The Fascinating Eighties

Chiquasia Morris

What happened in the 80’s

1980: Pac-Man Released1981:President Reagan Assassination Attempt1982: Michael Jackson “ Thriller” was released1983: Sally Ride becomes the first American

women in space1984:PG-13 movie rating created1985: Titanic was found1986:” Challenger” space shuttle explodes1987: DNA first used to convict criminals1988: Pan Am Flight 103 bombed1989: Berlin wall falls

1980• Pac-man was released on May

22,1980.• Toru Iwatani invented Pac-man.• Pac man was thought of while Toru

was eating pizza.• The original for Pac-man was

“puck-man” was later changed because the original sounded like a foul English word.

1981• March 30,1981 president Reagan

was shot .• 25 year old John Hinckley Jr. shot him

puncturing his lung and almost hitting his torso.

• Hinckley was found not guilty by reason of insanity.

THRILLER !•On November 30, 1982 Michael Jackson released “ thriller” !

• “Thriller” spent 37weeks on US billboard.

•The Video was 14 minutes long.•The original name was” Starlight”.

1983Sally Ride

• In 1983 Sally became the First American Woman in Space .

• She beat out 1,000 people for a spot at NASA.

• She is included in the National Women Hall and Astronaut Hall of Fame.

1984• On November 30,1984, pg-13 rating

was introduced.

• Motion Picture Association of America oversees the rating system.

• Red Dawn was the first pg-13 movie released.

1985• September 1,1985 Titanic was found.

• More than 1,500 people died.

• If life boats were filled properly 1,178 people could of lived.

• 882 ½ ft long, 92ft in width, 175 ft tall.

1986• The Challenger exploded 73 seconds after

lift off.

• Killing:-Francis R Scobee (commander) -Gregory B Jarvis -Ronald E McNair-Ellison S Onizuka -Judith A Resnik -Michael J Smith -Christa McAuliffe (first teacher to leave

earth, wife, and mother)

DNA • In 1987 DNA was first used to convict

criminals.• Professor Alec Jeffery dis0vered that

each person carried a genetic fingerprint in his or her DNA.

• DNA doesn't lie but can be misleading ,it can also prove innocence.

• DNA has overturned about 240 convictions and has been around for about 24 years.

1988• On December 21,1988

Pan Am Flight 103 exploded over Lockerbie Scotland.

• 270 people died.

• The bomb was hidden in a Toshiba Cassette Player.

• Terrorist, Ali Mohmed All Megrahi and Al Amin Khalifa Fhiman bombed Pan Am.

1989

Berlin Wall• November 9,1989 the Berlin Wall

Fell.

• For 28 years it separated West Berlin from East Berlin.

• The Wall was put up by East Berlin because they needed so bad to keep their population.

That’s The End ! Chiquasia Morris

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