I love 80s

1980's timeline

By EmmaAB

  • CNN was broadcast for the first time

  • Iran-Iraq war began on September 22, 1980. It is also widely known as the First Persian Gulf war.

  • Assassination Attempt on U.S. President Reagan

  • Assassination Attempt on Pope John Paul II

  • Invasion of the Falkland Islands

  • King Henry VIII's Ship the Mary Rose Raised After 437 Years

  • Super Bowl played at Pasadena was won by Washington Redskins.

  • Benigno S. Aquino, Jr. was assassinated in Manila, Philippines

  • Indian Prime Minister was assassinated(Indria Gandhi)

  • chemical disaster in bhopal

  • Cyclone in Bangladesh

  • First Hole in Ozone Layer discovered

  • The Swedish Prime Minister was Assassinated

  • Heart-lung-liver transplant took place

  • Fox Broadcasting began broadcasting Regularly

  • The Rugby World Cup was won by New Zealand.

    It ended on the 20th of June in 1987

  • Khalil Ibrahim al-Wazir died due to multiple gunshots

  • Spitak earthquake in Armenia

  • Pete Ross was banned from baseball

  • The Simpsons' First Episode