The document provides brief summaries of people and events from the 1980s decade. It mentions the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens, USA beating Russia in hockey at the 1980 Olympics, Sandra Day O'Connor becoming the first female Supreme Court justice in 1981, the assassination attempt on President Reagan in 1981, Michael Jackson's "Thriller" music video in 1982, the 1983 downing of Korean Air Lines Flight 007 which killed 269 people, Sally Ride becoming the first American woman in space in 1983, the 1983 terrorist bombing in Beirut that killed 241 US marines, the introduction of compact discs in 1982, the 1984 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles, Vanessa Williams becoming the first black Miss America