The 1980’s Life Time

By Edwinshka Pastrana

Eruption of Mt. St HelensThe Mt. St Helens is an active

stratovolcano located in Skamania Country, Washington in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States.

U.S Hockey Team beat Russia in the Olympic GamesIn the 1980’s the U.S Hockey

Team beat the Russian Team. It was something that nobody expected to happen cause of the reason that the U.S team were not professional guys and the Russian’s were.

Death of John LennonJohn Lennon was

killed by Mark David Chapman. Lennon was a man called “smart Beatle” he brought a penetrating intelligence and a stinging wit both to the band’s music and its self-presentation.

Sandra Day O’ConnorSandra Day O'Connor was born

in El Paso, Texas, on August 26, 1930. O’Connor die when she was 81 years old she used to work for the supreme court.

MTVMTV is a cable television

network that devotes most of its programming time to video clips that accompany popular songs, has had a profound influence on young people, and on popular culture in general, since its first broadcast in 1982.

Iran-Contra AffairThe Iran-Contra Affair was a

clandestine action not approved of by the United States Congress. It began in 1985, when President Ronald Reagan’s administration supplied weapons to Iran a sworn enemy in hopes of securing the release of American hostages held in Lebanon by Hezbollah terrorists loyal to the Ayatollah Khomeini, Iran's leader.

Assassination Attempt of ReaganPresident Ronald Reagan got

killed by John Hinckley. He was just two months into his first term on that fateful day in 1981. He wrapped up a speech to union members at the Washington Hilton Hotel and stepped outside to leave.

ThrillerThriller was the first song that

Michael Jackson got. This song is 14 minutes long and it was made in 1983. It was a Pop song with a horror theme.

LiposuctionIn the early 1980s, dermatologic

surgeons pioneered liposuction techniques to safely and effectively remove undesired fat from nearly all body area, including the face, neck, chin, breast, back, arms, abdomen, hips, flanks, inner and outer thighs, buttocks, knees and ankles

CocaineDuring the 1980s few subjects were in the news as

consistently as the widespread and increasing use of cocaine in the United States. There were two main stages in this growing problem. In the first stage, during the early 1980s, many considered cocaine a harmless, even glamorous, "recreational" drug it was the drug of choice of the famous and successful professional athletes, celebrities in the arts and entertainment, lawyers, university professors, and Wall Street brokers who were among the few who could afford the high black-market price of cocaine.

South Korean Flight 007Soviet jet fighters intercept a

Korean Airlines passenger flight in Russian airspace and shoot the plane down, killing 269 passengers and crewmembers. The incident dramatically increased tensions between the Soviet Union and the United States.

Sally RideSally Ride was born

on May 26, 1951 in Los Angeles, California. As a young girl, she wanted to become a professional tennis player and, at one time, was a ranked player on the junior tennis circuit. She attended Stanford University where she earned four degrees.

•She was accepted into the astronaut corps in 1978 and completed her training as a mission specialist in 1979. On June 18,1983 she became the first American woman to orbit Earth when she flew aboard Space Shuttle Challenger. Her second flight was also aboard Challenger in 1984.

Beirut terrorist attackoccurred during the Lebanese

Civil War, when two truck bumbstruck separate buildings housing United States and French military forced members of the Multinational forced in Lebanon killing 299 American and French servicemen. The organization Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the bombing.

CDsMost of the CDs that came out in

the 1980s were pop CDs. Pop music is commonly defined as popular music listened to, purchased, nominated for special events. Styles of pop music in the 2000s (today) include rock music, hip hop, and pop punk. ano, drums & other.

Olympics in Los AngelesThe 1984 Summer Olympics, officially

known as the Games of the XXIII Olympiad, was an international multi sport events held in Los Angeles, California, United States in 1984. When Tehran, the only other interested city on the international level, declined to bid due to the concurrent Iranian political and social changes the IOC awarded Los Angeles the Games by default.

Vanessa WilliamsVanessa Williams born in

March 18, 1963. She is one of the most respected and multi-faceted performers in entertainment today. She has conquered the musical charts, Broadway, music videos, television and motion pictures. She has sold millions of albums worldwide and she has achieved critical acclaim as an actress on stage, in film and on television.

We are the worldThis was another of the songs of

Michael Jackson. He sings this song with Lionel Richie. This song came out in the 1985.

Crack CocaineIt is abused

because it produces an immediate high and because it is easy and inexpensive to produce rendering it readily available and affordable.

Len Bias

He was one of the greatest basketball players in college of the modern era. Len Bias born in Landover, Maryland. He died on June 19, 1986 he was just 22 years old. He died from a cocaine intoxicated.

Nintendo

Nintendo started as a small Japanese business by Fusajiro Yamauchi near the end of 1887 as Nintendo Koppai. Now it’s a thing to play video games. It use to be so famous everyone used to wanted it but now not everyone uses it.

Challenger DisasterThe Space Shuttle Challenger disaster occurred on Tuesday, January 28, 1986, when Space Shuttle Challenger broke apart 73 seconds into its flight, leading to the deaths of its seven crew members. The spacecraft disintegrated over the Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of central Florida, United States, at 11:38 am

AIDSIs the final

stage of HIV disease, which causes severe damage to the immune system. Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) causes AIDS.

Supermodel GIAShe born in January 29, 1960.

GIA died in Philadelphia P.A. Then she died in November 18, 1986 at the same place. She was an American fashion model during the late 1970s and early 1980s.

Baby JessicaJessica McClure Morales born in

March 26, 1986 she became famous at the age of 18 months after falling into a well in Midland, Texas, on October 14, 1987. Between that day and October 16, rescuers worked for 58 hours to free Baby Jessica from the eight-inch-wide well casing 22 feet below the ground.

Michael DukakisMichael Stanley Dukakis born in

November 3, 1933 served as the 65th and 67th Governor of Massachusetts from 1975–1979 and from 1983–1991, and was the Democratic presidential nominee in 1988

Soviets leave Afghanistan

In Feb 16, 1989 the last soviet leave Afghanistan. The Soviet War in Afghanistan was a nine-year conflict involving the Soviet Union, supporting the Marxist-Leninist government of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan against the indigenous Afghan Mujahideen and foreign Arab–Afghan volunteers.

Fashion of the TimesIn the 1970s, the silhouette of

fashion tended to be characterized by close fitting clothes on top with wider, looser clothes on the bottom.

Famous movies of the timesOne of the best movies it was in

the 1986 and it was called Aliens others are Brazil, Amadeus, Do the right thing and then The empire strike back.