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1980. Mt. St. Helens Erupts Post-It Notes are introduced by 3-M CNN is launched as the news network Summer Olympics in Moscow, Ussr, the US boycotts. 1981. Sandra Day O’Connor becomes first female Supreme Court Justice Apple Computer releases the Macintosh personal computer
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1980 • Mt. St. Helens Erupts • Post-It Notes are introduced by 3-M • CNN is launched as the news network • Summer Olympics in Moscow, Ussr, the US boycotts
1981 • Sandra Day O’Connor becomes first female Supreme Court Justice • Apple Computer releases the Macintosh personal computer • First case of AIDS was reported • The first space shuttle, the Columbia, was launched • Pac-Man is introduced in the US and sparks a huge craze
1982 • Compact discs are first released • Ozzy bites the head off a live bat thrown at him • Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” sells 20 million albums to become the largest selling record ever.
1983 • Liposuction is introduced • Sally Ride becomes first American woman in space, June 18th on the Challenger
1984 • First pediatric heart transplant • The first megabit chip is made at Bell Labs
1985 • Nintendo home entertainment system introduced • Hole in the ozone layer drops by 10% of original level • Leaded gas is officially banned in the US • Titanic wreckage found and filmed by robotic camera
1986 • January 28th Challenger explodes • Camcorders are introduced • America celebrates Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day for the first time
1987 • Black Monday: Stock market drops 22% on October 19th • World Population Reaches 5 billion
1988 • Prozac is introduced as an antidepressant
1989 • The fall of the Berlin wall on November 9th
Bibliography • http://www.inthe80s.com/timeline.shtml • http://www.olywa.net/radu/valerie/StHelens.html • http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap010412.html • http://www.supremecourt.gov/about/biographies.aspx • http://techzone.illinoisstate.edu/guide/pc_vs_mac.shtml • http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/30thanniversary/ • http://mood.stanford.edu/Pages/Prozac.html
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