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The Music

  • In the world of music the most important singers of pop & rock were people like Michael Jackson, Madonna, Janet Jackson, Elton John, Bruce Springsteen,Cyndi Lauper…

The Films

When Harry Met Sally... (1989)

Aliens (1986)

The Breakfast Club (1985)

Do the Right Thing (1989)

Back to the Future (1985)

E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)

Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)

The Terminator (1984)

Platoon (1986)

The Empire Strikes Back (1980)

The Fashion

The most elaborate hairstyle;The eighties were all about excess, and that certainly applied to the hairstyles.The watchword for hair in this era was BIG. Both men and women sported big hair, until sometimes seemed like there was a competition to see who could come up with the most elaborates.

The boys

The era of...

" THE BIRD", Larry bird

Was chosen by the Boston Celtics in the NBA Draft 1978 in the seventh. Came from the prestigious University of Indiana State. In such a team was part along with Robert Parish and Kevin McHale, the backbone of the team in the 80's.During this period Bird won 3 NBA titles, and also participated in the U.S. Team at the Olympic Games of Barcelona in 1992. After that Larry left the basketball for an injured nerve in his back.

The important events

There were good times, like:

1980;

  • The hepatitis-B vaccine invented.
  • Compact Disk: Philips Electronics, Sony Corp.
  • Genetic Engineering of insulin began clinical trials.
  • CNN is launched as the first all news network.

1981;

  • Sandra Day O'Connor becomes first female Supreme Court Justice.
  • Pac-Man is introduced in the US and sparks a huge craze.
  • Spain allows legal divorces.
  • Scanning tunneling microscope: Gerd Karl Binnig and Heinrich Rohrer.

1982;

  • The first artificial heart transplant takes place, the receipent lives 112 days.
  • Michael Jackson's "Thriller" sells 20 million albums to become the largest selling record ever.

1983;

  • French scientist Dr. Luc Montagnier discovered HIV.
  • Ronnie introduces "Star Wars".
  • Sally Ride becomes first American woman in space, June 18th on the Challenger.

1986;

  • Statue of Liberty celebrates the 100th Anniversary and gets a face lift in the process.

There were bad and difficult times, like:

1980;

  • John Lennon is assassinated by Mark David Chapman.
  • Mt. Saint Helens erupts, killing 60 people.
  • Sadam Hussein launches war against Iran for close to a decade over oil rights.
  • President Carter attempted a helicopter rescue of the hostages in Iran, failing miserably.

1983;

  • US invades Grenada after coup on the island, more medals are handed out during the invasion than during the entire Vietnam war.
  • Karen Carpenter dies of anorexia nervosa at the age of 32, February 4th.
  • U.S Embasy is bombed in Beirut, killing 40 people.
  • The Tylenol Murders happen in Chicago.

1984;

  • Indira Gandhi is assassinated.
  • Chemical disaster in Bhopal, India, December 3rd.

1985;

  • Crack coccaine starts to appear.
  • Greenpeace's Rainbow Warrior is bombed by the French goverment during protests of it's nuclear testing in the Pacific.
  • Earthquake in Mexico / Volcano erupts in Colombia; 1000s killed.
  • Titanic wreckage found and filmed by robotic camera in July.
  • Hole in the ozone layer, first detected in 1977, is now indisputable.

1986;

  • Worst nuclear disaster ever in Chernobyl, USSR, April.

The Berlin wall

By the end of the decade:

1988;

  • Bobby McFerrin tells everyone "Don't worry, be happy".
  • Earthquake in the USSR.
  • Prozac is introduced as an anti-depresent.
  • The first plutonium pacemaker is made.
  • Human Genome project begins.
  • Iran-Iraqi war ends in August.

1989;

  • The fall of the Berlin wall on November 9th.
  • Students protest on Tienanmen Square, Beijing, China - the army intervenes; 3000-7000 killed, June 3rd.

Amadeus (1984)

In the world of films some movies were groundbreaking from a technology point of view or changed the industry in some way. These movies made history, such as:

Bull Durham (1988)

The Princess Bride (1987)

  • In the most famous charts, Music VF, The Rock Czar or Free40, you could listen to pop, rock and punk rock groups, for example, Queen with the song “Another One Bites The Dust”, U2 with “Sunday Bloody Sunday”, AC/DC with “Black in Black” or Lou Reed with “New York”.

The girls

Janet Jackson

Elton John

Cyndi Lauper

Rod Stewart

Wow !!

Paul Simon

Michael Jackson

Bruce Springsteen

Madonna

Before

After

Bibliography

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  • http://www.liketotally80s.com/80s-fashion.html
  • http://www.thegreat80s.com/80s-Fashion.html
  • http://www.thefashionpolice.net/80s-fashion-a-guide.html
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  • http://www.inthe80s.com/time1981.shtml
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Indira Gandhi

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