The 1980s Decade in Review document summarizes several significant events from that decade. The Mount St. Helens eruption in 1980 devastated the surrounding forest with ash and soot spreading over 200 miles. In 1980, the U.S. Olympic hockey team defeated Russia for the first time. Sandra Day O'Connor became the first female Supreme Court justice in 1981. Other events included the assassination attempt on President Reagan in 1981, the deaths of John Lennon in 1980 and Len Bias in 1986 from cocaine overdoses, and the launch of the space shuttle Challenger in 1986 that exploded shortly after liftoff.