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1980
- Jim Baker raped Jessica Hahn
- John Lennon assassinated by Mark David Chapman
- "Bravo" network premieres on cable TV
- U.S.'s copyright law amended to include computer programs
- Harland "Colonel" Sanders, founder of "Kentucky Fried Chicken" dies
- "The Wonderful World of Disney" ends its run on NBC
1981
- Brian Bonsall (Family Ties) is born
- "Flacon Crest" premieres
- Spain becomes a member of NATO
- Muhammad Ali's 61st and last fight, lost to Trevor Berbick
- Wayne Gretsky scores quickest 50th goal
- Elizabeth Jordan Carr, the first American test tube baby, is born
- the price of 45 records increases from $1.68 to $1.98
1982
- Michael Jackson releases "Thriller"
- first permanent artificial heart succesfully implanted
- Charlie Brooks Jr., convicted murderer, first in U.S. to be executed by lethal injection
- $9,800,000 in cash stolen from money transport car in NYC
- TIME's man of the year is a computer
- Bob Marley postage stamp issued in Jamaica
- TV soap "The Doctors" ends after 19 years
- final episode of CBS Mystery Theater on radio after 8 years
- NBC radio cancels almost all of its networks daily features
1983
- last NFL game at Shea Stadium, Stealers over NYJ 34-7
- highest-scoring NBA game, Detroit 186 Denver 184 (3 OT)
- Martha Layne Collins inaugurated as Kentucky's first female governor
- Loretta Swit marries Dennis Holahan
- First live telecast of Christmas parade
- Dennis Wilson, Beach Boys, drowns
1984
- Ringo Starr appears on SNL
- first "planet" outside our solar system detected
- Howard Cosell retires from Monday Night Football
- Madonna's single "Like A Virgin" goes to #1 and stays there for six weeks
- "Edge of the Night," tv soap, ends its 28 year run
- Miss Elizabeth and Macho Man Randy Savage wed
- Rick Allen, Def Leppard, loses arm in car crash
1985
- Dow Jones Industrial average rises above the 1500 level for the first time
- Raven Symone (The Cosby Show) is born
- Anne Baxter dies
- Heart's self-titles album goes to #1
- Rick Nelson dies
1986
- Paul McCartney releases "Only Love Remains"
- Desi Arnaz dies
- NASA launches Fltsatcom-7
- Elie Wiesel accepts the Nobel Peace Prize
- South Africa censors press
- "Search For Tomorrow," tv soap, ends its 35 year run
- Bangles "Walk Like An Egyptian" goes #1
1987
- U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
- Christa Rothenburger skates female world record 500 meter in 39.39 seconds
- Larry Bird ends streak of 59 consecutive free throws
- "Nuts" with Barbra Streisand premieres
- Motley Crue's Nikki Sixx od's from heroin
- George Michaels "Faith" goes #1
1988
- NBC bids record $401 million for rights to 1992 Barcelona Olympics
- "Naked Gun" premieres
- actor Gary Busey injured in motorcycle accident
- Roy Orbison dies
- Dick Clair dies of AIDS
- Sandra Miller of Queens sues Mike Tyson for sexual harassment
- 40 die in a 3 train collison in London
1989
- "Day Without Art" December 1, artists demonstrate against AIDS
- East Germany drops the communist monopoly from its constitution
- George Bush and Mikhal Gorbachev end summit in Malta
- In Cananda Marc Lepine kills 14 women at the University of Montreal
- "I Love Lucy" Christmas episode shown for the first time in over 30 years
- Vice-President Quayle sends out 30,000 Christmas cards with the word 'beacon' spelled 'beakon'
- Wayne Gretsky and Martina Navratilova are named athletes of the decade
- Jane Pauley leaves NBC's "Today" show
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