Prosperity

the 1980's was a time of contradiction.

  • embargo of grain and technology

    embargo of grain and technology

    historypresident Jimmy Carter announces the Embargo on sale of grain and high perforence technology to the soviet union due to the solvet invasion of afgnanistan
  • burn baby burn

    burn baby burn

    waveAn extremely harsh heat wave killed over 1,250 people in the United States.
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    best of the 80's

  • A.I.D.S first appearence

    A.I.D.S first appearence

    them aidspresident regan slowly responded to the Aids epidemic. Aids spread mainly among homosexuals men and intravenous drug users
  • assassination attempt

    assassination attempt

    kill attemptronald regan survues an assassnation attempt from being shot in the chest while walking to his linmosousine in washington. D.C
  • first women

    first women

    yesSandra Day o'Conner is approved unaimously 99-0 by united states senate to before first female supreme court associate justice in history
  • rocky 3 hits theater

    rocky 3 hits theater

    trailerRocky has been holding the title as the heavyweight champion until he is defeated by a brutal challenger, and now must regain his fighting spirit through a big rematch, trained by an unlikely ally: his old nemesis Apollo Creed 1 of 3 in series
  • employment rate max

    employment rate max

    unemploymentthe highest employment rate since 1940 topped at 10.4% at the end of november. this l;eft over 11 million people unemployed
  • bombing

    bombing

    remember•US Embassy was bombed in Beirut, Lebanon by a suicide bomber truck weighing 400 pounds. Over 400 people were injured while 63 lost their lives.
  • go hockey

    go hockey

    New York Islanders won their fourth consecutive Stanley Cup championship.
  • tune in

    tune in

    [beat it](www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRdxUFDoQe0) Night Long - Lionel Richie
    Karma Chameleon - Culture Club
    Beat It - Michael Jackson
    these three single songs lead to a surge in the music industry
  • abandoned olympics

    abandoned olympics

    olympicSummer Olympic Games were held in Los Angeles, USA. Many countries boycotted this event, primarily the Soviet Union
    officially known as the Games of the XXIII Olympiad
  • reelection of reagan

    reelection of reagan

    debatepresident Regean's slogan was "its morning in amercia"
    Reagan beat Walter Mondale with a large gap in electoral votes
    525 to13
  • the meeting

    the meeting

    meet•Soviet leader Gorbachev and US president Reagan met for the first time at the Geneva Summit of 1985 to discuss disarmament and diplomatic relations
  • darn AIDS

    darn AIDS

    deadRock Hudson (famous actor) died of AIDS; he was the first celebrity who passed away due to the disease
  • gramm rudman hollings act

    gramm rudman hollings act

  • boom boom

    boom boom

    The US space shutter 'Challenger' went up in flames immediately after its launch, killing all seven astronauts present inside.
  • laptop

    laptop

  • finally a test

    finally a test

    AIDS test was developed by the Pasteur Institute in France. However, NCI or the National Cancer Institute (America) filed for patent rights of the AIDS test kit before the Pasteur Institute. A lawsuit ensued as Pasteur institute accused NCI of breaching contract terms and sharing samples and research information provided to them by Pasteur Institute itself. Eventually, both parties shared the patent rights and the credit.
  • fox

    fox

    promo fox begins regulary broadcasting
  • contact lens

    contact lens

    Disposable Contact Lenses: Vistakon invented Acuvue, the world's first disposable soft contact lens. made it possible for people to get rid of the big specticles on their faces.
  • money crash

    money crash

    reason the 'Black Monday', the global stock market crashed, starting from Hong Kong, Europe, America, and so on. leading and millions of dollars lost.
  • lab work

    lab work

    The first patent for a genetically engineered animal is issued to Harvard University researchers Philip Leder and Timothy Stewart.
  • nike

    nike

    slogan•Nike came up with their famous tagline 'Just Do It'.
  • bush 1 others 0

    bush 1 others 0

    Vice President under Ronald Reagan, George Herbert Walker Bush, claims victory in the presidential election over Democratic challenger Michael S. Dukakis, Governor of Massachusetts. The Electoral College vote tallied 426 for Bush and 111 for Dukakis.
  • getting better

    getting better

    statsEconomic reports on the previous year from the Labor Department indicate a growth rate of 3.8%, the largest in four years and an unemployment rate of 5.3%, a low of fourteen years.