1980s Timeline

By svo0203

  • CNN

    CNN
    Cable News Network is an American news-based pay television channel.

  • US attempt at rescue of Hostages in Tehran

    US attempt at rescue of Hostages in Tehran
    "Operation Eagle Claw", Pres. Carter ordered a US armed forces operation to attempt to end the Iran hostage crisis by rescuing 52 embassy staff held captive.

  • Pac-Man

    Pac-Man
    An arcade game designed by Toru Iwatani and published by Namco in the 80s. Involves the titular character in a enclosed maze filled with individual dots or pellets

  • Comedian Richard Pryor (sets himself on fire)

    Comedian Richard Pryor (sets himself on fire)
    Comedian Richard Pryor sets himself on fire while free-basing cocaine and drinking 151-proof rum.

  • Death of John Lennon

    Death of John Lennon
    Famous English musician John Lennon, formerly of the Beatles, was shot and killed in the archway of the Dakota, his residence in NY.

  • MS-DOS released

    MS-DOS released
    An operating system developed for PCs with x86 microprocessors. It is a command-line-based system,

  • Assassination Attempt on Reagan

    Assassination Attempt on Reagan
    Pres. 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

    first U.S. IVF baby
    Elizabeth Jordan Carr is the US first baby born from the in-vitro fertilization procedure and the 15th in the world.

  • Michael Jackson “Thriller”

    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

  • NIKE releases Air Jordan 1

    NIKE releases Air Jordan 1
    The Air Jordan 1 was the first ever Air Jordan sneaker

  • "We are the World"

    "We are the World"
    a charity single originally recorded by the super group United Support of Artists (USA) for Africa.

  • Ryan White

    Ryan White
    An American teenager from Kokomo, Indiana, became a national poster child for HIV/AIDS in the U.S. after failing to be re-admitted to school.

  • Chernobyl

    Chernobyl
    A catastrophic nuclear accident that occurred in the No. 4 nuclear reactor of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant

  • Hands Across America

    Hands Across America
    A public event, in which approx. 6.5 million people held hands for 15 minutes to form a continuous human chain across the contiguous United States.

  • Simpsons Debut

    Simpsons Debut
    The shorts became a part of The Tracey Ullman Show, became Fox's first series to land in the Top 30 ratings.

  • The Central Park Five.

    The Central Park Five.
    1989 case of five teenagers who were wrongfully convicted for raping a woman. After spending 6-13 years in prison, a serial rapist confesses to the crime.

  • Soviet Troops withdraw from Afghanistan

    Soviet Troops withdraw from Afghanistan
    The final and complete withdrawal of Soviet combatant forces from Afghanistan

  • Gorbachev calls for “Glasnost” and “Perestroika”

    Gorbachev calls for “Glasnost” and “Perestroika”
    It was a political movement for reformation within the Communist Party of the Soviet Union during the 1980s and 1990s.