1980-1990

  • The very first case of AIDS was discovered. Scientists discovered that it was a disease contracted through sex, blood transfusions, and heroin use.

  • Ronald Reagan defeated Jimmy Carter with a vote of 489-49.

  • Sandra Day O’Connor, the first female associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States was chosen by Ronald Reagan, the president at the time

  • Ronald Reagan defeated Walter F. Mondale with a vote of 525-13.

  • Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web.