THE EIGHTIES IN WORLD EVENTS The Reagan Years saw the end of the Cold War, among other things.

BON SCOTT DIED (FEBRUARY 1980)

MOUNT ST. HELENS ERUPTED 18 MAY 1980

RICHARD PRYOR SET HIMSELF ON FIRE (9 JUNE 1980)

LED ZEPPELIN DRUMMER JOHN BONHAM DIED (25 SEPTEMBER 1980)

IN DECEMBER 1980, JOHN LENNON WAS SHOT AND KILLED IN FRONT OF HIS APARTMENT BUILDING IN NEW YORK CITY.

ON 20 JANUARY 1981, AS REAGAN WAS BEING SWORN IN AS PRESIDENT, THE IRAN HOSTAGE CRISIS ENDED AFTER 444 DAYS.

PRESIDENT REAGAN SURVIVED A SHOOTING IN MARCH 1981.

ADAM WALSH’S REMAINS WERE DISCOVERED (JULY 1981)

DOROTHY STRATTEN WAS MURDERED BY HER ESTRANGED HUSBAND (14 AUGUST 1981)

JOHN BELUSHI DIED (5 MARCH 1982)

RANDY RHOADS DIED IN A PLANE CRASH (19 MARCH 1982)

THE FALKLANDS WAR (APRIL-JUNE 1982)

VIC MORROW, MYCA DINH LE (AGE 7) AND RENEE SHIN-YE CHIN (AGE 6) WERE KILLED DURING THE FILMING OF THE TWILIGHT ZONE MOVIE (23 JULY 82)

JOHN DELOREAN ARRESTED FOR TRAFFICKING DRUGS (OCTOBER 1982)

HENRY LEE LUCAS AND OTTIS TOOLE ARRESTED FOR MURDER (1983)

MICHAEL JACKSON’S HAIR CATCHES FIRE WHILE FILMING A COMMERCIAL FOR PEPSI (27 JANUARY 1984)

TROY KUNKLE (THE “NO REMORSE KILLER”) AUGUST 1984

RYAN WHITE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH AIDS (DECEMBER 1984)

DEF LEPPARD DRUMMER RICK ALLEN LOST HIS ARM IN A CAR ACCIDENT (31 DECEMBER 1984)

NIGHT STALKER RICHARD RAMIREZ ( )

IN JANUARY 1986, THE CHALLENGER SPACE SHUTTLE BLEW UP SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF.

THE CHERNOBYL NUCLEAR POWER PLANT HAD A MELTDOWN IN APRIL 1986.

MARLA HANSON’S FACE SLASHED (JUNE 1986)

ROBERT CHAMBERS (“THE PREPPIE MURDERER”) (26 AUGUST 1986)

THE IRAN-CONTRA AFFAIR

SALMAN RUSHDIE PUBLISHED “THE SATANIC VERSES” (1988)

TED BUNDY EXECUTED BY ELECTRIC CHAIR (JANUARY 1989)

JUDAS PRIEST STANDS TRIAL FOR “HIDDEN LYRICS” DUE TO A 1985 SUICIDE PACT (1989)

MARK KILROY DISAPPEARED DURING SPRING BREAK IN MATAMOROS (MARCH 1989)

THE CENTRAL PARK JOGGER (TRISHA MEILI) (19 APRIL 1989)

STEVEN STAYNER WAS KILLED IN A MOTORCYCLE CRASH (17 SEPTEMBER 1989)

2 LIVE CREW BROUGHT UP ON OBSCENITY CHARGES (1989)

AILEEN WUORNOS BEGAN HER KILLING SPREE (1989)

THE EIGHTIES ENDED WITH THE TEARING DOWN OF THE BERLIN WALL IN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER 1989.