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The 80's Timeline

The 80's Timeline. Nick Baker (left) Ryan Sperry (right) Itza Marin. Representative Video. Science. 1980: Hepatitis- B vaccine invented 1981: New plague identified as AIDS 1981: The PC is introduced by IBM 1982: Human growth hormone genetically engineered

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The 80's Timeline

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  1. The 80's Timeline Nick Baker (left) Ryan Sperry (right) Itza Marin

  2. Representative Video

  3. Science • 1980: Hepatitis- B vaccine invented • 1981: New plague identified as AIDS • 1981: The PC is introduced by IBM • 1982: Human growth hormone genetically engineered • 1983: Sally Ride: First American woman in space • 1986: High temp. super conductor • 1986: Synthetic skin invented

  4. Science • 1986: Challenger Space Shuttle explodes • 1986: Chernoble Nuclear Accident • 1987: DNA used to convict criminals • 1987: First 3-D video game • 1988: Doppler RADAR invented • 1988: First patent for a genetically engineered animal issued to Harvard

  5. Politics Ronald Reagan and George H. Bush serve as U.S. Presidents during this decade An assassination attempt on Reagan fails Iran and Iraq fight an 8-year war AT&T is dissolved because it violates the antitrust law Lady Diana Spencer marries Prince Charles

  6. Politics Israel invades Lebanon and exterminates Palestinians (10,000 dead) Nuclear race between Reagan and Andropov and the Cold War peaked At the peak of the nuclear weapons race, the US has 14,000 warheads and the Soviet Union has 11,000 Beirut: terrorists blow up American and French barracks

  7. Politics • Reagan introduces a new defense plan called Star Wars • Riots and demonstrations across Western Europe against the "Euromissiles" that Reagan wants to install to counter the Soviet nuclear arsenal • U.S. wages “drug war” and fights the Colombian cartels • Tiananmen Square Massacre in China

  8. Politics Peak of the Japanese economic boom, that turned Japan into the second economic power in the world Failed U.S. rescue atempt to save hostages in Iran U.S.S.R. launches Mir Space Station New York Stock Exchange suffers a huge drop on “Black Monday” (1987) The Berlin Wall falls

  9. Art The “return to painting” pushed performance art (popular in the previous decades) to the side Post-modernist movement Lots of $$ spent on art in this prosperous decade

  10. Top Ten Solo Artists in the 80's • Madonna • Michael Jackson • Prince • Pat Benatar • Sade • Bruce Springsteen • Whitney Housten • Gloria Estefan • Bobby Brown • Kenny Loggins

  11. Music News of the80’s • MTV comes on-air and changes music and dance and the consumption of a new concept: the music video • Rap/hip hop are new trentds • Thriller, by Michael Jackson, becomes the best-selling album of all time

  12. Top Ten Bands • U2 • Bon Jovi • Genesis • Journey • Guns N Roses • Kool & the Gang • Culture Club • Foreigner • Pointer Sisters • Aerosmith

  13. Culture: Musician Deaths Several notable music artists died of unnatural causes in the 1980s. • Bon Scott (AC/DC) died of alcohol poisoning • John Lennon was shot outside of his home • Tim Hardin died of a heroin overdose • Bob Marley died from skin melanoma • Marvin Gaye was shot dead by his father • Randy Rhoads (Ozzy Osbourne) died in an airplane crash • Cliff Burton (Metallica) was killed in a bus accident • Andy Gibb died as a result of myocarditis.

  14. Culure: Fashion Leg Warmers Parachute Pants Sunglasses Add-a-Bead Necklaces The Madonna Look Neon Acid Washed Jeans The “Preppie” Look Layered Socks Oversized Shirts Wayfarer Sunglasses Swatch Watches Jelly Shoes (Jellies) Knit Ties Friendship Pins Reebok Hightops Princess Di Fashions

  15. Culture: Top 10 movies of 80's • The Empire Strikes Back • 9 to 5 • Stir Crazy • Airplane • Any Which Way You Can • Private Benjamin • Coal Miner’s Daughter • Smokey and the Bandit II • The Blue Lagoon • The Blues Brothers

  16. Culture: Other News of the 80s • Other popular movies: E.T., Back to the Future, and The Breakfast Club • TV: anti-family shows • TV: the “decade of the sitcom” • Electronic dance music and teen dance clubs • “Big hair” and layers of clothing • The “Yuppie” is born (Young Urban Professional)

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