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sports figure
SUE WOODSTRA 1984
Born on may 21, 1957
Won silver metal with her team 1984 summer olympics volley ball
Her age is 61
https://www.pe.com/2017/07/05/top-10-series-best-female-volleyball-players-in-area-history/ -
music
Whitney Huston became a dominate singer in 1980's
Born august 9th 1963
Shes is a female singer
https://www.boomsbeat.com/articles/90/20140110/50-things-you-probably-didnt-know-about-whitney-houston.htm -
actor or actress
Anthony Michael hall he played in many teen movies in the 1980s
Born april 14, 1968
He 50 years old
https://www.biography.com/people/anthony-michael-hall-252003 -
technology
VCR's
Costed 1,000 dollars or more
Sony’s beta max competed with VCR in 1980’s
Used for television broadcast
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fashion from 1980's
fashion styles: bold, colors and jeans
Denim jeans were very popular in 1980’s they were mostly high wasted jeans had holes they also bleached and dyed many jeans
Darkish and pastel colors maybe some neon.
Some say that its popularity was because inherently cool people such as bikers and soldiers used them a lot. They really weren't that popular getting toward 1988 because teens did like them cause they looked weird
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news event
mount saint helen erupted May 18,1980 it erupted
Began 8:32 PDT
Most destructive eruption ever i'm USA
https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2015/05/the-eruption-of-mount-st-helens-in-1980/393557/ -
transportation
2,00 checkered taxis are surviving today
The 1980 and 1981 V-6s were the only application coupled to a Turbo 400, and they used some funky starter brackets
1980 they declared they are ending the checkered taxis
https://www.hemmings.com/magazine/hcc/2006/12/1960-1982-Checkers/1382345.html -
president
jimmy carter was the 39th president
Got 2002 noble prize
Hes 94 years old today
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toys
Easy bake oven
Keener projects invented the easy bake oven Rainbow brite doll
Hallmark cards created the dolls also it was a show Cabbage patch dolls
By the end of the year almost 3 million of the Cabbage Patch Kids Toys have been bought
https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/life/parenting/a34493/easy-bake-oven-history/ -
movie
ghost busters
Directed by Ivan reitman
Released June 7th, 1984
Focused on the future
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tv show
Teenage mutant ninja turtles 1980's
First episode came out on DEC 28, 1987
It played on syndication
created by Kevin Eastman, peter laird
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teenage_Mutant_Ninja_Turtles_(1990_film)
