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Fashion
Mullets - Hair style shorter in the front and longer in the back.
High-waisted jeans - Jeans that have a high waist and have come back into style in the 2020s, called Mom Jeans.
Neon Colors - Loud and promoted by pop stars.
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Toys
(1) My Little Pony - This toy was inspired by real-life ponies and collectors' items can be worth lots of money.
(2) Rubiks Cube - The cube has six colored sides, 21 pieces, and 54 outer surfaces and can be solved in 20 moves or less
(3) Nintendo - The company has been around for 125 years starting as a toy manufacturer.
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Technology - Casio calculator watch 1980
(1) It cost about $50.
(2) It was released in the 70s but was very popular in the 80s.
(3) It is a watch and did the basic operations of a calculator.
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U.S President
(1) Ronald Regan ended the Cold War
(2) There was an attempted assassination on his life
(3) He was an actor and a politician
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Sports Figure -Tony Dorsett 1982
(1) Star running back for the Dallas Cowboys from 1977-1987.
(2) Inducted into the hall of fame and also played for Denver Broncos.
(3) In 1982, he had the only 99-yard play from scrimmage in team history and just one of two rushing scores of 99 yards in NFL history.
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transportation
(1) Not a lot of people owned cars back in the day and in the cities
(2) This car cost $9,072 brand new in 1983.
(3) Gas cost $.92 per gallon
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Music
(1) Madonna - Not only a very famous singer but she is also an author of children’s books.
(2) Michael Jackson - He made his singing start at 6 years old in 1964 and had the longest music video for Thriller at 13 minutes and 43 seconds.
(3) Prince - He had a #1 single in 1984 called when doves cry.
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News - Sally Ride was the first US woman astronaut in space on the first Challenger
(1) Sally went to Stanford University.
(2) She joined NASA in 1978 when she was around 32 years old
(3) She was the first American woman in space.
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Actor - Tom Cruise
(1) He starred in the original Top Gun and 2022 Top Gun Maverick.
(2) He is 5’7” tall.
(3) He was born July 3, 1962.
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Movie - Top Gun
(1) Tom Cruise originally didn’t want to do the movie.
(2) It has made $357 million but only cost $15 million to make.
(3) All of the stunt flying by Maverick was done by Scot Altman who then became an astronaut.
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Tv Series - Coach 1989
(1) A fiction show about Hayden Fox, the head coach of a college football team in Minnesota.
(2) Creator made the show after Hayden Fry, head coach for the University of Iowa.
(3) A lot of the beginning shots are from the University of Iowa and around Iowa City.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coach_(TV_series)