news of the 1980’s

8:32 A.M. May 18, 1980 Registered 5.1 on the Richter Scale 57 people killed

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xP2dreOI8gI This is a short video about the eruption that is a little more than 7 minutes.

http://www.history.com/videos/mount-st-helens-erupts#mount-st-helens-erupts This video is set to “Should I Stay or Should I Go” by the Clash- it is a little over 3 minutes

December 8, 1980 http://www.biography.com/blog/john-lenn

ons-tragic-death-33-years-later-a-timeline-of-events This is a timeline of events with Lennon’s assassination

Mark David Chapman- assassin http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/extras/2011

/12/08/dec-8-john-lennon-shot-killed-1980/ This is the ABC announcement of his death

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQWx9892r-E Howard Cosell announcing death on Monday Night Football

Pope John Paul II was shot four times Mehmet Ali Agca was attempted assassin Sentenced to life in prison- in 2000 he was

pardoned at the request of the Pope. Sent to another prison to serve terms for other offenses- released in 2010

One theory is he was hired by KGB because of Pope’s support of the Polish movement for independence

Pope and Agca met and developed a relationship- Pope announced he forgave Agca

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8cniGcg2xU Lady Diana entering the church for her wedding to Prince Charles

Global audience of 750 million people Considered a “fairy tale wedding”

http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2085383_2085381_2085346,00.html This is considered to be #3 on Time’s list of government showdowns.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dc8brHWFZMY This is Reagan speaking about the strike.

11,345 workers were fired- Reagan stated they were in violation of the law that forbids government union workers from striking

Tended to be strong conservative

In later years was a swing vote

Nominated by President Reagan

I think the important thing about my appointment is not that I will decide cases as a woman, but that I am a woman who will get to decide cases.

I tried to decide each case based on the law and the Constitution.

Lives 112 days http://www.wired.com/thisdayintech/2009

/12/dayintech_1202jarvikheart/ This article talks about Clark and why he was not a candidate for a heart transplant

Jarvik 7- type of artificial heart

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wojiv4AhD4g Sally Ride recalls her first mission to space

http://www.biography.com/people/sally-ride-9458284/videos This is a mini biography of Sally Ride

Flew on Challenger mission in 1983

http://www.biography.com/people/vanessa-williams-9542151 Mini Biography of Vanessa Williams

Soon afterwards had to return her crown because of inappropriate photos that were released in Penthouse

http://www.cnn.com/2013/06/13/world/meast/beirut-marine-barracks-bombing-fast-facts/

http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/big/1023.html

Two truck bombs struck buildings housing the U.S. and French forces

Killed a total of 299 American and French servicemen (241 American servicemen- 220 were Marines)

Suicide bombers detonated each of the truck bombs

It was the deadliest single-day death toll for the Marines since the Battle of Iwo Jima

Triggered by a military coup that had ousted a revolutionary government

Restored a constitutional government There had been a request for intervention Invasion began Oct 25, 1983 (just a

couple of days after the bombing of the U.S. barracks in Beirut)

First female gymnast from outside Eastern Europe to win the Olympic gold medal in the Gymnastic Individual All-around competition

Inspired by Nadia Comaneci Trained under Romanians Bela and Marta

Karolyi (they coached Nadia Comaneci) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sSuTdsj

xTI (Mary Lou reflects on winning the gold)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFKCFvZDs3A Covering Retton’s Perfect 10

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yi_5xbd5xdE

1976 Nadia highlight of Olympics moments- first perfect 10 score in gymnastics

(Motivation for Mary Lou Retton)

http://sports.yahoo.com/video/carl-lewis-historic-olympic-performance-140500946.html

Carl Lewis wins 4 Gold Medals at the Los Angeles Summer Olympics

Prime Minister of India Known for political ruthlessness Went to war with Pakistan in support of the

independence movement in East Pakistan Resulted in an Indian victory and the

creation of Bangladesh Assassinated by her bodyguards- the

bodyguards were Sikh and there was a Sikh separatist movement in India that she attempted to repress

http://www.biography.com/people/indira-gandhi-9305913?page=1

December 2, 1984 Pesticide plant in Bhopal, India leaked

methyl isocynate gas and other chemicals Dense toxic cloud Killed more than 8000 people in just a few

days Factory belonged to Union Carbide- made a

settlement with the Indian Government in 1989 for $470 million (a total of only $370 to $533 per victim)

Groundwater and soil is still contaminated

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2lZuw3j3ro Filming of a Pepsi commercial- Jackson suffered from second and third degree burns

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=po0jY4WvCIc This commercial came out later

Major marketing failure Reintroduction of Coke’s original

formula was rebranded as “Coca-Cola Classic”

January 28, 1986 Broke apart 73 seconds into flight 7 crew members died O-ring seal in its right solid rocket

booster failed at liftoff- it allowed pressurized hot gas from within the solid rocket motor to reach the outside

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7LEByr_QNE This is a ten minute video about the Iran Contra Affair

Lt. Col. Oliver North Began in 1985- Reagan’s administration

supplied weapons to Iran in the hopes of securing the release of American hostages in Lebanon by terrorists loyal to Khomeini

US took millions of dollars from the weapons sale- routed the money and guns to right wing “Contra” guerrillas in Nicaragua

Contras were opponents of Nicaragua’s Sandinista Junta of National Reconstruction

Democratic dominated Congress passed the Boland Amendment- banning aide to the Contras

Part of the deal was that the U.S. would send 508 American made TOW anti-tank missiles from Israel to Iran for the safe exchange of a hostage (Reverend Benjamin Weir)

Israelis offered to ship 500 HAWK surface to air missiles to Iran in November 1985 in exchange for the release of all remaining American hostages being held in Lebanon

Arms were sold with proceeds going to the Contras, and hostages were released

Eventually the terrorists elected to kidnap more hostages following their release of the previous ones

Lebanese magazine Ash-Shiraa published a series of articles in November 1986 that exposed the weapons for hostages deal

Congress issued a report that the president bore “ultimate responsibility”

Republican Senator John Tower headed up a review board

President had been inefficient in controlling National Security Council- they made the illegal deals

Not known from hearings if president knew about the Contra support

Televised May to August 1987

North had been the main negotiator He stated he was “under the orders from

his superiors” May 1989 he was convicted of unlawfully

destroying government documents When George H.W. Bush became president-

North’s conviction was expunged on the grounds he acted out of patriotism

Bush issued presidential pardons for all indicted in the scandal

http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20193651,00.html The Epic Rescue of Jessica McClure

http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1977927_1977934_1977866,00.html Rescue of Jessica was #2 on Time’s list of Miraculous Rescues

http://www.biography.com/people/baby-jessica-17175736 Shows rescue

http://hellogiggles.com/news-nostalgia-lets-talk-about-baby-jessica There is video within this with the rescue (around 5 minutes)

18 months old, fell down 22-foot well, trapped for 58 hours

Oil Spill in Prince William Sound, Alaska March 24, 1989- hit a reef Spilled 260,000 to 750,000 barrels of crude

oil Considered to be one of the most

devastating human caused environmental disasters

Remote location made it difficult for a response effort

Captain had been drinking heavily- but was not at the controls (he was asleep)

Third mate who was at the controls did not have a radar that was working (had been broken for about a year) so he could not look to see it was close to the reef

Exxon management knew the radar was broken and had opted to not fix it