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The 1980's
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Rubix Cube
Invented in 1977, this simple yet challenging puzzle cube became the number one selling toy in the world in 1980. It has been featured in movies such as "The Pursuit of Happiness" -
John Lennon Assassinated
John Winston Ono Lennon was one of he founders for the beetles and was one of the most popular song writers of his time. His assassin was Mark David Chapman -
Ronald reagen
In January of 1981, Ronald Reagen took office. Reagen took 489 electoral votes and Jimmy Carter took 49. -
Discovery of AIDS
On June 5, U.S. Center for Disease Control published an MMWR describing a rare lung infection. -
MTV
currently one of the most popular tv networks, their first song the aired was "Video Killed the Radiostar" -
Cabage Patch Kids
The original name for these dolls were "little People". Attracting the attention of a major company by the name of Coleco, these dolls were renamed to cabage patch kids and mass produced -
Thriller
Released in 1982, Thriller soon took he U.S top Albums. It then latter on went to win 8 grammy awards for the music video -
First Woman In Space
Sally Kristen Ride was a physicist and an astronaut. She was the first American woman to ener space. She accomlished this at age 32 -
Terminator
Starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, this film gathered over $4,000,000 in the first couple weeks of showing. -
Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster
The American space shuttle ,"Challenger", and its seven member crew blew up approximatley 73 seconds into liftoff due to the failur of an O-ring causing hot gas pressures to build up in the right rocket. -
Iran- Contia affair
This was a deal the President Reagen had to take into his own hands. Seven U.S. soldiers were being held hostage in iranian territory and demanded weapons and supplies. The deal was made and investigation went underway but no chrages were brought up due to the government not wasnting to release top secret documents. Many believed Reagen had no idea what was authorized and what wasn't, Questioning how much our president really knew. -
Black Monday
This event is a worldwide date because on october 19 in 1987, stock markets around the world crashed, creating almost a worldwide depression
