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The president of 1980
He was the only United States Naval Academy graduate to be elected to the White House. Born on 3-1-1924. He supported Civil Rights. -
1980's fashion
The parachute pants were invented in 1980. The mini skirt was made in late 1960's but was famous in 1980's. The leg warmers were made in early 1980's. -
1980's toys
for the 1980 rubks cube It has been calculated that there are 43,252,003,274,489,856,000 possible permutations. Glo Worm of 1982 is a stuffed toy for young children, designed by Hasbro's Playskool division, and made in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. Ronald Reagan helped make the transformers of 1984 possible. -
1980's Bands
Long before the 'Blondie' band was thought about, Chris Stein began playing the guitar in a band called The Stilettos. Roger Waters, Nick Mason, and Richard Wright of the Pink Floyde band all initially met as architecture students at London Polytechnic in 1963. Michael Jackson made the song “Rock With You” -
1980's technology
MS-DOS was the result of the language developed in the seventies that was used by IBM for its mainframe operating system. In 1981 Microsoft purchased QDOS from Seattle Computer Products, renaming it MS-DOS 1.0 and offering it to IBM for use in their new personal computers. In a prescient move. In many ways MS-DOS laid the groundwork for Microsoft’s ongoing success, and over the years it remained a focus for research and development. -
Star Wars The Empire Strikes Back
MONTY PYTHON AND THE ROLLING STONES MADE HAN SOLO AND PRINCESS LEIA SMILE. GEORGE LUCAS WANTED JIM HENSON AS YODA. DAVID PROWSE SPILLED THE BEANS ON LUKE’S CONNECTION TO VADER IN 1978. -
David Prowse of 1980
Played as Darth Vader in Star Wars The Empire Strikes Back. Was an English bodybuilder. He attended Bristol Grammar school. -
Joe Montana
Was a former quarterback. Played in the National Football League for 16 seasons. He played for the San Francisco 49ers. -
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Magnum, P.I.
Was an american drama series. was appointment television in a world before peak TV made that sort of thing commonplace. Playing in Magnum P.I cost Tom Selleck the role of Indiana Jones. -
The creation of pac-man
Pac-man was inspired by pizza. He was created to attract women. His original name was puck-man. -
The Delorean of 1980
The delorean was created in 1975 but was released in 1981. It was in all three movies of Back To The Future. It's worth $25,000 today. It has about 130 Horsepower