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Winter Games Lake Placid
February 13, 1980 - The opening ceremonies of the 1980 Winter Olympics Games are held in Lake Placid, New York. One of the most thrilling moments include the "Miracle on Ice" when a team of U.S. amateur ice hockey players defeated the vaunted Soviet Union professional all-star team in the semi-final game. -
CNN is Launched
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Pac Man Introduced
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John Lennon was Shot
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Space Shuttle Launched from Cape Canaveral
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Royal Wedding
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MTV (Music Television) is Launched
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IBM Introduced the IMB-PC
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Cheers Premieres
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Thriller is Released
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The First CD is Pressed
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The Cosby Show Premieres
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Martin Luther King Day is Official
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The Challenger Explodes
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The Simpsons
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Exxon Spill in Alaska
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Motorola Cell Phone Introduced
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Walt Disney World Opens
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Seinfeld Premieres
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Nintendo Launches GameBoy
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Madonna "Vogue" Song
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Smells Like Teen Spirit
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NC 17 is Added
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Signing of the ADA
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Rodney King Beating
A videotape of black man (Rodney King) being beaten by four white police officers makes national headlines. It shows King being beaten and kicked, without offering any resistance -
World Wide Web
On August 6th, 1991, Tim Berners-Lee releases files describing his idea for the "World Wide Web" -
LA Riots
Rodney King was beaten badly by police officers in L.A when resisting arrest in 1991. Unknown to the police, there was somebody filming it in the bushes. The police officers were handed a verdict of not guilty by the first review board. This caused racial riots to break out in south central L.A. and led to several days of rioting. -
Jurassic Park
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World Trade Center Bombing
February 26, Muslim fundamentalist's tried to destroy the World Trade Center, killing five people and trapping tens of thousands of office workers in the tower. In March, four men connected with Egyptian sheikh Omar Abdel Rahman were convicted and sentenced to 240 years. -
Power Rangers Begin
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Nancy Kerrigan Clubbed in the Knee Before Olympics
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Netscape Debuts
