The 1980's By Caffesaurus Period: Jan 1, 1980 to Jun 15, 1982 Dr. Meredith Attends Anderson High School Mar 21, 1980 US Boycotts Moscow Olympics May 18, 1980 Eruption of Mount St. Helens Dec 8, 1980 John Lennon Assassinated Jun 5, 1981 First Article on AIDS Published in the MMWR Jul 29, 1981 Royal Wedding of Diana and Charles Aug 9, 1981 Launch of MTV Jan 20, 1982 Ozzy Osborne Bites the Head off of Bat Aug 5, 1982 Chicago Woman Spontaneously Bursts Into Flames Period: Aug 15, 1982 to Jun 15, 1986 Dr. Meredith Attends Butler University Mar 24, 1983 First Pair of In Vitro Twins Born in US Jun 28, 1983 Teacher Sally Ride Becomes First Woman in Space May 7, 1984 Soviets Boycott L.A. Olympics Sep 1, 1985 Wreckage of the Titanic Found Jan 28, 1986 The Challenger Explodes 74 Seconds After Liftoff Apr 28, 1986 Chernobyl Nuclear Meltdown Period: Aug 15, 1986 to Dec 31, 1989 Dr. Meredith Attends the Indiana University School of Medicine Oct 18, 1987 Black Monday Period: Jun 22, 1988 to Oct 13, 1988 Yellowstone Fires of 1988 Dec 21, 1988 Pan Am Flight 103 Explodes over Lockerbie, Scotland, Killing 270 Mar 24, 1989 Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Jun 3, 1989 Tiananmen Square Uprising Nov 9, 1989 Fall of the Berlin Wall