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Transportation
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Oldsmobile Cutlass, these were known to be the most popular cars in the 80s for a while.
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In the 80s the type of Oldsmobile Cutlass that came out was the "GM Oldsmobile V-8 260"
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The Oldsmobile Cutlass was a muscle car. -
Actor/Actress: Tom Cruise
1.)
Tom Cruise was a very popular American actor, he is also one of the highest paid actors!
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Tom Cruise started acting in the 80s and became really popular, he is one of the top favorites in Hollywood.
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Tom Cruise for the past years he has been acting he earned over three Golden Globes awards. -
U.S President
1.)
Jimmy Carter was president from 1977 to 1981.
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He was also awarded a reward called “2002 Nobel Peace Prize Award.” because he helped cause peace.
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Jimmy Carter was the oldest president to be alive, he lived up till 98 years old. He was also known as the nation's longest-lived president. -
New Event: Sally Ride First U.S. Woman Astronaut
1.)
Sally Ride was a American whose dream was to be the first American woman astronaut
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Sally Ride, she was a physicist and she was born in Los Angeles.
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In 1983 she became the first American woman and third woman to be in space. -
Music: Take on me by A-ha, Wake me up before you go-go by Wham!, What's love got to do with it? By Tina Turner
1.) Take on me: The instrument used in this song was a “Roland Juno-60 synthesiser” 2.) Wake me up before you go-go: The meaning behind the song is that a girl gets into a relationship but doesn’t have any feelings. 3.) What's love got to do with it?: The meaning behind the song is that a girl gets into a relationship but doesn’t have any feelings. -
Show: Crook & Chase
1.) Crook and Chase came out April 1st 1985, it became popular only a few years after it came out and only stayed popular for two years. 2.) The show ended in 1999, so it went on for a while 3.) The Willie Nelson and Friends General Store & Museum had let them film it in there. -
Technology: VHS/VCR
1.) Now in the 2000s a VHS/VCR would cost a lot more than in the 1980s because they are now rare to find. 2.) The last ever VHS/VCR created was in 2016, that is why they are so expensive now. 3.) VHS/VCR were used for recording and playing videos or recorded stuff without the videos actually there. -
Fashion: Hair, clothes, etc..
1.)
In the 80s two common hair styles were “Mullets” and “Big hair” and big hair was just a lot of perms used.
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In the 1980s spandex, and Lycra, with comfortable cotton and natural silk were popular.
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During the day women would dress with masculine clothes, but by night they would dress in sparkly dresses. -
Toys: Cabbage pack kid dolls, Game Boy/Nintendo, Pound Puppies
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The cabbage patch dolls were invented in 1983. 2.)
The pound puppies TOYS were invented in 1984. 3.)
Game Boy was founded in 1989 and was really popular for a few years. -
Movie: BeetleJuice
1.) The movie was made in 1988 on March 30th and in the same year it came out it became extremely popular and one of the top 10 best movies. 2.) The reason that they misspelled the word “Beetle” is because they thought it was funnier and that the name misspelled helped the marketing. 3.) The reason Beetlejuice is so popular is because it has sandworms, it's spooky and it’s a fun movie because of how much imagination is used in it.