Name: Celebrating the Century: Chinese troops killed more than 2,500 pro-democracy students in Beijing in response to a week student led protest Music: ImagineTitle: THE EIGHTIES HAVE BEGUN The Beatles broke up in John Lennon and his wife Yoko One moved to New York City where they had a son named Sean. On Dec. 8, 1980, Lennon was shot and killed at the age of 40 Ronald Reagan was shot 2 months after his inauguration on March of His press secretary James Brady and two of his security officers were shot. John Hinkley shot President Reagan July 4, 1986-the 100 anniversary of The Statue of Liberty Coming in the 80s: Prince, virtual reality, Pac-man, Break-dancing, Cabbage Patch dolls, Rubic Cubes. Capturing the mood of the times, the movie Wall Street War and Conflict 1.Margaret Thatcher sends troops to the Falkland Islands to retake the island from Argentine 2.Reagan sends troops to Grenada to rescue U.S medical students 3.Reagan sends Marines into Lebanon. Over 200 Marines were killed by Muslim terrorist. 4.April 14, 1986-Reagan attacks Libya and its leader Muammar el Khadafy 5.Dec Flight 103 is downed over Lockerby, Scotland. Libyan agents are responsible 6.Nicaragua- contras and Sandinistas battle over control of the government 7.Iran and Iraq fight. The US becomes involved in the Iran-Contra arms deal. The US would sell arms to Iran to use against Iraq. The money would then be sent to the contras to use against the Sandinstas 8.Colonel Oliver North was a key figure in the Iran-contra affair 9. Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev sign the first missile reduction treaty in 1987 Music: Just One of Those ThingsTitle: THE STUFF OF FAIRY TALES The Lady Diana Spencer marries Charles Prince of Wales and heir to the English throne on July 29, It is believed that 750 million people watched the wedding worldwide. Diana was 19 years old and Charles was 32 years old. Princess Di turned her attention to charity work involving the disease AIDS. As the AIDS epidemic spreads, actor Rock Hudson dies from the disease. Ryan White dies from AIDS as a result of a blood transfusion. He died at the age of 13. Dr. David Ho will discover a treatment for HIV and be Time’s Man of the Year in The biggest movie of the decade is ET.

Music: Everybody HurtsTitle: HOLDING ON Women of the 80s 1.Corazon Aquino takes over in the Philippines after Ferdinand Marcos is ousted from power. Corazon took on her husband’s leadership role after he was assassinated 2.Benazir Bhutto was the prime minister of Pakistan 3.Indira Ghandi was the leader of India. She was assassinated in 1984 by two of her Sikh bodyguards 4.Margaret Thatcher was prime minister of Great Britain 5.Dr. Sally Ride is the first American woman in space on June 18, Christine McAuliffe, a teacher, is one of seven killed in the explosion aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger (name of shuttle) In 1981, a right wing group attempts to overthrow King Juan Carlos of Spain. While visiting with crowds in St. Peter’s Square in Rome, Pope John Paul II was shot and required 5 hours of surgery. He later visited the cell of his attacker and forgave him The Pope returned to his native country of Poland in Music: We Are the WorldTitle: REACHING OUT In 1984, Los Angeles hosted the Summer Olympics with many countries missing including the Soviet Union (The U.S boycotted the 1980 Olympics that were in the Soviet Union because the Soviets had invaded Afghanistan) The flame was ignited by a former Olympic decathlete named Rafer Johnson. Medal winner for the US included Jackie Joiner, Carl Lewis and Mary Lou Retton Bob Geldof organized Live-Aid concerts to raise money for Africa famine relief In 1948, apartheid became law in South Africa. An early opponent of this law was Nelson Mandela. In 1964 he was sentenced to life in prison for sabotage. Examples of the policy of apartheid took place in the townships of Sharpville in 1960 and Soweto in While in prison, Winnie Mandela (wife) kept his message alive. F.W. de Klerk led the South African government when Nelson Mandela was freed in Nelson Mandela will lead the movement in South Africa against the Apartheid Government Music: Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9Title: SOLIDARITY Lech Walesa becomes leader in Poland In 1980, Lech Walesa led his Solidarity union in efforts to be recognized by the Polish government. The Communist party declared martial law and outlawed Solidarity. In 1989, the government legalized Solidarity and opened the country for free elections. Lech Walesa was elected president. He received the Noble Peace Prize and was Time’s Man of the Year. Mikail Gorbachev Russia faces problems 1.Russia was at war with Afghanistan. Over 16,000 soldiers were killed. In 1989 Gorbachev pulls out of Afghanistan 2.A nuclear power plant melts down at Chernobyl 3.Gorbachev wanted to rebuild the Soviet Union along democratic lines. He was awarded the Noble Peace Prize. He was opposed by the communist party in the Russian congress Hungary opened its borders in 1989 The Berlin Wall fell on Nov. 10, It separated East and West Germany Technology: Nanosecond, modem, information super highway, fiber optics Communication used at the end of the 80’s: Fax, computer and TV