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The 1980's

  • Eruption of Mt. St. Helens Volcano

    Eruption of Mt. St. Helens Volcano

  • Assassination of John Lennon

    Assassination of John Lennon

  • Cape Canaveral Launch

    Cape Canaveral Launch

    The first launch of the Space Shuttle from Cape Canaveral and the Kennedy Space Center occurs as Columbia begins its STS-1 mission. The Space Shuttle is the first reusable spacecraft to be flown into orbit, and it returned to earth for a traditional touch down landing two days later.
  • Discovery of AIDS

    Discovery of AIDS

  • MTV Launched

    MTV Launched

  • First Woman in the Supreme Court

    First Woman in the Supreme Court

  • Cabbage Patch Kids Popular

    Cabbage Patch Kids Popular

  • First Woman in Space

    First Woman in Space

  • Famine in Ethiopia

    Famine in Ethiopia

  • Macintosh Introduced

    Macintosh Introduced

  • Coke Reformulation

    Coke Reformulation

  • Chernobyl Nuclear Accident

    Chernobyl Nuclear Accident

  • DNA Used to Convict

    DNA Used to Convict

  • Anthony Kennedy Supreme Court

    Anthony Kennedy Supreme Court

  • Gorbachev visits U.S

    Gorbachev visits U.S

  • Tiananmen Square Massacre

    Tiananmen Square Massacre

  • Fall of the Berlin Wall

    Fall of the Berlin Wall