The 80's Thread

[SamuelKhan]

November 9, 1989

The Berlin Wall is opened...

 

[paracarl44]

November 9, 1989

The Berlin Wall is opened...

^YOU SKIPPED 1986, 1987, & 1988.^

 

[Michael514]

^YOU SKIPPED 1986, 1987, & 1988.^

1986- I changed jobs and went to work for the best job I ever will have, till they closed up and was heartbroken during the infamous "DRIVE" during the Browns/Broncos championship game!

1987- I proposed to my girlfriend after 9 1/2 years of dating and was heartbroken during the "FUMBLE" in the Browns/Broncos championship game!

1988- was working on wedding plans and became a hockey fan, no brokenhearts!

 

[SamuelKhan]

Since 1989 was already taken...

and osco made up for 86, 87, 88...

I'll do 1980...

The Empire Strikes Back opens in 1980, which features one of the most famous plot twists ever, becomes one of the most successful sequels ever.

 

[goddess_nemesis]

1981: January 20 - Ronald Reagan succeeds Jimmy Carter, becoming the 40th President of the United States. Minutes later, Iran releases the 52 Americans held for 444 days, ending the Iran hostage crisis.

 

[paracarl44]

1982.

February 27th: Wayne Williams is given two consecutive life sentences for killing two children, in Atlanta.

 

[SamuelKhan]

1983

September 1 - Cold War: Korean Air Flight 007 is shot down by a Soviet Union jet fighter when the commercial aircraft enters Soviet airspace. All 269 on board are killed.

 

[goddess_nemesis]

1984: January 27 - Pop star Michael Jackson's scalp is seriously burned by pyrotechnics during filming of a Pepsi television commercial.

 

[Mitchell]

1985-January 20th-Ronald Reagan is sworn in for his second term as the 40th President Of The United States.

Mitch

 

[makeUsquirm]

1986 - Everyone is looking for Halley's Comet which was returning for the first time since 1910, but most are disappointed when they only see a faint speck in the sky.

 

[paracarl44]

1987.

March 19th: Televangelist Jim Bakker resigns from the PTL Ministries over an affair that he had with a church secretary named Jessica Hahn.

 

[goddess_nemesis]

1988: March 8 - U.S. presidential candidate George Herbert Walker Bush defeats Robert Dole in numerous Republican primaries and caucuses on "Super Tuesday". The bipartisan primary/caucus calendar, designed by Democrats to help solidify their own nominee early, backfires when none of the 6 competing candidates are able to break out of the pack in the day's Democratic contests. Jesse Jackson, however, wins several Southern state primaries.

 

[Mitchell]

(1989) January 20th- George Herbert Walker Bush sworn in as the 41st President of The United States.

Mitch

 

[goddess_nemesis]

1980: May 18 - Mount St. Helens erupts in Washington, killing 57 and causing US$3 billion in damage.

 

[Mitchell]

1981-April 12-America's first space shuttle, the Columbia, launches for it's maiden voyage.

Mitch

 

[paracarl44]

1982.

March 26th: In Washington DC. ground breaking ceremony for the Vietnam Veteran's Memorial is held.

 

[goddess_nemesis]

1983 June 18 - STS-7: Sally Ride becomes the first American woman in space, on the Space Shuttle Challenger.

 

[ikaiyoo]

1984 June 28 - Richard Ramírez, aka the "Night Stalker," murders his first confirmed victim.

 

[paracarl44]

1985.

November 19th: President Ronald Reagan and Soviet Union Leader Mikhail Gorbachev meet for the first time in Geneva.

 

[natural tickler]

1987 November 26

Ric Flair defeated Ronnie Garvin in a cage at Starrcade 87' in Chicago to become a five-time World Heavyweight Champion

 

[ikaiyoo]

1988 November 22 - In Palmdale, California, the first prototype B-2 Spirit stealth bomber is revealed

 

[goddess_nemesis]

1989: January 24 - Serial killer Theodore Bundy is executed in Florida's electric chair.

 

[ikaiyoo]

1980 January 7 - U.S. President Jimmy Carter signs legislation approving $1.5 billion in loan guarantees to bail out the Chrysler Corporation.

 

[goddess_nemesis]

1981: February 24 - A powerful, magnitude 6.7 earthquake hits Athens, killing 16 people, injuring thousands and destroying several buildings, mostly in Corinth and the nearby towns of Loutraki, Kiato and Xylokastro.

 

[ikaiyoo]

1982 January 11 - Mark Thatcher, son of the British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, disappears in the Sahara during the Paris-Dakar rally. He is rescued January 14.