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to the 80s!
1980-1989
Barba, Broi
Barneso, Khristine
Dacaldacal , Angelica Mae
Malaluan, Roy John
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The Age of Technological Innovation
Many technological innovations were
made in the Eighties some of these are
Personal computers, Videogames,
Mobile Phones and the Internet.
1980
Pacman was the first game to
achieve widespread popularity in
mainstream culture.
1981
IBM PC was launched.
MTV
1982
Michael Jackson releases Thriller, the biggest
album of all time.
Walt Disney World opens the second largest
theme park, EPCOT Center in Orlando, Florida.
E.T.: The Extra Terrestrial movie was released
and earned $756, 700, 000,
making it the 40th in the
All-time Worldwide Box
Office and the
movie of the 80s.
1983
"Just Say No" is the new tool to
combat growing drug use in the US.
Sally Ride becomes first American
woman in space, June 18th on
theChallenger.
Microsoft Word is first released.
1983
ARPANETofficially changes to use
the Internet Protocol,creating the
Internet.
The first mobile phone was
introduced to the public by the
Motorola Company.
IBM releases theIBM PC XT
1984
Stonewashed jeans are introduced.
The first megabit chip is made at Bell
Labs.
The AIDS virus is discovered.
Apple Computer releases the
Macintosh personal computer.
1984
Vanessa Williams becomes first
African American Miss America.
Summer Olympics in Los Angeles,
US. The Soviets boycott.
1984
Feb 7- Navy Captain Bruce McCandless
and Army Lt. Colonel Robert Stewart
become the first astronauts to fly free of a
spacecraft in orbit during a space shuttle
flight.
The MTV Video Music Awards started.
1984
Louisiana World Exposition of 1984 opens
along the Mississippi River waterfront
inNew Orleans.
Nov. 1984- President Ronald Reagan wins
re-election over Democratic challenger
Walter F. Mondale.
1984
Run DMC are the first rap group to
have a certified gold album.
Sony and Philips introduce the first
commercial CD players.
1985
American-French expeditions locate the
wreck of the RMS Titanic.
A famine relief concert organized by
British artist Bob Geldof and held
simultaneously in London and Philadelphia
is seen in one hundred and fifty-two
countries.
Super Mario Bros. was released by
Nintendo.
1985
The hit single We are the World was
recorded in U.S.A for Africa.
Colombian terrorists execute 100 people
including 11 judges.
1986
Martin Luther King Day is officially
observed for the first time as a federal
holiday in the United States.
Smoking is banned on all public transport
including trains, planes, buses, and
coaches.
1987
Aretha Franklin becomes the first woman
inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of
Fame.
The First National Coming Out Day in
celebration of the second National March
on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights.
Tommy Lee Andrews is the first person to
be convicted as a result of DNA
fingerprinting.
1988
The Morris Worm, the first computer
worm, is launched from MIT by
Robert Tappan Morris.
Pres. Reagan signs a bill providing
death penalty for murderous drug
traffickers.
December 1- The first World AIDS
Day is observed.
1989
George H.W. Bush inaugurated as
President.
Congress creates National Commission for
AIDS.
Loma Prieta Earthquake struck San
Francisco Bay Area killing 63.
1989
The Simpsons was first aired by Fox
Broadcasting Company.
Gameboy was released on August
1989.