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

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