1980's Timeline By buffbriar Period: Jan 1, 1980 to Dec 31, 1989 1980's Timeline Jan 4, 1980 Embargo on the Soviet Union Aug 13, 1980 Ted Turner Establishes CNN May 13, 1981 Assassination Attempt on the Pope Dec 13, 1981 New Plague Identified as AIDS May 2, 1982 Vietnam Veterans Memorial Commissioned Aug 16, 1982 Falkland Islands Invaded by Argentina May 9, 1983 U.S. Embassy in Beirut Bombed Dec 9, 1983 Soviets Shoot Down a Korean Airliner Aug 9, 1984 PG-13 Movie Rating Created Dec 2, 1984 Huge Poison Gas Leak in Bhopal, India May 9, 1985 Famine in Ethiopia Dec 12, 1985 A Hole in the Ozone Layer was Discovered Mar 9, 1986 U.S.S.R. Launches Mir Space Station Jul 10, 1986 The US bombs Libya May 9, 1987 West German Pilot Lands Unchallenged in Russia's Red Square Dec 8, 1987 Massive Decommission of Nuclear Weapons May 4, 1988 Immigration Amnesty Issued Dec 21, 1988 Pan Am Crash in Lockerbie, Scotland May 7, 1989 Students Massacred in China's Tiananmen Square, along with Protests Nov 9, 1989 Berlin Wall Falls
