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1980's

By cs0920
  • CNN

    CNN

    Founded in 1980
  • US attempt at rescue of Hostages in Tehran

    US attempt at rescue of Hostages in Tehran

    52 american hostages held in Tehran
  • Pac-Man

    Pac-Man

    First released in japan and later released in the us.
  • Comedian Richard Pryor

    Comedian Richard Pryor

    He set himself while on cocaine and drinking.
  • Death of John Lennon

    Death of John Lennon

    Shot and killed in the archway of Dakota
  • MS-DOS released

    MS-DOS released

  • Assassination Attempt on Reagan

    Assassination Attempt on Reagan

    Reagan was shot by John Hinckley Jr. in Washington D.C.
  • first U.S. IVF baby

    first U.S. IVF baby

    born from the in-vitro fertilization procedure
  • Michael Jackson “Thriller”

    Michael Jackson “Thriller”

  • Ryan White

    Ryan White

    Diagnosed with aids after a blood transfusion.
  • NIKE releases Air Jordan 1

    NIKE releases Air Jordan 1

  • “We Are the World”

    “We Are the World”

  • Chernobyl

    Chernobyl

    catastrophic nuclear accident
  • Hands Across America

    Hands Across America

    6.5 million people held hands for fifteen minutes in an attempt to form a continuous human chain across the contiguous United States.
  • The Central Park Five

    The Central Park Five

    teenagers from Harlem who were wrongly convicted of the horrific 1989 crime. The brutal beating and rape of a white woman in New York City's Central Park provoked public outrage and sensational headlines during the prosecution and conviction of the five defendants