1980's+Brief+Course+of+Events

NOTE: DO NOT USE MY DIRECT WORDS WHEN INCORPORATING THESE INTO OUR PROJECT BC I JUST COPIED THEM OUT OF THE 1980s BOOK __1980:__ •US Hockey team beats Soviets at Lake Placid, NY Olympics •John Lennon Killed
 * 1980s Brief Time Line**

__1981__: •52 Hostages held in American Embassy in Tehran, Iran are released •The Columbia, America's first space shuttle makes its first voyage •CDC publishes report on AIDS •Wayne B. Williams arrested for 20 serial murders of black children in Atlanta, GA •Sandra Day O'Connor is first female Supreme Court Justice •October: Anwar Sadat (Egypt) assassinated in Cairo •On TV: MTV •In Stores: IBM Personal Computers, Pac-Man

__1982:__ •On TV: David Letterman •In stores: Diet Coke

__1983:__ •Star Wars defense initiative unveiled •Sally K. Ride is first Woman in space (goes via Challenger) •Vanessa Williams is first African American to win "Miss America" •"Just Say No." Drug campaign launched by First Lady Nancy Reagan

__1984:__ •Bhopal, India is site of world's worst industrial disaster as toxic fumes from a Union Carbide plant leak into the water supply; 2,000 die as a result •Alec Jeffrey develops "genetic fingerprinting" for crime etc. •On TV: Bill Cosby Show •In Stores" Chrysler minivan, Apple Mac computers, CD-ROM

__1985:__ •Gorbachev: "glasnost" and "perestroika" •A hole in the ozone layer is discovered in the atmosphere over Antarctica •October: Rock Hudson dies of AIDS, thus shooting the subject into public view •In Stores: Microsoft Windows software

__1986:__ •January: space shuttle Challenger explodes •August: Chernobyl, Ukraine, becomes the site of world's worst nuclear accident, killing 30 people and spreading radiation across Northern Europe •"Hands Across America" raises $100 million for the poor and homeless, as people link hands from Long Beach CA to NYC •Supreme Court upholds hiring quotas for minorities and woman ( a hiring quota is basically a standard, like a minimum amount) •Iran-Contra affair reveals corruptness in Reagan administration •On TV: Oprah Winfrey Show

__1987:__ •"Black Monday:" stock market plunges 508 points •US and Soviets sign INF treaty, eliminating all ground-launched nuclear missiles with a range of up to 3,400 miles

__1988__: •Jimmy "The Greek" Snyder is fired by CBS Sports when he tells a TV reporter that "the black is a better athlete to begin with because he's bred to be that way." •Pan Am flight 103 explodes over Lockerbie, Scotland, killing 259 passengers. A terrorist bomb caused the explosion.

__1989:__ •Exxon Valdez, an oil tanker accidentally dumps 11 million gallons of crude oil into the ocean. •General Colin Powell becomes the first African American chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff •Hurricane Huge strikes the Carolinas, killing 70 people and causing $4 billion in damage, leaving thousands homeless.