The document summarizes notable people and events from the 1980s. It discusses the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens, the US hockey team's victory over the Soviet Union in the 1980 Olympics, the assassination of John Lennon in 1980, and Sandra Day O'Connor becoming the first female Supreme Court justice in 1981. It also mentions the Iran-Contra affair from 1985-1987, the assassination attempt on Ronald Reagan in 1981, and the Challenger disaster in 1986.

1. Review of 1980s Dustin Cotton

2. May 18, 1980 in Washington State Worst volcanic explosion in US history Caused by a 5.1 earthquake Spread 230 square miles Eruption of Mt. St. Helens

3. February 22, 1980 Played Red Machine from the USSR Made up of young men Russians were suppose to win US Hockey team beat Russia in Olympic games

4. Part of the Beatles Beatles split and went his own way Married Ono and had a son Planning for a come back Murdered on Dec. 8 1980 outside of his apartment John Lennon

5. First supreme court justice female (U.S.) Sep. 25, 1981 – Jan. 31, 2006 Nominated by Ronald Reagan Sandra Day O'Connor

6. August 1, 1981 First to play music videos 24/7 First song was “Video killed the radio star” by the Buggles MTV

7. August 20, 1985 – March 4, 1987 Political scandal in the United States Began as an operation to free American hostages being held by terrorist groups Oliver North was part of the second plan: diverting proceeds from the arms sales to support the Contra rebels group in Nicaragua Iran-Contra Affair

8. Born Feb. 6, 1911 March 30, 1981 Punctured a lung and bullet was one inch from his heart Shot from John Hinckley with a .22 cal. Died June 5, 2004 Assassination attempt of Reagan

9. 14 min. music video by Michael Jackson Released December 2, 1983 Most influential pop music video of all time “Thriller”

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11. Became a life style in the 80s 22 million people abused cocaine Being shipped to the U.S. landing in Miami In 1985, cocaine-related hospital emergencies rose by 12 percent, from 23,500 to 26,300. Cocaine

12. September 1, 1983 Shot down by Soviet Jets U.S congressman Lawrence McDonald was aboard Navigated into USSR airspace South Korean flight 007

13. June 18, 1983 Became the first American woman and then the youngest to enter space Spent more than a total of 343 hrs. in space Sally Ride

14. October 23, 1983 Terrorist suicide bombers in a van bought in Texas Killed 299 American and French servicemen Beirut Terrorist Attack

15. Introduced by Phillips and Sony CD-DA was the first cd 1984 both companies came out with the CD-ROM CD’s

16. 1984 Athletes from 140 nations competed at the Los Angeles Games Olympics in Los Angels

17. American Pop and R&B recording artist, producer, dancer, model and actress In 1983, she became the first woman of African-American descent to be crowned Miss America 1988 released her debut album “The Right Stuff” Vanessa Williams

18. March 7, 1985 length 7:09 Written by Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie It is a charity song We are the world

19. 1986 All American college basketball player Picked by the Boston Celtics died 2 days later after a cocaine overdose Len Bias

20. Created the color TV game system Inventers of Donkey Kong & Mario Brothers Worth billions Nintendo

21. Jan. 28, 1986 Exploded 73 seconds into it flight 7 crew member including the first school teacher, African American Caused by a bad O ring Challenger Disaster

22. First reports were in June 1981 Most AIDS cases were among white people In 1985, the first federal resources dedicated to HIV prevention were made available to all state and local health departments nationwide AIDS

23. American fashion model Most considered her the first supermodel Became affected with HIV and died at 26 (Nov. 18, 1986) Supermodel GIA

24. October 14, 1987 18 months old when she fell into a well in Midland, Texas Workers worked for 58 hrs. to free her from an eight inch wide well casing 22 ft. below the ground She has had 15 surgeries over the years “Baby Jessica”

25. Served as the 65th and 67th governor of Massachusetts Democratic presidential nominee in 1988 Second Greek American governor in U.S history Michael Dukakis

26. Feb. 16, 1989 9 years and 50 days after Soviet troops intervened to support a coup by a Marxist ally 100,300 Soviet troops in Afghanistan Compared to the American experience in Vietnam War Soviets leave Afghanistan

27. Both men and women began wearing looser shirts and tight , close-fitting pants Men grew mustaches Fashion of the times

28. Included: Back to the Future Blade Runner The Empire Strikes Back E.T Famous Movies of the Time

29. From Philadelphia, Pa Hit in 1970s & 1980s Song that got them know was Sarah Smile Mark P Cotton Jr.(Jun. 5 1974 – Dec. 12 2010) my father wrote one of there songs. “So Close” Daryl Hall and John Oates So Close by Hall & Oates Music Video on Yahoo! Music