1980 timeline

  • Transportation nissan figaro

    Transportation nissan figaro
    fact 1:Total production of the Figaro finished at 20,073 units.
    fact 2:Top speed is 106 mph
    fact 3:8000 were originally available with an additional 12,000 added to production numbers to meet demand
  • Actor Chevy Chase

    Actor Chevy Chase
    fact 1:Was born October 8 1943
    fact 2:was a part of the Saturday Night Live
    fact 3:He scored in the eighties with hits such as Caddyshack (1980), National Lampoon's Vacation (1983) and its sequels, Fletch (1985) and Fletch Lives (1989). All his films show his talent for deadpan comedy
  • Fashion

    Fashion
    fact 1:Was very colorful in 1980
    fact 2:1980 was flashy too
    fact 3:Also was dermatic
  • News Event John Lennon's death

    News Event John Lennon's death
    fact 1:had just returned from Record Plant Studio with his wife when he was shot
    fact 2:Killed by Mark David Chapman
    fact 3:Was 40 when he died
  • Toys

    Toys
    fact 1: Paddington bears were very popular in 1980 because of the children's book
    fact 2:The tamagotchi was an electronic game where you would hatch an egg and take care of the pet you hatched
    fact 3:Care bears were popular toy to get as a child in 1980
  • Music

    Music
    fact 1: Michael Jackson played a scarecrow in The Wiz, a movie version of the Wizard of Oz.
    fact 2:The Jackson 5 was one of the first groups of black American performers to attain a crossover following, preceded by the Supremes, the Four Tops and the Temptations.
    fact 3:Dolly parton was born January 19, 1946 and is now 72 years old.
  • Technology Nintendo

    Technology  Nintendo
    fact 1:is a Japanese multinational consumer electronics and has a video game company headquartered in Kyoto.
    fact 2: is one of the world's largest video game companies
    fact 3: creating some of the best-known and top-selling video game franchises, such as Mario, The Legend of Zelda, and Pokemon.
  • Movie the shining

    Movie the shining
    fact 1:Director Stanley Kubrick had an interest in horror well before he made The Shining.
    fact 2:The film was inspired by an episode of Omnibus.
    fact 3: Room 217 was switched to Room 237 at the request of The Timberline Lodge.
  • TV m*a*s*h

    TV m*a*s*h
    fact 1:1972–1983 American television series developed by Larry Gelbart
    fact 2:was based on the 1968 novel
    fact 3: was created after an attempt to film the original book's sequel
  • Sports Figure Joe Montana

    Sports Figure Joe Montana
    fact 1:nicknamed "Joe Cool" and "The Comeback Kid"
    fact 2:born June 11, 1956
    fact 3: played in the NFL for 16 seasons
  • President Jimmy carter

    President Jimmy carter
    fact 1:Served as the 39th president
    fact 2:previously was the 76th Governor of Georgia from 1971 to 1975
    fact 3:born October 1, 1924