Time Capsule, 1980s

News Events

1980

https://www.rcinet.ca/en/2017/01/27/canada-history-jan-27-1980-the-famous-canadian-caper-rescue/
Fact 1: The Iranian students went on to seize the embassy staff, and held 52 of them as hostages for 444 days.
Fact 2: Americans were thankful to Canada in sheltering and rescuing American diplomats during the Iran hostage crisis of 1980.
Fact 3: The six rescued American people were,
Robert Anders, Mark Lijek, Cora Lijek, Henry Schatz, Joseph Stafford, and Kathleen Stafford.

U.S. President

1981

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Reagan,
https://www.history.com/topics/us-presidents/ronald-reagan
Fact 1: Ronald Reagan was in office, January 20, 1981 to January 20, 1989.
Fact 2: Ronald Reagan's birthday is February 6, 1911
Tampico, Illinois, U.S.
Fact 3: Reagan was first elected to the Board of Directors of the Screen actors guide in 1941.

Fashion

1982

https://manentail.com/10-interesting-facts-about-hair/,
https://www.bragvintage.co.uk/history/high-waisted-jeans,
http://www.80sfashion.org/neon-clothing/
Fact1: Popularity started to gain in the 1970s but stayed in fashion throughout the 80’s too.
Fact 2: The brand Guess made a huge marketing campaign in the 80's and everyone wanted a pair of high waisted jeans.
Fact 3: Back in the day, the most popular type of colors were close to highlighters in colors bright yellow, orange, green, and pink.

Technology

1983

https://www.catawiki.com/stories/4365-10-facts-about-the-history-of-the-sony-walkman-that-bring-you-back-in-time
Fact 1: The walkman wasn't an instant success.
Fact 2: The walkman was born becuase of Opera.
Fact 3: The predecessor to the walkman was the pressman.

Movie

1984

http://mentalfloss.com/article/537446/facts-about-friday-13th
Fact 1: Friday the 13th is not actually seen as a day of misery, for example, in Italy, Friday the 17th, not Friday the 13th is considered to be a day that brings bad luck
Fact 2: Camp Crystal Lake is actually Camp No-Be-Bo-Sco..
Fact 3: Before the film got made, screenwriter Victor Miller came up with something else, he was calling the film Long Night at Camp Blood.

Music

1985

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Jackson,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stevie_Wonder,
https://www.biography.com/musician/billy-joel
Fact 1: Michael Jackson was born, August 29, 1958, in Gary IN.
Fact 2: Billie Joel was nicknamed the "Piano Man.”
Fact 3: On August 6, 1973, Stevie Wonder was in a serious car accident when he was on tour.

Sports Figure

1985

https://ohfact.com/interesting-facts-about-mike-tyson/
Fact 1: Michael Tyson competed from 1985 to 2005.
Fact 2: Tyson became the champion in 1988 when he knocked out Michael Spinks in 91 seconds of the first round.
Fact 3: Tyson saw a total of 58 fights in his career, he won 50 and lost 6.

Toys

1986

https://io9.gizmodo.com/12-strange-and-disturbing-facts-about-the-original-my-1655543068,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxie%27s_World
Fact 1: The first My Little Pony toys were developed by Bonnie Zacherle, Charles Muenchinger, and Steve D'Aguanno.
Fact 2: Hasbro (the creators) tried to create another doll line to compete against Barbie and they came up with Maxie dolls.
Fact 3: Pillow people had $120 million worth of sales from 1986 to 1996.

Television Show

1987

https://www.metv.com/lists/13-furry-out-of-this-world-facts-about-alf
Fact 1: ALF is an American sitcom that aired on NBC from September 22, 1986, to March 24, 1990.
Fact 2: ALF sometimes puts himself at the risk of being seen/caught while doing some of his silly pranks.
Fact 3: Producer Bernie Brillstein was originally offered to see Fusco's audition with a puppet character but was not interested.

Actor or Actress

1988

https://www.thrillist.com/entertainment/nation/kevin-bacon-trivia-things-you-didnt-know
Fact 1: Born July 8, 1958.
Fact 2: At age 16, in 1975, he won a full scholarship to the Pennsylvania Governor's School for the Arts. Fact 3: He left home at age 17 to pursue a movie career in New York City. .

Transportation

1989

https://classics.autotrader.com/classic-cars-for-sale/1980-chevrolet-corvette-for-sale, https://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/a15143347/1980-chevrolet-corvette-road-test-review/,

rvswww.coport.com/the-c3-corvette/
Fact 1: The Chevrolet corvette was the first to have a 6-speed transmission
Fact 2: The model year of the Chevorlet Corvette is 1989
Fact 3: The SSCA’s Chevorlet Corvette Challenge ran the last time in 1989.