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Transportation
1:streetcar, also called tram or trolley, vehicle that runs on track laid in the streets
2:Early streetcars were either horse-drawn or depended for power on storage battery that were expensive and inefficient.
3:Early streetcars were either horse-drawn or depended for power on storage battery that were expensive and inefficient. -
U.S. President
1:He was an alternate delegate to the 1972 Republican National Convention from California, and a delegate to the 1980 Republican National Convention.
2:Neil Reagan served two terms as trustee of Eureka College.
3:Reagan died from heart failure at a hospital in San Diego on December 11, 1996, at age 88. -
News Event
1:The 1980s, often remembered for its materialism and consumerism, also saw the rise of the "yuppie," an explosion of blockbuster movies and the emergence of cable networks
2:The fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 is considered to be one of the most momentous events of the 1980s; .
3:Soviet Nuclear reactor at Chernobyl explodes on April 26th causing release of radioactive material across much of Europe -
Fashion
1:punk style, Throughout the 1980s, the punk style was popular among people aged 18–22.
2:puffed shoulders and power suits, flashy skirts, the fabrics of the 1980s were unquestionably velour, spandex, and Lycra, with comfortable cotton and natural silk also popular.
3: spandex leggings, velour, leg warmers and voluminous parachute pants, leggings and stirrup pants were quite popular in the 80s -
Toys
1:Cabbage Patch Kids dolls, a line of one-of-a-kind cloth dolls with plastic heads first produced by Coleco Industries in 1982.
2:the Slinky, Rather than just falling to the floor, the spring 'rolled' downwards and landed on the ground the right the 3:Magic 8 Ball, Magic 8 Ball originally called the Syco-Seer: The Miracle Home Fortune Teller. -
Music
1:Whitney Houston, began working as a fashion model after a photographer saw her at Carnegie Hall singing with her mother.
2:Bruce Springsteen, The first song he learned to play on guitar is not what you'd expect
3: Phil Collin, Phil never learned to read and write conventional musical notation, instead, he uses a system he came up with himself. -
Technolog
1:Nintendo GameBoy and NES, the rise of Sony Walkman and Trinitron TVs, the popularity of Casio calculator watch, and the craze for the Video Home System or VHS
2:they came out with a hand-held game device called Game and Watch
3:When the NES launched in 1985 it was priced at $149.99 -
Actor or Actress
1: her roles in films such as Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982), Gremlins (1984) and Drop Dead Fred (1991).
2:She stopped acting because she wanted to focus on motherhood
3: She is allergic to this flower gladiolus. -
Movie
1:Robert De Niro and Joe Pesci are really punching each other in the famous "hit me" scene
2:the screenplay is one of the best in the history of film.
3:Raging Bull came about when De Niro read the autobiography upon which the film is based on the set of The Godfather Part II. -
TV or Radio Show
1:breaking new ground in the media visibility of African-Americans,
2:$2.5 billion in television revenue
3:for its consistent depiction of black middle-class life, -
Sports Figure
1:one of the most popular and successful in the history of action figures.
2:How much it is around $20
3:the original 13 GI Joes Hawk, Stalker, Scarlett, Snake Eyes, Breaker, Clutch, Rock 'n Roll, Steeler, Grand Slam, Flash, Short-Fuze, Grunt and Zap.