1980's By HP TM May 18, 1980 Mt St Helens Erupts picture from www.billnye.com Dec 8, 1980 Jhon lennon assassinated http://iconvsicon.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/john-lennon.jpg Jan 1, 1981 Iran Hostage Crisis 52 americans were held hostage for 444 days. Picture from www.trcs.wikispaces.com Jan 20, 1981 Ronald Reagan becomes 40th president of the U.S. http://www.peoplequiz.com/images/bios/Ronald-Reagan.jpg-4361.jpg Feb 25, 1981 Muhamad Ali retires http://www.celebritiesfans.com/Pic/muhammadali.jpg Dec 1, 1982 Michel Jackson sells 20 million Thriller albums http://www.sfgate.com/blogs/images/sfgate/pets/2009/07/14/bubbles.jpg Oct 18, 1983 Cabage patch kids released http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/31KrZqq2JXL._SL75_.jpg Oct 7, 1984 desmond tutu gets Nobel peace prize http://www.alinstitute.org/Picture%20Library/Test/tutu.jpg Dec 4, 1985 US team discovers aids picture from www.discoveryon.info Jun 28, 1986 Shuttle Challenger Explodes Picture from www.iill.net Jul 20, 1987 5 billion people counted on earth http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3510/3734133946_d4c19e9403.jpg Sep 1, 1988 Super Mario brothers realeased http://www.hardmode.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/SMB2.jpg Nov 9, 1989 Berlin Wall falls picture from www.euinfrastructure.com
