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Fashion
Fashion styles of the 1980s include: long hair biker jackets tight worn out jeans pictures -
Toys
Cabbage Patch Kids, Care Bears, Rubik’s Cube were just some of the popular toys of the 1980s -
Music
Tupac Shakur was an influential rapper, actor, activist, and poet who addressed social issues through his raw talent and poetic lyrics. Will Smith is an American actor, rapper, and film producer. -
Personal computers
The Apple Macintosh was one of the earliest personal computers. Dell’s first personal computer sold for $750. Apple released the Lisa computer in 1983, the first commercial computer with a GUI. -
actor
Tom Cruise has dyslexia and was diagnosed with it at 7 years old. He was also a high school wrestler. In his free time he likes to fence. -
Transportation
The Nissan 1980 Datsun 280ZX's It’s top speed was about 130 mph. It had a L28E 2.8 liter inline 6-cylinder for its engine. It had a 5 speed manual transmission. -
President
Ronald Regan (1981 to 1989) was a member of the republican party. He was the 40th president of the United States. He contributed to the peaceful end of the cold war. -
Movies
Some fun facts are: No adults' faces are shown until the last half of the film.
The alien was supposed to be 40 years old.
Their budget was 10.1 million. -
Michael Jordan 1984-2003
He Holds the Record for Career Regular Season and Playoff Scoring Average.
He Has a Phobia of Water.
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Golden Girls
All four of the Golden Girls main characters are dead.
Betty White (who played Rose) was a natural brunette but dyed her hair blonde for the role. Dorothy's large statement earrings were clip-ons, as Bea Arthur did not have pierced ears. -
Space Shuttle Challenger disaster (1986)
The challenger exploded only 73 seconds after liftoff.
A school teacher that was on board was killed.
The explosion was caused by faulty O rings that failed to seal a joint in the right rocket booster