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Transportation
1980 Lincoln Mark VI Signature Series. It was made in Wixom, Michigan. The Continental Mark VI is a full size luxury car that was produced by Ford Motor Company and marketed by its Lincoln division from 1980 to 1983. When first introduced in September 1979, the final cost could exceed $24,000 USD which converts to approximately $82,850 in today's dollars. -
Music
Madonna is a pop music singer and actress who went solo in 1981 and became a sensation in the then male-dominated 1980s music scene -
Music
Whitney Houston musical aristocracy: her second cousin is Dionne Warwick; her godmother is Aretha Franklin -
Music
AC/DC has sold nearly 71 million albums in the U.S. alone, making AC/DC one of the five top-selling bands in American music history. They have sold more than 200 million worldwide. -
Movie
The film that inspired The Shining, the Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, Colorado, not the Timberline Lodge which was used in the movie adaptation, is actually haunted.In the movie, it took about a year of planning to get the iconic shot in where blood pours out of the elevator right but only three days to film.The hotel plays The Shining on a loop on one of its TV channels, available in every guest room. It’s the r-rated version. -
News Event
Mount St. Helens erupted and blew down or scorched 230 square miles of forest.Approximately 57 deaths, about $1.1 billion in property damage (or $3.3 billion today, adjusted for inflation); caused a collapse of the volcano's northern flank. Shocks of magnitude 3.2 or greater occurred at a slightly increasing rate during April and May with five earthquakes of magnitude 4 or above per day in early April, and eight per day the week before May 18. -
President
Jimmy Carter from 1977-1981. He served as the 39th president of the United States. He was born October 1st, 1924. 76th governor of from 1971 to 1975 -
Toys
View Master (Gruber explained that he planned to update the stereoscopes common in 19th-century drawing rooms by producing three-dimensional color slides and a new hand-held viewer.) -
Fashion
Classic preppy look (classic “preppie” look that began in New England prep schools in the 40s and 50s.) Different hemlines (Hemlines bounced up and down and there was no prescribed length.) Velvet clothes (Velvet was popular around the clock and women wore lace with tweeds and leather. -
Toys
Fisher Price Medical Kit (The series was a joint collaboration by Hasbro, Sunbow Production and Marvel Production, the same team responsible for G.I Joe and Transformers.) -
Technology
The Pressman was a tape recorder intended for use by journalists. Sony engineers removed the recording device and added a simple set of headphones to create the first prototype of their personal on-the-go music player.The concept of listening to one's own music on the go was so incredibly popular that the demand for cassette increased drastically and in 1983 cassettes outsold vinyl for the first time. -
Sports Figure
Nobody in the 80s could match Flo-Jo’s combination of talent and style. Florence Griffith Joyner was so dominant at the 1988 Seoul Olympics that her world records in the 100 meter and 200 meter sprints still stand, making her the fastest woman ever.In the first race of the quarterfinals of the U.S. Olympic Trial, she stunned her colleagues when she sprinted 100 meters in 10.49 seconds, a new world record. -
Actor/Actress
Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 41 wins & 39 nominations.
He has been in 75 movies Harrison Ford's father was of Irish and German ancestry, while his maternal grandparents were Jewish emigrants from Minsk, Belarus. -
Toys
JEM and the holograms (The first Jem/Jerrica doll isn’t that impressive (a large forehead and a tendency for hair color to fade isn’t a good look for anyone), especially considering its rich source material. But the 1985 issued Hasbro doll does include two totally on-point outfits and earrings that light up. -
TV/Radio
part of this plan was to move production from Georgia to the Warner Bros. lot in Burbank California, primarily to simplify production as well as develop a larger workshop to service the large number of automobiles needed for the series.The series was inspired by the 1975 film Moonrunners, which was also created by Gy Waldron and had many identical or similar character names and concepts.
