THE 1980SBACK IN THE DAY . . .

The 1980s were all about the ME, ME, ME! generation. Also deemed the “splurge generation” by Thomas Wolfe.

This was the “How much stuff can I have?” decade.

SO WHAT ABOUT THE 1980S?

Sandra Day O’Connor first woman justice. Geraldine Ferraro first woman presidential

candidate. Jesse Jackson first African-American

presidential candidate. Televangelist Jim Bakker was sentenced to

45 years for selling bogus lifetime vacations.

“Just Say No” campaign against drugs

What happened in the 1980s?

1981 Princess Di married Prince Charles in London.

Trump Tower was built in New York. 1983 Columbia University, the last all male

Ivy League school, began accepting women. 

Rock Hudson died of AIDS in 1985 Cable, MTV, and rap were born.

What else happened in the ‘80s?

By 1987, Van Gogh's 'Sunflowers' brought $39.9 million while 'Irises" brought $53.9 million dollars!

Wow, can you believe this?

1980 – The hepatitis-b vaccine 1981 - MS-DOS and the first IBM-PC. 1982 - Human growth hormone genetically

engineered. 1983 - The Apple Lisa, the soft bifocal

contact lens invented; the first Cabbage Patch Kids sold; Programmer Jaron Lanier first coins the term "virtual reality".

1984 - The CD-ROM and the Apple Macintosh invented

Inventions of the 1980s

1985 - Windows program invented by Microsoft.

1986 - A high-temperature super-conductor invented by J. Georg Bednorz and Karl A. Muller; Synthetic skin invented by G. Gregory Gallico, III; Fuji introduced the disposable camera.

1987 - The first 3-D video game and disposable contact lenses invented.

1988 – Digital cell phones, doppler radar. 1989 – High definition television.

More 1980s inventions

Cosby Show Cheers Roseanne A Different World America's Funniest Home Videos Golden Girls The Wonder Years Empty Nest 60 Minutes Unsolved Mysteries

Most popular TV shows of the ‘80s

Livin’ On A Prayer – Bon Jovi Every Breath You Take- The Police Beat It – Michael Jackson Piano Man – Billy Joel London Calling – The Clash When Doves Cry – Prince & the Revolution Jump – Van Halen Call Me – Blondie I Love Rock and Roll – Joan Jett and the

Blackhearts Walk This Way – Run-D.M.C.

Top 10 songs of the 1980s: