This document provides a timeline of major events from 1980-1989. Some of the key events included Mt St Helens erupting in 1980, the assassination attempts on Pope John Paul II and President Reagan in 1981, Sandra Day O'Connor becoming the first female Supreme Court justice in 1981, and the Chernobyl nuclear accident in 1986. The Berlin Wall fell in 1989 and Exxon Valdez spilled millions of gallons of oil in Alaska.

1. 1980-1989 Timeline By Meghan Schumacher

2. 1981 1983 1985 1987 1989 1980 1982 1984 1986 1988 Timeline by Meghan Schumacher

3. 1980 Mt. St. Helens erupts John Lennon assassinated Rubik's Cube gains worldwide popularity Ted Turner founds CNN More than 50 nations, including U.S., boycott Moscow Olympic Games

4. 1981 Pope John Paul II and President Ronald Reagan survive assassination attempts Sandra Day O'Connor becomes first woman to serve on Supreme Court Prince Charles marries Lady Diana Spencer AIDS recognized by the CDC Personal Computers (PCs) introduced by IBM Pac-Man craze sweeps U.S.

5. 1982 "E.T." hits theaters Michael Jackson releases "Thriller" Rev. Sun Myung Moon marries 2,075 couples at Madison Square Garden Falkland Islands war (Argentina-U.K.)

6. 1983 President Reagan announces Star Wars defense plan Sally Ride becomes first American woman in space U.S. Embassy in Beirut bombed Cabbage Patch Kids craze sweeps U.S. M*A*S*H ends after 251 episodes

7. 1984 Huge poison gas leak at Union Carbide plant in Bhopal, India Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi is assassinated by two bodyguards Vietnam War Memorial opened in Washington Bishop Desmond Tutu awarded Nobel Peace Prize

8. 1985 Hole in the ozone layer discovered Mikhail Gorbachev calls for Glasnost (openness) and Perestroika (restructuring) of Soviet Union New Coke hits stores Wreck of the Titanic found

9. 1986 Space Shuttle Challenger explodes shortly after liftoff Chernobyl nuclear accident Iran-Contra scandal U.S. bombs Libya

10. 1987 DNA first used to convict criminals "Black Monday" stock market plunge

11. 1988 Pan Am Flight 103 is bombed over Lockerbie, Scotland U.S. shoots down Iranian airliner Solidarity strikes in Poland Soviet troops begin to withdraw from Afghanistan after nine year occupation U.S. and Canada sign free trade agreement

12. 1989 Berlin Wall falls Exxon Valdez spills millions of gallons of il on Alaska coastline Student protesters killed in China's Tiananmen Square F.W. DeKlerk becomes President of South Africa, promising apartheid reforms