1980's Timeline


The Year 1980


Mount St. Helens erupted on May 18

Olympics at Lake Placid, New York

John Lennon was shot and killed by a crazed fan on December 8




The Year 1981

Video Killed the Radio Star is the first video played on MTV

AIDs is identified

Princess Diana Gets Married





The Year 1982

Late Night With David Letterman launches on February 1

The movie E.T.!

Michael Jackson releases Thriller on MTV






The Year 1983

Cabbage Patch Kids take over




The Year 1984

The Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. The Soviet Union boycotted.


The Year 1985

The hole in the ozone layer is discovered


The Year 1986

Christa McAuliffe dies in the space shuttle Challenger accident on January 28

Chernobyl accident




The Year 1987

Bill Gates becomes a billionaire




The Year 1989

The Berlin Wall falls in November

China's Tiananmen Square



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