Trendy Toys of the 1980s
These popular dolls were “adopted” rather than purchased and came with their own birth certificates.
Cabbage Patch Kids
He got his start acting in films like 1963’s It Happened at the World’s Fair. He is also known for starring in movies like Overboard and Swing Shift with his longtime love, actress Goldie Hawn.
Kurt Russell
The first U.S. manned sub-orbital flight launched from this state, with Alan Shepard inside the spacecraft
Florida
The Pillsbury mascot, introduced in 1965
white
This mystery-solving cartoon pooch debuted in the fall of 1969.
Scooby-Doo
“When he was nearly thirteen, my brother Jem got his arm badly broken at the elbow.”
To Kill a Mockingbird
These cuddly stuffed toys “care a lot.”
Care Bears
This childhood chess prodigy is known for his defeat of Soviet chess player Boris Spassky.
Bobby Fischer
Alcatraz, an island penitentiary off the coast of this state, closed on March 21, 1963
California
The outfit worn by Sir Charms, the Lucky Charms cereal mascot
green
This is an educational cartoon from the 1970s that features songs like “I’m Just a Bill” and “Conjunction Junction.”
Schoolhouse Rock
A classic Sylvia Plath novel begins, “It was a queer, sultry summer, the summer they executed the Rosenbergs, and I didn’t know what I was doing in New York.”
The Bell Jar
Originally marketed as a spherical paperweight, this fortune-telling toy became popular with children of the 1980s
Magic 8 Ball
This actor and filmmaker got his start in acting as a child, with roles such as Opie on The Andy Griffith Show
Ron Howard
On March 25, 1965, Martin Luther King Jr. spoke at a rally in Montgomery, this state’s capital
Alabama
The two colors of the first Earth Day flag, flown at an Illinois high school in 1970
green and white
This prehistoric cartoon series of the 1960s includes Fred, Wilma, and Pebbles.
The Flintstones
This Capote true crime novel begins, “The village of Holcomb stands on the high wheat plains of western Kansas, a lonesome area that other Kansans call ‘out there.
In Cold Blood
A popular brainteaser in the 1980s, the object of this toy is to get six sides of matching colored tiles aligned
Rubik’s Cube
This Spanish cubist painter is known for works like Guernica and The Old Guitarist.
Pablo Picasso
The 1962 World’s Fair, also called the Century 21 Exposition, opened in this state
Washington
The first-ever Post-It notes, invented at 3M in 1974
yellow
A spinoff of Archie comics, this show stars a pop-music group solving mysteries as they tour the globe.
Josie and the Pussycats
“Many years later, as he faced the firing squad, Colonel Aureliano Buendía was to remember that distant afternoon when his father took him to discover ice.
One Hundred Years of Solitude
Known as the world’s first action figure and an All-American hero, he debuted in 1964 from Hasbro toys.
G.I. Joe
This child prodigy is known for musical ditties like “My Cherie Amour” and “You Are the Sunshine of My Life.”
Stevie Wonder
This state was the site for the Greensboro sit-ins
North Carolina
The Cloud, Prince’s custom-built guitar that stars alongside him in the film Purple Rain
white
This ’80s cartoon features characters named after Renaissance artists.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
“When I stepped out into the bright sunlight from the darkness of the movie house, I had only two things on my mind: Paul Newman and a ride home.”
The Outsiders
He was a talking teddy bear created by Ken Forsse, an animatronics enthusiast.
Teddy Ruxpin
This musician was known for “Back in the High Life” and for working with the musical groups Traffic and Blind Faith.
Steve Winwood
In 1960, these two states hit a record high with populations of over 15 million people, according to the census.
California and New York
The 1932 Ford Coupe driven by John Milner in American Graffiti
yellow
Bob Kane created this animated cat-and-mouse series as a spoof of his Batman comics
Courageous Cat and Minute Mouse
A 1969 anti-war novel opens, “All this happened, more or less.
Slaughterhouse-Five