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Sports Figure
https://www.cnn.com/2013/06/20/us/magic-johnson-fast-facts/index.html
Fact 1.) he was born in Lansing Michigan on August 14,1959
Fact 2.) he helped the Lakers win 5 NBA championships
Fact 3.) in 1980 at the age of 20, Johnson was the youngest and the first rookie to have made the NBA finals -
Fashion
https://www.retrowaste.com/1980s/fashion-in-the-1980s/
Fact 1.) people would tease their hair to make it look bigger and better
Fact 2.) people wore bright colored clothing like a hot pink top or lime green pants
Fact 3.) people wore very bright colored makeup a very popular makeup look encluded very bright blue eyeshadow -
Music
https://reprog.wordpress.com/2014/10/14/whitesnake-fool-for-your-loving-may-1980-heavy-metal-timeline-part-18/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rolling_Stones https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_(band)
Fact 1.)Originally the band's name was "smile."
Fact 2.)The british rock band whitesnake had released 12 studio albums, 7 live albums, and 40 singles.
Fact 3.)The original name of the rolling stones was “rollin’ stone”. They were named after the muddy waters song. -
News Event
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/mount-st-helens-erupts
Fact 1.) when st. helens erupted a massive avalanche occured and killed 57 people
Fact 2.) ash from the eruption fell as far away as Minnesota
Fact 3.) located at Skamania County, Washington -
U.S President
https://www.history.com/topics/us-presidents/ronald-reagan
Fact 1.)Ronald Reagan was born on February 6, 1911, in Tampico Illinois to Edward “Jack” Reagan and Nelle Wilson Reagan.
Fact 2.)Ronald was a former actor and California governor
Fact 3.)Ronald served as the 40th U.S president from 1981 to 1989. -
Toys
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/8gk4dk/the-secret-history-of-cabbage-patch-kids-011 https://carebears.fandom.com/wiki/Care_Bears https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glo_Worm
Fact 1.) cabbage patch dolls generated about 2 Billion dollars in sales
Fact 2.) care bears were painted by by Elena Kucharik in 1981 for greeting cards
Fact 3.) the glo worm toy was designed by Hasbro's Playskool Division, made in Pawtucket Rhode Island, introduced in 1982 -
Transportation
https://www.hemmings.com/blog/2014/03/10/lost-cars-of-the-1980s-1981-1982-amc-eagle-series-50-kammback/
Fact 1.)This car was produced in the united states by chrysler who inherited a line of cars from AMC
Fact 2.)The design work for this car began in the 1971 and the car sold out in 1980
Fact 1.)This car was a two door compact car -
Technology
https://bebusinessed.com/history/history-cell-phones/
Fact 1.) the Motorola DynaTAC 800x was the first ever phone to be released in 1983
Fact 2.) the first cell phone costed $4,000 and lasted 30 min. of talk time
Fact 3.) was originally created to talk while driving -
Famous Actor/Actress
https://www.google.com/search?q=molly+ringwald&rlz=1C1GCEU_enUS832US832&oq=molly+ringwald&aqs=chrome..69i57j0l5.4511j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&safe=active&ssui=on
Fact 1.) Molly Ringwald was born February 18,1968
Fact 2.) was on a romantic comedy called sixteen candles in 1984
Fact 3.) has an older sister named Beth Ringwald -
Movie
https://www.tor.com/2012/08/20/10-things-you-might-not-know-about-the-goonies/
Fact 1.) the famous 1980s movie the Goonies was released on June 7th 1985
Fact 2.) Richard Donner was the director of the Goonies movie
Fact 3.) in dramatic scenes the director would yell out big eyes and the kids would widen their eyes for the camera -
TV show
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ALF_(TV_series)
Fact 1.)The creators of alf are tom patchett and Paul fusco.
Fact 2.)Gordon shumway's character (alf) is a Melmacian.
Fact 3.)Alfs name stands for alien life form.
