France and at the US National Cancer Institute. The virus passes through body fluids during sex and via blood. The World Health Organization officials stated: "there is no risk of contracting AIDS as a result of casual or social contact with AIDS patients. The disease is believed to take millions of lives before the year 2000.
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 Bruce Springsteen hits the top of the charts with his music, "Born in the USA" becoming the best seller album of the year in 1984. Bruce is from Asbury Park, New Jersey and love to say in touch with local bands. He writes about the working class American life.
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Indira Gandhi, 66 years old, was assassinated on 31 October 1984. She was Prime Minister of India four times and was gunned down by two members of her security guard as she wasled from her home to the of in New Delhi. She was the daughter of the former Prime Minister Nehru. Her son Rajiv will be sworn in as the new Prime Minister.
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In the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles, California, Carl Lewis wins four gold medals, matching Jesse Owens in the 1936 Olympics in Berlin.
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 For twenty years, Ferdinand Marcos was President of the Philippines. He fled the country on 25 February 1986 when Corazon Aquino was elected and sworn in as the new President. Marcos brought the nation to the edge of a military confrontation when he finally agreed to step down.
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 The Space Shuttle Challenger exploded on 28 January 1986 shortly after lift off. This was the worst accident in the history of US space flight. Killed in the accident were: Commander Francis R. Scobee, Pilot Michael J. Smith, Astronauts Judith A. Resnik, Ronald E. MaNair, Ellison S. Onizuka, Gregory B. Jarvis and Teacher Christa McAuliffe from Concord, New Hampshire. This was the Challengers 25th mission.
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 The Berlin Wall was built in 1961 beginning the Cold War with Russia. The wall stopped the movement of people that was draining communist East Germany where in 1949 over 2.5 million people left. On 10 November 1989, realizing that they could no longer control the borders, they opened the borders allowing people to enter West Germany. The run was so out of control, that the Berlin Wall was attacked and pieces of the wall were torn down. This ended the Cold War, which the wall was the symbol.
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