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President
Ronald Reagan Fact 1
Ronald Reagan was an American politician and actor who served as the 40th President of the United States from 1981 to 1989 Fact 2
When Reagan left office in 1989, he held an approval rating of sixty-eight percent Fact 3
Ronald Wilson Reagan was born on February 6, 1911 in an apartment Link
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Fashion
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Early 80s clothes where colorful and consist of different shapes
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In 1983 there was a slight 1950s-style throwback, especially in women’s dresses.
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With the help of Michael Jordan, Nike won the war. In 1988, every kid had to have a pair of Air Jordans and a Chicago Bulls baseball cap.
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News Event
In 1980 Seagate Technology creates the first hard disk drive for microcomputers, the ST506.
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The disk held 5 megabytes of data
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The hard disk drive itself was a rigid metallic platter coated on both sides with a thin layer of magnetic material that stores digital data.
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Seagate quickly drew such big-name customers as Apple Computer and IBM. Within a few years, it sold 4 million units.
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Transportation
fact 1 In 1980 Japan became the world’s leading auto producer fact 2 1982, as imports increased their share of the U.S. market went from 17.7 percent to 27.9 percent fact 3 the American automobile industry in the 1980s underwent a massive organizational restructuring and technological renaissance Link:
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Music
Justin timberlake Justin Randall Timberlake (born January 31, 1981) is an American singer-songwriter, actor and record producer 4 non blondes 4 Non Blondes was an American rock band from San Francisco, California, formed in 1989 Michael Jackson Michael Joseph Jackson was born in Gary, Indiana on August 29, 1958 Link:
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Technology
Home computer
Fact 1
became common during the 1980s. They were marketed to consumers as affordable and accessible computers Fact 2
A home computer often had better graphics and sound than contemporary business computers Fact 3
Their most common uses were playing video games Link:
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Sports Figure
Eddie murray fact 1
He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2003 fact2
former Major League Baseball (MLB) first baseman and designated hitter fact3
After his playing career, Murray coached for the Orioles Link:
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Toys
fact 1
Ruxpin was the best selling toy in 1985 and 1986! Countless kids across America fell asleep to Teddy Ruxpin’s stories fact 2
Super Soaker water gun was marketed as this amazing invention. Though this toy was huge in the 1990s, the first model actually launched in 1989 fact 3
or Video Computer System. Following the release of the Atari 5200 in November 1982, the VCS was renamed to the "Atari 26 Link:
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Movie
Back To The Future fact 1
It won the Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation fact 2
Back to the Future's success led to two film sequels : Back to the Future Part II and Back to the Future Part III. fact 3
Back to the Future opened on July 3, 1985, on 1,200 screens in North America Link:
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Actors
will smith
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Smith was born on September 25, 1968 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Caroline (Bright), a Philadelphia school board administrato fact 2
In the late 1980s, Smith achieved modest fame as a rapper under the name The Fresh Prince fact 3
In 1990, his popularity increased dramatically when he starred in the popular television series The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Link:
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TV Show
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1987 fact1
The show began its official run on October 1, 1988 fact2
The California toy company released their first series of Ninja Turtles action figures in the summer of 1988 fact3
The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles first appeared in an American comic book published by Mirage Studios in 1984 in Dover, New Hampshire. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teenage_Mutant_Ninja_Turtles_(1987_TV_series)
