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The Audi Quattro is Released in Germany
A cultural milestone for enthusiasts as it went on to win many races over 5 years and two Championships and helped to set the trend for many other vehicles well into the 90s. The name “Quattro” has been visible on Audi models since the Quattro and in that time as of February 2013 the 5 millionth Audi model with the Quattro drive was constructed. -
Pac - man!
Developed by Namco and Released in the U.S under licencing by Midway the original name was going to be carried on directly from Japanese released versions as “Puc-man” but was changed quickly after as people kept turning the P into an F, approximately 7million copies have been sold so that would have been a "bit" of aproblem. -
John Lennon's assasination
John Lennon was assassinated by a later proved schizophrenic Mark David Chapman; chapman had been planning the assassination for a while and had missed the opportunity in Hawaii and New York. This tragedy affected many people considering that millions of records have been sold containing Lennon’s work. -
The Release of the De Lorean DMC-12
The DMC-12 was made most famous by its appearances in the Back to the future Trilogy. As with all product placements it was designed to boost sales, unfortunately founder John DeLorean was charged with cocaine smuggling on October 29th 1982, DeLorean did successfully defend himself and was found not-guilty but by that time his newly formed motor company was on the brink of collapse and later had the assets sold off before the first Back to the future could gain it anymore sales,only 6500 remain. -
A.I.D.S is Identified
On the 5th of June, 5 young homosexual males in Los Angeles California were diagnosed with a rare lung infection; Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP). All the men had previously been completely healthy but had since contracted many infections, some happening simultaneously. Once these men had been tested the common factor had been found and identified as A.I.D.S. As of 2010 34 million people have tested positive for the virus. -
The Wedding of Charles and Dianna
The royal wedding between Prince Charles and Diana Spencer was view by 750 million people. Many fashion designers will say that Dianna’s dress set a trend that lasted till the wedding of her first born William, when the dress of his wife Catherine supposedly set the new trend for all weddings to come. -
Lebanon War
The war began after the Abu Nidal organisation made an assassination attempt on the Israeli ambassador to the U.K. By the end of the war in June 1985 there had been approximately 19,100 total casualties and around 2500 territorial violations form both sides. -
Release of E.T
E.T the extra – terrestrial was Directed by Steven Spielberg and written by Melisa Mathison is one of the most famous children’s films internationally it had a budget of 10.5 million and made just under 800 million U.S dollars at the box office. Spielberg and Mathison did write a sequel but Spielberg felt that it would quote “rob the first one of its virginity”. -
Michael Jackson's "Thriller" is released
Thriller was Jackson’s sixth album, having a total length of 42 mins and 19 secs it is by far the most well-known of the late artist’s exploits. Produced by Jackson himself and previous partner Quincy Jones they both set a budget for the album of $750,000 with additional input and assistance for Paul McCartney. Since the album’s release it has sold 22million copies outside the U.S alone in the U.S it is estimated that 130,000 copies are sold annually. -
Final episode of M*A*S*H
Mash was set in the medical camp of the 4077th during the Korean war and managed by its final episode to have a peak of over 125 million viewers and has appeared on many best T.V shows of all time lists over its 256 episodes. The opening and closing theme “Suicide is Painless” was merely going to be the standard mix, but perhaps for the better it was quickly changed to the instrumental because of the lyrics and the affect that they might have had on audiences. -
Hurricane Alica
Hurricane Alicia was a category 3 that caused 21 direct deaths and 21 billion dollars (U.S dollars 1983) worth of damage at speeds of around 185 km/h. On its path it affected the American states of Mississippi, Nebraska, Texas, Louisiana and Oklahoma. After the storm had “retired” there were 63,000 people without homes water food or shelter, luckily the red-cross was on hand to provide aid to those who needed it. -
Cabbage patch kids become popular
The line of Cabbage patch kids was created by Xavier Roberts at the time it was called “little people” but was later changed to its current title when the brand became more successful. The Cabbage patch brand’s licencing has been owned by 5 different companies, starting with Coleco which lasted from 1982-1988 when the company went broke and was bought out by the next in line; Hasbro.
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Popularity of Cabbage patch kids part three
Toys "R" us did not attempt any special products they only brought out a 25th anniversary line with silver packaging. Again it was all planed out before 2003 could draw to a close the brand was sold again to the now owner Playalong which is a sub company of Jakks pacific..The popularity started because of Coleco’s approach to marketing. -
Popualrity of The Cabbage patch kids part two
. Hasbro had the rights from 1988-1994 Hasbro sold then sold the licencing to Mattel as they could not seem to get the sales they were hoping for. Mattel owned the brand from 1995-2003 their approach included Cabbage patch swimming toys tooth brushes and the introduction of the birth certificate for each doll, this in the end did not stop them from selling the licensing to Toys "R" us.
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Apple releases the macintosh
The Macintosh 128k was the first mass marketed personal computer and it had the benefit of having an advertisement directed by Ridley Scott and a price a quarter of other earlier competitor models. There were one or two things that it did not offer that its predecessors did one being larger RAM and the other being upgradability and it had. I cannot resist comparing it to modern computers the data space was 192 kb that’s over a thousandth of what we have now. -
Launch of "Discovery" space shuttle
): The Discovery space shuttle luckily had a non-catastrophic service life of 28 years in those 28 years the Discovery spent a total of 365 days 22 hours 39 minutes and 22 seconds in space made 39 missions and had travelled 238,539,663 km. The Discovery deployed 31 satellites include the “Hubble” space telescope had 252 different crew members and it had made 13 dockings of the International space station, it is now retired completely intact at the Steven .F. Hadvar centre in Chantilly Virginia. -
The Bhopal disaster takes place
The gas release in Bhopal India caused 16,000 claimed deaths but out of the 500,000 that were exposed. The tank holding the gas was from a Union Carbide minimum storage tank that was holding methyl Isocyanate. Methyl Isocyanate is used in the production of adhesives (glues) and rubber materials. Exposure to the gas causes vomiting, coughing, severe eye irritation and the feeling of suffocation, also the children of the survivors were noticeable shorter than they should have been. -
Hole in Ozone layer discovered part one
No doubt this has come to your attention at some point and if it has not then it will now. The Ozone layer that surrounds earth is a natural occurrence that is in place to help protect the planet along with the rest of the atmosphere. Specifically it helps to filter UV and Gamma rays that in large doses are harmful to the inhabitants of this planet; it also helps to degrade asteroids upon entering the atmosphere. -
Hole in the Ozone layer discovered part two
Unfortunately since the late 1970s the amount of ozone gasses surrounding Earth have depleted dramatically increasing the risk of skin cancer and the global average temperature. Unaltered this issue would surely be our undoing luckily since 2005 the amount of ozone has been increasing, meaning our goose isn’t entirely cooked. -
Wreck of the RMS Titanic is Found part one
Often called simply the Titanic the name always conjures up thoughts of Leonardo Di Caprio and Kate Winslet in the movie set up board the ship, except most sources a that the story is fictional the life of the ship was as glamorous as it was portrayed. The RMS Titanic was ordered September 17th 1908 and was completed three years later on April 2nd. -
Wreck of the RMS Titanic is found part two
Titanic sunk 14th of April the same year as the result of a collision with a large iceberg that tore a series of large holes in the hull, after the damage had been done it took 2hrs and 40 mins to sink completely. The wreck was discovered at 3700m below sea level, the Franco-American expedition found that the entire ship had been torn in half likely before it hit the seabed. -
Release of Windows 1.0 part one
Windows 1.0 was Microsoft’s first attempt at a multitasking graphical interface OS for a PC . The reviews by critics after the release were mainly circulating around the fact that it did not live up to the expectations that they had, critics more specifically had problems with its high system requirements and that they caused slow performance when multiple applications were active at one time. -
Release of Windows 1.0 part two
The New York Times even said in their review that the performance of Windows 1.0 was comparable to “pouring molasses in the Arctic”. Windows 1.0 was not as good as people expected it to be but it became a great stepping stone for Microsoft to develop later OSs such as Windows XP and Windows 7. -
Space Shuttle "Challenger" explodes part two
However the O-rings were not designed for temperatures that cold as they were on the day of the launch intended to detach before leaving Earth’s atmosphere, the as a result of the cold temperatures that were around -1.7°C the pressure around the O-ring suddenly dropped causing the fuel inside the booster to burn a hole in the side of the booster resulting in the violent explosion. -
Space shuttle "Challenger" explodes part one
Jan 26th 1986 in Cape Canaveral Florida the launch of the Space Shuttle Challenger took place and just before the craft could break the sound barrier an suspected O-ring failure caused the Challenger to explode in a large trail of smoke. On the booster rockets of the Challenger there were two O-rings on each booster the O-rings were in place to regulate the pressure for the boosters. -
The nuclear reactor at Chernobyl goes critical and explodes
At 1:23am ((Moscow time) UTC+3) on the 26th of April the Number 2 reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear power plant exploded releasing near unfathomable amounts of superhot steam and radiation, this was all due to the graphite regulator. The graphite regulator was in place to control the water flow for the reactor and in turn the temperature moderation for it so when it gave it did it with a lot of…”expression”. There is now an exclusion zone around the area that goes 30km in each direction. -
The Fox broadcasting corporation is founded
The companies imminent birth went under way in march 1985 when 20th century News Corporation bought 50 % of the TCF holdings the parent company of 20th Century Fox. News Corp later agreed to pay the $2.55 billion necessary to obtain news stations in six major U.S cities. The Fox networks first show was The Late Show hosted by Joan Rivers; it also went on to air shows like 21 jump street, Cops, Married with Children and The Simpsons. -
The Legend of Zelda is Released in Australia part one
): The Legend of Zelda is arguably one of the most popular video-game series of all time clocking in at 67million as of 2011. All of the games in the series follow the main character Link who is often tasked with saving Princess Zelda and everyone in Hyrule from villains like Gannondorf, Gerudo and Vaati. With a couple of exceptions the games are usually centred on the “Triforce” a relic made up of three small triangles. -
The Legend of Zelda is Released in Australia part two
Each piece of the Triforce with it a special power they are; the Triforces of wisdom courage and power. In the first game titled The Legend of Zelda Link the protagonist is tasked with finding the 8 fragments of the Triforce of Wisdom and defeat anyone who threatens Hyrule. -
World Population reaches 5 billion
Awarded to Matej Gaspar from Zagreb, given to Zagreb because of the 1987 Summer Universiade. A Universiade is similar to the Olympics it is a sporting event that includes multiple nations and events. The next estimated population landmark of 8 billion is set to be 2027. -
The first criminal conviction based of DNA evidence is made
Robert Melias was the first person ever to be convicted on the basis of DNA evidence. The DNA in question was blood found amongst other DNA of the tenth victim of his crimes of rape. Melias got thirty years. -
The Canadian winter olympics begin
The Canadian Winter Olympics were held in Calgary Alberta, it had 1,420 athletes from 57 different nations participating in 6 sports and 10 disciplines. Costing $829 million Canadian but created 1.4billion in revenue as a result the other nations that were considered included Sweden and Italy but they missed out. The closing ceremony occurred on the 28th of the same month. -
"Die Hard" is released in the U.S
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Iraq - Iran War ends part one
Also known more prominently as the Gulf war the cease-fire was brokered by the U.N knowing that in the end one would have fallen but both would have lost dramatically and no doubt that it would have led to civil war maybe a decade or so later. This war had been raging for 8 years and in that time both sides had suffered over 500 billion dollars in economic losses each and 1.25 million loses of life between them. -
The Iraq-Iran War ends part two
The war began in much the same way most wars do disputes over borders and power and of course it was bound to break out in war even now even with the U.N looking over their shoulders they still have disputes and it won’t stop until one or both of them gets what they want. -
George .H.W Bush becomes 41st President as the U.S.A part one
Bush is not the most liked of the past U.S presidents as he immediately started placing the military in new locations and went back on nearly all of his polices and claims. His methods of attempting to distract America of his short comings included spending more money on unnecessary polices and making speeches about the end of the totalitarian era. -
George .H.W Bush becomes 41st President as the U.S.A part two
However many of his polices and actions were very admirable and beneficial to the American people many of these included his response to the NRAs (National Rifle Association) letter about their Pro-gun attitude and his compensation act for the people affected by the American atmospheric nuclear testing. -
Serial killer; Ted Bundy is executed in Florida by electrocution part one
Theodore Robert Bundy was convicted of murder, burglary, aggravated kidnapping and attempted murder these crimes affected 30-36 and believed more; victims and their families. Bundy had been diagnosed with several different psychological disorders but all were withdrawn with the exception of a diagnosis of (NPC) Narcissistic personality disorder. -
Serial killer; Ted Bundy is executed in Florida by electrocution part two
Bundy’s motives were as grotesque as they were common he claimed “what makes for good sex is an attractive woman that is convinced you are going to kill her”. Bundy was pronounced dead after public execution by electrocution his final words were "Jim and Fred, I'd like you to give my love to my family and friends”. Jim Coleman was his lawyer and Fred Lawrence was the Methodist minister who spent the night in a prayer with Bundy. -
Fall of the Berlin Wall part one
): The Berlin Wall also known as Berliner Mauer in German was constructed 13th of August 1961. The wall was in place to separate the East Germany from the soviet occupied East Berlin. Officially referred to as the “Anti-fascist protection rampart by the German Democratic Republic (GDR) whom implied that the western side had not been “de-Nazified”. -
Fall of the Berlin Wall part two
The wall was guarded by 3.5million East Germans who all managed to stop all of the known attempts of passing over all of which came in at about 5000 people between 1961 and 1989. The wall fell as a result of new regulations being announced by Gunter Schabowski that East Germans could pass the wall with the proper permission as a result of the broadcast people stormed down to the wall and the severely out number guards yielded as a result of the sheer numbers of the crowd.
