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Cold War
The "Cold War" was a brief time of tension between the U.S. and the Soviet union. Without actual war it lasted from about 1945 to 1991. Joseph Stalin the leader of the Soviet Union was trying to gain total power and take over all of europe and encouraged communism. The U.S. was against this and that was part of the reason for the tension. -
Rubix Cube
The rubiks cube was created by Erno Rubik. 1/8th of the world has laid its hands on the cubethe least amount of moves to solve it in is 20 It took Erno Rubik 1 month to solve it himself before he knew it was even possible to solve. -
Mount St. Helens Eruption
Mount St. Helens erupted on May 18, 1980.57 people were killedThe eruption removed the upper 1,300 feet of the summitThe eruption was triggered by a 5.1 level earth quake -
Pac Man
Pac Man, Came out on may 22, 1980designed by Toru Iwatani It was the most successful coin operated video game in history -
First Women in Supreme Court:
She served as an Associate Justice from her appointed in 1981 by Ronald Reagan until retirement in 2006. Samuel Alito took her spot in October of 2005. She was elected official and judge in Arizona. -
President Reagan and Pope Assassination Atempt
Their would-be assassins both appeared to be lone gunmen acting on personal motives. They were within six or seven yards of their victims when they opened fire. The bullets entered both bodies, moved toward the hearts, and either stopped or passed within a few millimeters of the central aorta. And they arrived at nearby hospitals within minutes -
Baseball Strike
On June 12, 1981, Major-league baseball players went on strike. Because of the strike, 713 baseball games were cancelled. Team owners lost $166 millon in revenue and baseball players lost $30 million in wages. The Strike lasted until the end of July. -
Hole in the Ozone Layer
Scientists from British Antarctic Survey began monitoring ozone during the International Geophysical Year of 1957–58. In 1985 scientists discovered that since the mid 1970s ozone values over Halley and Faraday research stations had been steadily dropping when the sun reappeared each spring. -
First Woman in Space
Sally Ride was physicist and astronaut. She had served on the investigation panels for two space shuttle disasters (Challenger and Columbia) - only person to serve on both. She remains the youngest American astronaut to be launched into space. She went into space in 1983. -
DNA used in Criminal Conviction
DNA Profiling, Is a technique employed by forensic scientists to assist in identification of individuals by their DNA profiles. DNA profiles are encrypted sets of numbers that reflect the persons DNA makeup. It is used in parental testing and criminal investigation. -
PG-13 New Rating
In 1984, the PG-13 movie rating was created. Patrick Swayze starred in the first PG-13 movie entitled Red Dawn. Red Dawn was a movie about a group of teenagers that were trying to save their Colorado town. The PG-13 movie rating was for movies that had a “higher level of intensity” than movies rated with the PG rating. -
The U.S. Bombs Libya
On April 14 1986 the U.S bombed Libya The U.S. bombed Libya because Americans had been killed by terrorists, The raid was over within an hour -
Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster
Broke apart 73 seconds into it’s flight, leading to the deaths of it’s seven crew members. The spacecraft disintegrated over the Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of central Florida at 11:38. -
Stock Market crash/Black Monday:
Started on Monday October 19, 1987. Stock markets all around the world crashed. It started in hong Kong and spread west to Europe, hitting the U.S. after other markets had already declined
