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Ronald Reagan
The history of the United States from 1980 until 1991 includes the last year of the Jimmy Carter presidency, eight years of the Ronald Reagan administration, and the first three years of the George H. W. Bush presidency, up to the collapse of the Soviet Union. Ronald Reagan was born on February 6, 1911, in Tampico Illinois Ronald Reagan died on June 5, 2004 in Bel-Air, California -
Tom And Jerry (1980)
The Tom and Jerry series was made in 1940 by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, who also created beloved shows like Yogi Bear, Top Cat, Scooby-Doo, The Smurfs, The Flintstones, etc. Tom and Jerry were originally called Jasper and Jinx. The cartoon series has a total of 163 episodes and was first released on February 10, 1940. -
Robert De Niro
Robert De Niro made stage debut at the age of 10 and has won two Academy Awards. Robert De Niro acted in movies. Robert De Niro was born on August 17, 1943 in Manhattan, New York. -
Joe Montana
Joe Montana was born June 11, 1956, in New Eagle, Pennsylvania. He was selected late in the third round of the 1979 draft by San Francisco 49ers coach Bill Walsh and went on to lead the 49ers to victories in four Super Bowls, including consecutive wins in 1989 and 1990. He joined the Kansas City Chiefs in 1993 before retiring. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2000. -
Prince
Born to two musical parents on June 7, 1958, Prince Rogers Nelson was named after his father's jazz combo. -
Michael Jackson
Michael Joseph Jackson was born on August 29, 1958, in Gary, Indiana. -
Leotards
By the late 1970s leotards had become common both as exercise and street wear, popularized by the disco craze, and aerobics fashion craze of the time. -
Rubik’s Cube
The brilliant Hungarian puzzle was developed by Ernő Rubik in the mid-1970s and presented at toy fairs at the dawn of the decade. -
Personal Computers (1980)
In the early 1980s computers invaded British homes for the first time, a wave of cheap and futuristic devices that allowed millions of people to discover for themselves what a computer was. These fantastic machines, like the Sinclair ZX Spectrum, Acorn Electron and Commodore 64, promised to make computing user-friendly for the first time. They were expected to reveal the wonders of information technology to the masses, and bring about a revolution in homes, schools, and workplaces. -
Ripped Jeans
Ripped jeans are denim jeans with tear or rips, often on the knees but possibly in other locations on the pant. They were popular in the late 1980s during the hard rock/heavy metal era and in the 1990s and 2000s during the grunge era. -
Tights
While tights are a simple garment, they have gone through significant changes throughout the course of their existence. -
Masters of the Universe
Mattel's He-Man toys hit the shelves a year before the popular animated series. -
Glo Worm
When squeezed, the plush green bodies would illuminate the plastic head with a light inside. -
Madonna
The Guinness World Records list Madonna as the world's most successful female recording artist of all time; she has sold over 200 million records worldwide. -
Mount St. Helens erupts in Washington state on May 18, 1980
Mount St. Helens was once a beautiful, symmetrical example of a stratovolcano in the Cascades mountain range in southwestern Washington, rising to 9,600 feet (3,000 meters) above sea level. Then, on May 18, 1980, the once-quiet volcano erupted and blasted off the upper 1,000 feet (300 m) of the summit. A horseshoe-shaped crater and a barren wasteland were all that remained. -
Pontiac Firebird (1984)
The Firebird's rear "slit" taillights were inspired by the 1966–1967 Pontiac GTO. Both a two-door hardtop and a convertible were offered through the 1969 model year. Originally, the car was a "consolation prize" for Pontiac, which had desired to produce a two-seat sports car based on its original Banshee concept car. -
Transformers (Animated) The Movie (1986)
For an animated movie aimed at kids, "Transformers" has a crazy-high body count. Early drafts of the script featured even more deaths. The biggest on-screen RIP that still rocks kids' souls? Optimus Prime. The debate over whether or not to kill Prime caused "steaming arguments" among the filmmakers, according to screenwriter Ron Friedman -- who was violently against killing this "father figure" and "icon."
