The 1980's By melina_pappas Period: Jan 1, 1980 to Dec 31, 1989 The 1980's May 18, 1980 Mount St. Helens erupted May 22, 1980 Pacman is released Jun 1, 1980 Ted Turner establishes CNN Aug 6, 1980 Hurricane Allen begins Aug 10, 1980 Hurricane Allen ends Mar 30, 1981 Assassination attempt on President Reagan John Hicklry Jr. made the attempt. Jul 29, 1981 Prince Charles marries Princess Diana Aug 12, 1981 First IBM Personal Computer Sep 21, 1981 First vaccine of Hepatitis B Apr 2, 1982 Falkland Islands Invaded by Argentina Aug 21, 1982 Sony Betacam 12 Oct 1, 1982 Compact Disc Invented Nov 30, 1982 Michael Jackson Thriller released Mar 23, 1983 President Reagan announces defence plan called Star Wars Apr 18, 1983 U.S. Embassy in Beirut bombed Jun 18, 1983 Sally Ride becomes the first American woman in space Aug 15, 1983 Hurricane Alicia Sep 22, 1983 The first commercial cell phone call is made Jan 24, 1984 Apple Macintosh released Sep 10, 1984 DNA fingerprinting discovered Oct 31, 1984 Indira Gandhi killed by two bodyguards Dec 2, 1984 Poison Gas leak in Bhopal, India Jan 1, 1985 Mikhail Gorbachev Calls for Glasnost and Perestroika Apr 23, 1985 New Coca Cola hits the market May 4, 1985 Hole in the Ozone Layer Discovered Sep 1, 1985 Wreck of Titanic found Jan 1, 1986 Disposable Camera invented Fuji was the first company to make a disposable camera. Jan 28, 1986 Space Shuttle Challenger explodes shortly after lift-off Apr 26, 1986 Chernobyl nuclear meltdown occurs Jul 4, 1986 RUN DMC releases “Walk This Way” Jan 1, 1987 First 3-D video game made and released Mar 1, 1987 Disposable contacts invented Jul 4, 1987 Klaus Barbie, the Nazi Butcher of Lyons, Sentenced to Life in Prison Nov 1, 1987 DNA used to convict criminals Jan 27, 1988 National Geographic Society founded Mar 12, 1988 Great blizzard of '88 strikes Nebraska Jul 3, 1988 U.S. Shoots Down Iranian Airliner Dec 21, 1988 Pan Am Flight 103 is bombed over Lockerbie Mar 24, 1989 Exxon Valdez spills millions of gallons of oil on Alaskan coastline Jun 4, 1989 Student protesters killed in China’s Tiananmen Square Sep 9, 1989 Hurricane Hugo Nov 9, 1989 Berlin Wall falls