The 80's Thread

[natural tickler]

1989 May 7

Ric Flair defeated "The Dragon" Ricky Steamboat to become six-time World Heavyweight Champion

 

[ikaiyoo]

1980 June 29 - Vigdis Finnbogadottir is elected president of Iceland.


... And I turned 5.

 

[goddess_nemesis]

1981: July 27 - Six-year-old Adam Walsh is kidnapped from a Sears store in Hollywood, Florida.

 

[ikaiyoo]

1982 April 24 - The German singer Nicole wins the Eurovision Song Contest 1982 for Germany, with the song Ein Bisschen Frieden.

 

[goddess_nemesis]

1983: January 3 - Kilauea began slowly erupting on the Big Island of Hawaii and is still flowing as of 2008.

 

[ikaiyoo]

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

 

[natural tickler]

1981 September 26

Ric Flair defeated "American Dream" Dusty Rhodes to become World Heavyweight Champion for the first time

 

[ikaiyoo]

1982 February 27 - In Atlanta, Georgia, Wayne Williams is convicted of murdering 2 children, and given 2 consecutive life terms.

 

[goddess_nemesis]

1983: April 18 - The U.S Embassy is bombed in Beirut, killing 63 people.

 

[ikaiyoo]

1984 April 6 - The 56th Academy Awards, hosted by Jack Lemmon, are held at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, with Terms of Endearment winning Best Picture.

 

[natural tickler]

1986 September 9

Ric Flair defeated "American Dream" Dusty Rhodes to become World Heavyweight Champion for the fourth time

 

[ikaiyoo]

1987 March 19 - In Charlotte, North Carolina, televangelist Jim Bakker, head of PTL Ministries, resigns after admitting an affair with church secretary Jessica Hahn.

 

[natural tickler]

1989 February 20

"The Dragon" Ricky Steamboat defeated "Nature Boy" Ric Flair to win his first and only World Haevyweight Championship

 

[ikaiyoo]

1980November 21 - Millions of viewers tune into the U.S. TV soap opera Dallas to learn who shot lead character J.R. Ewing. The "Who shot J.R.?" event is a national obsession.

 

[natural tickler]

1989 June 2

the day that "yours truly" graduated high school

 

[goddess_nemesis]

1980: December 8 - Former Beatle John Lennon dies in hospital after being shot outside his New York City apartment by Mark David Chapman, a deranged fan who had received his signature earlier in the day.

 

[milagros317]

1981

Led by sensational rookie pitcher Fernando Valenzuela, the Dodgers win the World Series over the Yankees, four games to two.

 

[natural tickler]

1984 June 23

Ryne Sandberg hit two home runs off of Bruce Sutter in Chicago to propel the Cubs to victory in extra innings

 

[goddess_nemesis]

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

 

[ikaiyoo]

January 29 - Yoweri Museveni becomes President of Uganda after leading a successful 5-year liberation struggle.

 

[natural tickler]

1983 November 24

"Nature Boy" Ric Flair defeated seven-time World Champion Harley Race at Starrcade to re-gain the World Heavyweight title for a second time

 

[goddess_nemesis]

1984: February 14 - British ice dancers Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean score 12 perfect 6.0s for their interpretation of Ravel's Boléro in the 1984 Winter Olympics. They win the gold medal for ice dancing.

 

[natural tickler]

1984 April 24

"Nature Boy" Ric Flair defeated "Modern Day Warrior" Kerry Von Erich to win the World Heavyweight title for a third time

 

[ticklingfeet4fu]

1984 June 22nd- I graduate from High School.

 

[paracarl44]

1985.

July 19th: Vice President George H. W. Bush announces that Christa McAuliffe, a New Hampshire schoolteacher, will ride in the Spce Shuttle Challenger. She was later killed when that Space Shuttle exploded.