1980-1990

By paige osborne
  • •Hurricane Allen

    •Hurricane Allen

    Devastated Haiti, Jamaica, Mexico, Texas, and St. Lucia, killing 270 people

  • Iran-Iraq war began

    also widely known as the First Persian Gulf war
  • •John Lennon Assassinated

    •John Lennon Assassinated

  • Ronald Reagan became president

    Ronald Reagan became president

  • •Assassination Attempt on the Pope

    •Assassination Attempt on the Pope

  • Canada gained complete independence

  • •Vietnam War Memorial Opened in Washington, DC

    •Vietnam War Memorial Opened in Washington, DC

  • Earthquake hit Yemen

    Earthquake hit Yemen

    1,500 people lost their lives

  • Hindu-Muslim riots in Assam, India

    Claimed 1,500 lives.

  • U.S. embassy in Beirut, Lebanon was bombed.

    Sixty-three people, including the CIA's Middle East director, were killed, and 120 were injured in a 400-pound suicide truck-bomb attack.

  • •Indira Gandhi, India's Prime Minister, assassinated

    Was killed by two of her bodyguards.
  • volcanic eruption in Columbia

    volcanic eruption in Columbia

    total of 25,000 people died

  • The Swedish Prime Minister, Olof Palme was shot dead

  • •U.S. Bombs Libya

    There were reportedly 40 Libyan casualties and one US plane shot down killing two airmen.

  • Lake Nyos in Cameroon released toxic gas

    killing 1,500 people

  • 'Black Monday'

    the global stock market crashed, starting from Hong Kong, Europe, America, and so on.
  • Typhoon Nina

    Typhoon Nina

    devastated Philippines, submerging 14 islands and killing 1,000 people.

  • •U.S. Shoots Down Iranian Airliner

    The aircraft, which had been flying in Iranian airspace over Iran's territorial waters in the Persian Gulf on its usual flight path, was destroyed.
  • George H. W. Bush was elected as President

    George H. W. Bush was elected as President

  • •Berlin Wall Falls

    •Berlin Wall Falls