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Jimmy Carter January 20, 1977 – January 20, 1981
-His wife was Rosalynn Carter
-His vice president was Walter Mondale
-He was born January 5, 1928
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/national/wp/2018/08/17/feature/the-un-celebrity-president-jimmy-carter-shuns-riches-lives-modestly-in-his-georgia -
Trains were a popular way of transportation in 1980
-Trains could carry 2080 tons
- 170,000+ Miles of railroad mileage in 1980
-They were built in the 19 hundreds
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Eddie Murphy
-He decided he wanted to be a comedian when he was 15
-He started with stand up comedy
-Even his classmates said he would be famous
https://www.biography.com/people/eddie-murphy-9418676 -
Joe Montana
-He was famous for football
-He played in the NFL for 16 seasons
-He played for the San Francisco 49ers and then with the Kansas City Chiefs
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George Michael
He was a singer and song writer -
Whitney Houston
200 million records sold worldwide -
Michael Jackson
He was an american singer, dancer, and song writer
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Lite Brite, Care bear, Snoopy snow cone maker
-The jingle for it was “Lite-Brite, Lite-Brite, turn on the magic of colored lights,”
- you could frame the birth certificate
-They still sell these today
https://www.buzzfeed.com/briangalindo/35-awesome-toys-every-80s-kid-wanted-for-christmas -
Women would make their hair really big Jelly shoes were in There were a lot of browns and tans
The hair was inspired by heavy metal, jelly shoes were very cheap, the neutral colors happened before very bright colors
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The Empire Strikes Back
-It was directed by Irvin Kershne
-Luke Sky walker (Mark Hamill
-Princess Leia (Carrie Fisher
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CNN launched
-We watch this in every excel
-It was the first 24-hour news network available to cable subscribers
-The network originally struggled to find success
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The Personal Computer
http://www.computerhistory.org/timeline/1980/
-It was IBM that coined the term when it released the IBM 5150 on 12 August 1981
-The Apple Lisa (1983) was the first successful computer with a graphical user interface (GUI) and a mouse. It cost $10,000.
-The GRiD 1101 is the grand-daddy of all modern-day laptops. It cost over $8000 in 1982. -
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