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The Central Park Five
The Central Park Five, a film from award-winning filmmaker Ken Burns, tells the story of the five black and Latino teenagers from Harlem who were wrongly convicted of raping a white woman in New York City's Central Park in 1989. -
US attempt at rescue of Hostages in Tehran
The hostages were successfully rescued by military force. The United States was humiliated when the military rescue failed miserably. Eight hostages were killed during the attempt. -
Pac-Man
The creator of pac man is Toru Iwatani. A look at Pac-Man by Namco, released in 1980 in the arcades by Midway. Pac-Man is an arcade game developed by Namco and first released in Japan on May 22, 1980. -
CNN
Cable News Network (CNN) is an American news-based pay television channel owned by WarnerMedia News & Sports, a division of AT&T's WarnerMedia. CNN was founded in 1980 by American media proprietor Ted Turner as a 24-hour cable news channel. -
Comedian Richard Pryor (sets himself on fire)
On this day, June 9, in 1980, comedian Richard Pryor set himself on fire while free-basing cocaine and drinking 151-proof rum. Pryor ran down his street in Northridge, Calif., until subdued by police. His daughter said her father was in a drug-induced psychosis and poured rum over his body and set himself on fire. -
Assassination Attempt on Reagan
On March 30, 1981, President Ronald Reagan and three others were shot and wounded by John Hinckley Jr. in Washington, D.C., as they were leaving a speaking engagement at the Washington Hilton Hotel. -
first U.S. IVF baby
Elizabeth Jordan Carr (born December 28, 1981 at 7:46 am) is the United States' first baby born from the in-vitro fertilization procedure and the 15th in the world -
Michael Jackson “Thriller”
Thriller" is a song recorded by American singer Michael Jackson and produced by Quincy Jones. It was released as the seventh and final single from Jackson's album Thriller (1982) on January 23, 1984. -
“We Are the World”
"We Are the World" opens with Lionel Richie, Stevie Wonder, Paul Simon, Kenny Rogers, James Ingram, Tina Turner, and Billy Joel singing the first verse. Michael Jackson and Diana Ross follow, completing the first chorus together. -
NIKE releases Air Jordan 1
- Original Price : $65. Modern sneaker culture had its roots in the air; that is, the original Air Jordan that released in 1985. Nike, and subsequently the Jordan Brand, has honored this iconic silhouette numerous times since with releases of the Retro 1.
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Gorbachev calls for “Glasnost” and “Perestroika”
was a political movement for reformation within the Communist Party of the Soviet Union during the 1980s and 1990s and is widely associated with Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev and his glasnost (meaning "openness") policy reform. -
Chernobyl
The Chernobyl disaster, also referred to as the Chernobyl accident, was a catastrophic nuclear accident that occurred on 25–26 April 1986 in the No. 4 nuclear reactor of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, near the now-abandoned city of Pripyat, in northern Ukrainian SSR -
Death of John Lennon
English singer, songwriter and peace activist who co-founded the Beatles, the most commercially successful band in the history of popular music. Died December 8, 1980, The Dakota, New York, NY -
MS-DOS released
Microsoft DOS History. Microsoft bought the rights for QDOS from SCP (Seattle Computer Products) for $25,000 on July 27, 1981. MS-DOS 1.0 (the first version) was released in August 1981. MS-DOS 1.25 was released in August 1982. -
Hands Across America
Hands Across America was a public event on Sunday, May 25, 1986, about 6.5 million people held hands for 15 minutes in an attempt to form a continuous human chain across the contiguous United States. -
Ryan White (1986)
An American teenager from Kokomo, Indiana, who became a national poster child for HIV/AIDS in the United States after failing to be re-admitted to school following a diagnosis of AIDS. -
Soviet Troops withdraw from Afghanistan
The final and complete withdrawal of Soviet combatant forces from Afghanistan began on 15 May 1988 and ended on 15 February 1989 under the leadership of Colonel-General Boris Gromov. -
Simpsons Debut
The family debuted as shorts on The Tracey Ullman Show on April 19, 1987. After a three-season run, the sketch was developed into a half-hour prime time show called The Simpsons, which debuted on December 17, 1989.
