THE DECADE OF THE 80’S

By Macey Wrede

Eruption of Mt St. Helens

This eruption of this volcano happened in the year 1980.

Their was 56 victims in this eruption.

It happened in the morning at 8:32 a.m.

U.S hockey teams beat Russia in the Olympic Games.

The team that beat the Russians in the Olympic games was the Ottawa Senators.

This team beat russia by seven points.

John Lennon's death

The death of John Lennon was on December 8, 1980.

The way this happened was that he got shot in the back four times.

His killer was Mark David Chapman.

Sandra Day O’ Conner

She was the first woman to serve in the state senate.

She served in the year 1973.

Her husband died in the year 2006 of a disease called Alzheimer's.

MTV of the 1980’s

Mtv began in the early days of the year 1981

The person who started this was John Lack.

He had started this at 12:01 on august 1, 1981.

This is where the music videos were being played.

Iran contra Affair

This affair happened during Ronald Reagan’s presidency.

That election was during the year 1982. Then 2 years later the democrats passed

the Boland Amendment. Then in 1985 we were still at war with Iran.

But Iran made a request to get more weapons.

Then in 1986 the president denied the request of his soldiers wanting more weapons.

Assassination attempt of Ronald Reagan

This attempt occurred on march 30,1981.

This was 69 days into his term.

He had a punctured lung.

The person how attempted the assassination was John Hinckley Jr.

THRILLER

The thriller was written by the famous Michael Jackson.

He wrote this song on December 1983.

The time of the music video was a wamping 14 minutes.

It got 500,000 for it.

Liposuction

This procedure was in vented by Jeffrey Klein.

These doctors created this in the year 1985.

They used this so that people would have the perfect skin that they wanted.

Cocaine

Cocaine became a lifestyle drug in the 1980s.

It was a 2 stage drug.

1st it was only a recreational drug.

2nd it became a epidemic with millions of people abusing it.

South Korean flight 007

This flight happened on September 1983.

The planes from Korea were heading for Alaska.

They were shot down by the soviet union.

And on that plane was congressmen Lawrence Mcdonald.

Sally Ride

She was born on May 26,1951.

In the city of Los Angeles, California.

She trained with NASA for 1 year.

She had a bachelors degree in science.

Beirut Terrorist Attack

October 23,1983

This terrorist suicide bombers attacked the United states Beirut complex.

Killed 299 American and service men.

CD’S of the 1980’s

Some of the top cd’s of the 80s were as follows.

Joy Division Robin Tompson Boystown The Go Go’s And the world

famous Michael Jackson.

Olympics in Los Angeles

These sports events took place on July 28,1984.

There were 6,829 athletes that were in the competion.

Out of all of the nations there was 140 that had participated in the olympics.

Vanessa Williams

She was born on March 18 1963. she was born in the city of Millwood, New York.

Some of her job include singer, actress and producer.

She is still alive.

We Are the World

This was released on February 12,2010.

The length of the long version was 6:58.

This video was written by Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie.

And the Genre of the video was pop, R&B and hip hop.

Crack Cocaine

This is a powerfully addictive rock crystal.

The ways it is used is smoked, snorted and injected into the skin.

It was invented in the year 1977.

Len Bias

He was born on November 18, 1963.

He was born in the city of Landover, Maryland.

He was one of the many people how abused crack and eventually died from it on June 19, 1986. he was 22 when he died.

Nintendo

The person how invented the Nintendo game console was Fusajiro Yamauchi.

He invented it in the year 1889.

The first game that was invented was donkey kong.

Challenger Disaster

This disaster took place on January 28,1986.

It was a cold and windy day at the Airforce bad in Florida.

The challenger launched at 11:38 am.

It involved a school teacher named Christie McAuliffe.

AIDS

The real name for this is acquired immune deficiency syndrome.

One of the causes of this virus is death between the ages of (25-44).

The only way to get it is sexually transmitted.

Supermodel GIA

She was born on January 29, 1960.

She was born in the city of Philadelphia.

Her nationality was American.

She was 26 years old when she died.

She died on November 18.1986.

“Baby Jessica”

She was born on March 26,1986.

She is now the age of 25 years old.

She became a famous actress a eighteen months old.

Michael Dukakis

This man was born on November 3, 1933.

He is now the age of 77 years old.

He was born in the city of Brooklyn, New York.

He is now the mayor of Boston, Massachusetts.

Soviets leave Afghnistan

The war began on December 24,1979.

This was the 40th army to enter the country.

This war ended ten years after it started.

The day that it ended was February 15,1989.

Fashions of the times

Some of the fashions were

Sleeveless dresses for women.

The men wore suites that consisted of pants, ties, and jackets.

Women dress clothes.

Famous movies of the time

Some of the movies of the 1980s

Aliens(1986) Amadeus(1984) Back to the

future(1985) Do the right

thing(1989)