review of 1980s

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