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Historical Events in the 1980s
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September 2, 1985
Wreck of Titanic Found
March 30, 1981
March 24, 1989
April 24-25, 1980
President Reagan Attempted Assassination Newscast
Exxon Valdez Spill
Operation Eagle Claw
- Found south of Newfoundland by American and French with "underwater robots" after 73 years of the initial sink
- Importance: "...to finally put those souls to rest." -Dr. Ballard, Massachusetts
- Deepen research
- Improved technology led to discovery, gave closure
- Social
- Video: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/bonus-video/presidents-crisis-reagan/
- Importance: kept character and dignity, "beat the bullet"
- Change: use of metal detectors for presidential events
- Political
- Was the failed U.S. mission to rescue American hostages being held in Iran
- Failure due to human error and weather conditions, so the hostages were not released until January 20, 1981
- America lost lives that could have been prevented
- Illustrated serious deficiencies in the capability of the American military, initiate changes and reforms
- Military
- The Exxon Valdez, a supertanker carrying crude oil pumped from Alaska's North Shore, flowed in Prince William Sound, Alaska
- 11 million gallons of oil spilled, causing an environmental disaster
- Birds, otters, and miscellaneous wildlife died in the thousands
- Economic disaster because no fishing, no produce from shore
- America became more aware of pollution
- Efforts to save wildlife
- More conservative of oil
- Social
"Oil spreads from the Exxon Valdez." Photos/Illustrations. Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council. American History. ABC-CLIO, 2015.
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October 19, 1987
May 18, 1980
March 23, 1983
February 22, 1980
Black Monday Skit
Mt. St. Helen's Eruption Skit
TRIVIA!
Strategic Defense Initiative: Star Wars
Miracle on Ice: United States Beat Russia
- Importance: recession, recovered much later
- Changed: money caution, questioned American economy
- Speed
- Expanding
- Technology
- Social
- Implemented by President Reagan that was intended to provide U.S. with space based defense system
- Union thought SDI would work, attempted to keep up with the United States
- Gave America comfort for attacks in the midst of the Cold War
- Military
- 1980 Olympic Games in Lake Placid, New York
- U.S. team was not good
- U.S. team defeated the Soviets 4-3
- Beat USSR in the midst of the Cold War, can "win" in Cold War, too
- Huge "underdogs" take victory, triumph in Olympics
- Game of the Olympics, American pride radiates
- Social
1. Who was the President for the majority of the 1980s?
2. When was the Titanic found?
3. Where did Operation Eagle Claw take place?
4. How many points dropped on Black Monday from Dow Jones and Company?
5. What was the SDI nicknamed?
6. Why were the 1980 Olympics important?