The 80's Thread

[naughtylucy]

1981- I began to speak in complete sentences, discovered freedom through walking, and frightened a cat.

 

[goddess_nemesis]

1982: (April 6) A blizzard unprecedented in size for April dumps 1-2 feet of snow on the northeastern U.S., closing schools and businesses, snarling traffic, and canceling several major league baseball games.

 

[Mitchell]

1983-October 16-The Baltimore Orioles defeat the Philadelphia Phillies, 5-0 in Game Five of the 1983 World Series, to win the 1983 World Series, four games to one.

Mitch

 

[goddess_nemesis]

1984: (January 24) The first Apple Macintosh goes on sale.

 

[milagros317]

1985

The Dodgers win the NL West , but are eliminated in the NLCS. 🙁 🙁

 

[Artoo]

1986 - I am conceived sometime in June.

 

[goddess_nemesis]

1987: (May 8) U.S. Senator Gary Hart drops out of the running for the Democratic presidential nomination, amid allegations of an extramarital affair with Donna Rice.

 

[Ray<3tiklishft]

1988 My son was born in December.

 

[milagros317]

1989

An earthquake disrupts the World Series, postponing games 3 and 4. Nevertheless, when play is resumed, the Oakland Athletics sweep the hated jints, four games to none.

 

[goddess_nemesis]

1980: (January 11) Nigel Short, 14, becomes the youngest chess player to be awarded the degree of International Master.

 

[paracarl44]

1981.

August 5th: Ronald Reagan fires 11,359 striking air traffic controllers after they refuse to return to work.

 

[goddess_nemesis]

1982: (September 19) The first emoticons are posted by Scott Fahlman.

 

[milagros317]

1983

The Dodgers win the NL West Division , but are eliminated in the NLCS. 🙁

 

[paracarl44]

1984.

January 24th: Apple Computers introduced the Macintosh.

 

[goddess_nemesis]

1985: (February 19) William J. Schroeder becomes the first artificial heart patient to leave the hospital.

 

[paracarl44]

1986.

January 9th: Polaroid wins a patent battle, and Kodak quits the instant camera business.

 

[goddess_nemesis]

1987: (January 3) Aretha Franklin becomes the first woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

 

[McNoodle]

April 12 1988
Former pop singer Sonny Bono is elected mayor of Palm Springs, California.

 

[paracarl44]

1989.

February 16th: Investigators announce that a bomb planted in a radio cassette aboard Pan Am Flight 103 is the cause of the crash.

 

[goddess_nemesis]

1980: (February 2-February 3) The infamous New Mexico State Penitentiary Riot takes place: 33 inmates are killed and more than 100 inmates injured.

 

[McNoodle]

1981
Raiders of the Lost Ark was released in June and was the highest grossing film of that year.

 

[goddess_nemesis]

1982: (January 13) Shortly after takeoff, Air Florida Flight 90 crashes into Washington, D.C.'s 14th Street Bridge and falls into the Potomac River, killing 78. On the same day, a Washington Metro train derails to the north, killing 3 (the system's first, worst, and so far only fatal accident).

 

[paracarl44]

1983.

June 18th: Sally Ride becomes the first American Woman in space, aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger.

 

[SamuelKhan]

1985-

The Kansas City Royals win their only World Series title 4 games to 3 over the interstate rival St. Louis Cardinals, who were favored to win.

 

[paracarl44]

WHAT HAPPENED TO 1984????????

February 19th: The Winter Olympics close at Sarajevo.