1980-1989 By ttran703 Apr 12, 1980 The U.S Olympic comittee withdraws its athletes from Moscow Summer Olympic Games May 18, 1980 Mt St Helens errupts, kills 600 people May 22, 1980 Pac -Man video game was released Apr 12, 1981 STS-1 launched Jul 29, 1981 Tax cut legislation, made by President Ronald Reagan is passed Aug 1, 1981 MTV was born Nov 5, 1982 Highest unemployement rate since 1940 was recoreded at 10.4% Nov 13, 1982 Vietnam War Memorial was constructed in Washington, D.C Dec 2, 1982 First artificial heart transplants happens Jun 18, 1983 Sally Ride: First American Woman in Space Oct 23, 1983 241 U.S peacekeeping troops killed by terrorist truck bomb in Lebanon Apr 23, 1984 AIDS was discovered Oct 31, 1984 Indira Gandhi was assassinated Apr 23, 1985 Coke hits stores Dec 6, 1985 "Super cocaine" is more addictive than conventional cocaine Jan 28, 1986 Challenger space shuttle explodes Apr 14, 1986 U.S bombs Libya Jan 6, 1987 U.S budget reaches trillion dollar mark Oct 23, 1987 Frank Ocean's birthday Dec 28, 1987 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles first episode Oct 3, 1988 A$AP Rocky's Birthday Oct 17, 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea Nov 9, 1989 Berlin Wall falls
