The 80's Thread

[Sandrock74]

August 8, 1986

The Transformers" The Movie is released!

hey, it meant a lot to me...

 

[goddess_nemesis]

1987: (April 19) The first appearance of The Simpsons on The Tracy Ullman Show.

 

[milagros317]

1988

The DODGERS win the World Series!!!!!

 

[paracarl44]

1989.

March 24th: The Exxon Valdez oil tanker runs aground in Alaska spilling 240,000 barrels.

 

[goddess_nemesis]

1980: (February 22) The United States Olympic Hockey Team defeats the Soviet Union in the semifinals of the Winter Olympics, in the Miracle on Ice.

 

[milagros317]

1981

Led by rookie sensation Fernando Valenzuela, the DODGERS win the World Series!!!!!

 

[goddess_nemesis]

1982: (June 21) Prince William is born at St Mary's Hospital in Paddington, West London.

 

[paracarl44]

1983.

September 1st: Korean Air Lines Flight 007 is shot down by Russian Migs when it strayed into Soviet Airspace. The death toll was 269 people.

 

[ikaiyoo]

1984 January 1 - AT&T is broken up.

 

[Mitchell]

1985 January 20- Ronald Reagan, after winning a landslide victory over Walter Mondale in the 1984 election, is sworn in for his second term as the
40th President of The United States.


Mitch

 

[goddess_nemesis]

1986: (May 25) Hands Across America: At least 5,000,000 people form a human chain from New York City to Long Beach, California, to raise money to fight hunger and homelessness.

 

[paracarl44]

1987.

March 2nd: "Whatever Happened to Randolph Scott" a song by The Statler Brothers, died today at age 89.

 

[goddess_nemesis]

1988: (July 6) The first reported medical waste on beaches in the Greater New York area (including hypodermic needles and syringes possibly infected with the AIDS virus) washes ashore on Long Island. Subsequent medical waste discoveries on beaches in Coney Island and in Monmouth County, New Jersey force the closure of numerous New York-area beaches in the middle of one of the hottest summers in the American Northeast on record.

 

[Mitchell]

1989-January 20th-George HW Bush is 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-January 20th- The 52 American hostages are released from captivity after 444 days.

Mitch

 

[Artoo]

1982 - My dad meets my mother for the first time - bumping into her outside the Waverly train station in Edinburgh. He was due to be guest lecturing at the University.

 

[ikaiyoo]

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

 

[sadira]

1984...Detroit Tigers won the World Series

 

[milagros317]

1985

The Dodgers win the NL West and reach post-season play but are then eliminated in the NLCS. 🙁

 

[Ray<3tiklishft]

1985

The Dodgers win the NL West and reach post-season play but are then eliminated in the NLCS. 🙁

Yes, I remember this well.

Sincerely,

Jack Clark

(j/k mils)

1986 is when I started my career at my current employer. 22 years and going strong.

 

[milagros317]

1987

Klaus Barbie, 73, Gestapo wartime chief in Lyon, sentenced to life in prison by French court for war crimes (July 4).

 

[Mitchell]

1988-George HW Bush is elected the 41st president of the United States.

Mitch

 

[sadira]

1989---Ted Bundy executed in Florida, by the electric chair

 

[milagros317]

1980

November: Ronald Reagan is elected President of the United States over incumbent Jimmy Carter. The Iranian hostage crisis is a major factor in the election.