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Pac-Man
Video game series released by Namco and published in North America by Midway -
CNN
Cable News Network is an American news-based pay television channel founded in 1980 by American media proprietor Ted Turner as a 24-hour cable news channel. -
US attempt at rescue of Hostages in Tehran
Operation Eagle Claw, known as Operation Tabas in Iran, was a United States Armed Forces operation ordered by U.S. President Jimmy Carter to attempt to end the Iran hostage crisis by rescuing 52 embassy staff held captive at the Embassy of the United States, Tehran -
Comedian Richard Pryor
Set himself on fire while in a drug-induced psychosis, but survived & continued to do stand-up -
Death of John Lennon
English musician John Lennon, formerly of the Beatles, was shot and killed in the archway of the Dakota, his residence in New York City -
MS-DOS released
Microsoft Disk Operating System is an operating system developed for PCs with x86 microprocessors. -
Assassination Attempt on Reagan
President Ronald Reagan & 3 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. -
1st U.S. IVF baby
Elizabeth Jordan Carr is the United States' first baby born from the in-vitro fertilization procedure and the 15th in the world. -
Michael Jackson “Thriller”
Song recorded by American singer Michael Jackson & produced by Quincy Jones. It was released as the 7th and final single from Jackson's album Thriller -
NIKE releases Air Jordan 1
1st produced for Michael Jordan, It was designed by Peter C. Moore & produced by Nike -
"We Are the World"
Charity single originally recorded by the supergroup United Support of Artists (USA) for Africa in 1985. It was written by Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie and produced by Quincy Jones and Michael Omartian -
Ryan White
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 -
Gorbachev calls for “Glasnost” and “Perestroika”
“Glasnost” = “openness”, "Perestroika" was a political movement for reformation within the Communist Party of the Soviet Union -
Chernobyl
Chernobyl disaster, also referred to as the Chernobyl accident, was a catastrophic nuclear accident that occurred in the No. 4 nuclear reactor of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, near the now-abandoned city of Pripyat, in northern Ukrainian SSR -
Hands Across America
Approximately 6.5 million people held hands for fifteen minutes in an attempt to form a continuous human chain across the U.S. -
Soviet Troops withdraw from Afghanistan
The final and complete withdrawal of Soviet combatant forces from Afghanistan occurred under the leadership of Colonel-General Boris Gromov for several months -
The Central Park Five
5 teens wrongfully convicted of rape, spending six to 13 years in prison -
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
