Tri Sigma

1980	Failed US rescue attempt to save hostages in Tehran. Rubik's Cube becomes popular. Ted Turner establishes CNN
1981	First woman appointed to the US Supreme Court. New plague identified as AIDS. Personal computers (PC) introduced by IBM.
1982	"E.T." released in theaters. King Henry VIII's ship the Mary Rose raised after 437 years. Michael Jackson releases "Thriller."
1983	Cabbage Patch Kids are popular Sally Ride becomes the first woman in space. Soviets shoot down a Korean airliner. US Embassy in Beirut is bombed.
1984	Indira Gandhi, India's prime minister, killed by two bodyguards. PG-13 movie rating created. Vietnam War Memorial opens in Washington.
1985	Famine rages across Ethiopia. Hole in the ozone layer discovered. Wreck of the Titanic found
1986	Space Shuttle Challenger explodes. Chernobyl nuclear accident. US bombs Libya.
1987	DNA first used to convict criminals. New York Stock Exchange suffers huge drop on "Black Monday." West German pilot lands unchallenged in Moscow's Red Square.
1988	Pan Am Flight 103 is bombed over Lockerbie, Scotland. U.S. shoots down Iranian airliner.
1989	Berlin Wall falls. Exxon Valdez spills millions of gallons of oil on coastline. President George H.W. Bush announces he doesn't like broccoli.

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