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The 80s
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Mount St. Helens erupted
Mount St. Helens is located in the southern part of the states of Washington. It erupted at 8:32 a.m. An earthquake at a magnitude of 5.1 struck because of the volcano erputing. Volcanic ash shot up 80,000 feet into the atmosphere. Fifty-seven people died from the result of the volcano. -
Ronald Reagan
Ronald Reagan was the 40th preisdent of the United States. -
Assassination Attempt on Reagan
After president Ronald Reagan gave his speech he was walking back to the hotel. Someone started shooting at the president and one shot hit his lung and injured three other people. -
NASA Launches Space Shuttle
NASA lauched the space shuttle Columbia. After it orbits the Earth 36 times two days later it returned. The mission was cut short becasue of fuel problems. -
Assassination Attemp on the Pope
Pope John Paul II was in St. Peters Square in Vatican City. The Pope was shot 4 times and suffered from major blood lose. -
PAC MAN
The first PAC MAN came out on May 22, 1981. It orginally came from Japan called PUCK MAN.The American's didn't get used to the name so they changed it to PAC MAN. -
First Woman Appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court
President Ronald Reagan nominated Sandra Day O'Conner to be the first women to be on the U.S. Supreme Court. September 21 the United States Senate a comfirmed O'Conner to be on the U.S. Supreme Court with votes of 99 to zero. On September 25, 1981 she was offically sworn and took her seat in the U.S. Supreme Court. -
E.T.
The movie E.T. was relased -
Kilroy Was Here
The elevth album of the rock opera/concept album by the rock band Styx. The title came from the famous World War II graffiti "Kilroy was here". The album featured the famous song "Mr.Roboto". -
Michael Jackson
Michael Jackson recorded "Thriller" . -
The Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster
The space shuttle Challenger exploded 73 seconds after it lauched. The seven crew members that were on board died. -
Royal Marriage
Prince Andrew married princess Sara. -
The Eurythmics
Performed at Nelson Mandela's 70th birthday concert at Wembley Staduim.Also starring Sting, Dire Straits, Stevie Wonder, Whitney Houston, and Bree Gees.
