Scientific Breakthroughs
Compact music format introduced in 1982
The CD
These plastic wrist accessories snapped onto your arm and made a clack sound
Slap Bracelets
He was known as the “King of Pop” and released Thriller in 1982.
Michael Jackson
He was elected U.S. President in 1980 and again in 1984.
Ronald Reagan
This Soviet leader came to power in 1985 and introduced reforms like glasnost and perestroika.
Mikhail Gorbachev
The first reusable space crafted launched in 81 by NASA
The Space Shuttle
These colorful cubes drove people crazy trying to solve them.
Rubiks Cube
She became a pop icon with hits like “Like a Virgin” and a unique fashion style.
Maddona
This space shuttle tragically exploded shortly after liftoff in 1986.
the Challenger
In 1989, student protesters were violently suppressed in this square in Beijing
Tiananmen Square
In 1983 what is the theory known as the internet
Vint Cerf/ TCP/IP
This aerobic workout style made famous by Jane Fonda had people wearing leg warmers.
Jazzercise or Aerobics
He played Indiana Jones and Han Solo.
Harrison Ford
This Cold War symbol began to crack as people protested in East Germany in 1989.
Berlin Wall
This country experienced a revolution in 1986 that ended the dictatorship of Ferdinand Marcos
Philippines
This deadly virus was first identified in the 1980s
HIV/AIDS
These digital pets on a keychain were everywhere in the late ’80s
What are Tamagotchis?
This actor starred in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off and became a teen idol.
Matthew Broderick
The U.S. was involved in a scandal selling arms to Iran and funding rebels in Nicaragua.
Iran-Contra Affair
This African leader was released from prison in 1990, but his anti-apartheid struggle began in the 1980s.
Nelson Mandela?
In 1984 this computer company released the first computer with a GUI
Apple
These super baggy pants made famous by MC Hammer became a dance fad
parachute pants
This famous athlete became a global icon and won a gold medal in boxing at the 1984 Olympics.
Mike Tyson
This disease, originally misunderstood and feared, became a major health issue in the
AIDS
This wall, a symbol of the Cold War, officially began to fall in November 1989.
What is the Berlin Wall