Discusses many of the influential people, events, and cultural developments of the 1980s.
Content Note
Welcome to the 1980s -- Miracle on ice -- America bounces back -- President Reagan is shot -- Space shuttle blasts off -- MTV changes pop music -- Reagan heats up the Cold War -- Deadly conflicts around the world -- War on drugs widens -- Scourge of AIDS -- Rise of the computers -- Space shuttle explodes -- New trends in fashion -- Nuclear disaster in Europe -- The Iran-Contra affair -- Black Monday hits the stock market -- Bloodshed in China -- Culture of greed -- The Berlin Wall falls -- U.S. troops invade Panama.