Decades 1980's By Quentin10 May 18, 1980 Mt. St. Helens On May 18, 1980, Mount St. Helens Erupted. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_St._Helens Feb 1, 1981 Shuttle Columbia lifts off href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Columbia_disaster' >Information</a> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1980s Jun 25, 1982 MRI was introduced http://www.wellesley.edu/Chemistry/nhk/ppt_mri/htmlpages/mri_history.html</a> http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/broughttolife/objects/display.aspx?id=91693</a> Apr 18, 1983 U.S. embassy was bombed in Beirut http://home.ibbsonline.com/rwh1983/frames/main.html<a/> http://www.kathrynrblake.com/todaywk16.html Apr 22, 1984 AIDS was identified as AIDS in France by Dr. Robert Gallo which Affected the U.S. http://www.avert.org/aids-history-86.htm</a> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Gallo Jan 20, 1985 President Reagan takes second term as 40th President http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0005267.html</a> http://www.acepilots.com/mt/archives/000955.html Apr 26, 1986 Chernobyl Meltdown http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chernobyl_disaster Oct 1, 1987 Stock market crashes http://www.money-zine.com/Investing/Stocks/Stock-Market-Crash-of-1987/</a> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Monday_(1987) Nov 8, 1988 Bush sweeps 40 states in the election http://www.infoplease.com/year/1988.html</a> May 11, 1989 President Bush sends 2,000 troops to Panama http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2009/12/18/noriegas_revenge</a> http://www.hisdates.com/years/1989-historical-events.html
