Notable Events of 1981
Iran releases 52 American hostages, minutes after Ronald Reagan is inaugurated as US President.
Royal wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer in Great Britain.
Martial law declared in Poland.
Gulf Cooperation Council created by six Arab states.
Israel bombs Iraq 's Osiraq nuclear plant.
MTV first airs on August 1, 1981, first song on MTV -- the Buggles' "Video Killed the Radio Star."
Sandra Day O'Conner become first woman Supreme Court Justice
IBM PC introduced.
Osbourne I, first portable computer, introduced.
Simon And Garfunkel reunite for a concert in Central Park
Boxer Sugar Ray Leonard defeats Thomas Hearns in the richest sports event in history.
It grossed about $35 million.
Mark Chapman is sentenced to 20 years to life for the murder of John Lennon
President Reagan is wounded in an assassination attempt outside the Washington Hilton. John W. Hinckley, Jr. 25, shoots the President and three others in the attack
The first reports of homosexual men dying due to a mysterious breakdown of the bodies' immuminzation system. Later it becomes known as Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, aka AIDS and researches realize it can strike anyone.
The space shuttle Colombia makes it's maiden flight
Pac-Man is introduced in the US and sparks a huge craze.
Pope John Paul ll survives an assassination attempt in St. Peter's Square
A seven week baseball strike, longest in history causes a "split" season
Reagan fires the striking air traffic controllers and breaks up their union.
John MacEnroe, The "Ugly American" wins his third straight Wimbledon
Television series "Dynasty" with Joan Collins premieres on ABC.
The largest merger in history occurred when DuPont aquires Conoco for 7.9 Billion
Notable Events of 1980
Start of Iran-Iraq war.
US boycotts Moscow Olympics.
US hockey team beat Russia and gets gold in the Winter Olympics.
John Lennon assassinated.
Lech Walesa leads Solidarity union movement in Poland against communist government.
CNN launched.
Japan passes the US as the largest automaker
Richard Pryor gets badly burned trying to freebase cocaine.
Bill Gates licenses MS-DOS to IBM, makes next to nothing on the deal
Rhodesia becomes Zimbabwe.
Mount St. Helens erupts, killing 57, and causing $2-$3 billion of damage.
Notable Events of 1979
Shah overthrown in Iranian revolution.
Ayatollah Khomeini returns to Iran after 15 years in exile.
US embassy in Iran seized by students; embassy staff held hostage.
Saddam Hussein becomes President of Iraq.
Margaret Thatcher becomes Britain's first woman Prime Minister.
Three Mile Island nuclear accident in US.
USSR and USA sign the SALT+II treaty, limiting nuclear arms.
Soviets forces invade Afghanistan.
Voyager I discovers faint ring system around Jupiter.
Visicalc, first spreadsheet software introduced.
Former US space station, Skylab, re-enters the Earth's atmosphere and debris is scattered in the Indian Ocean and Western Australia.
Ugandan dictator, Idi Admin, deposed.
Debut of the Garfield comic strip.
Muhammad Ali announces his retirement from boxing (although he will later, briefly, return).
Sony introduces the Walkman.
Sandinista rebels enter Managua, winning the civil war in Nicaragua.
Notable Events of 1978
US Senate votes to turn over the Panama Canal to Panama on December 31, 1999
OPEC Raises Prices 14%
First commercially available cellular phone
City Of Cleveland Defaults
Israel and Egypt reach a peace settlement at the Camp David Accords
37 Israelis Are Slain In PLO Raid On Haifa Bus
The US and mainland China announce that they will restore full diplomatic relations
"The Incredible Hulk" with Lou Ferrigno premiers
"WKRP in Cincinnati" with Loni Anderson premiers
First test tube baby is born in Britain
Pete Rose sets an NL consecutive game hitting streak record of 44
900 Jim Jones Temple Cult Members Die In Murder Suicide In Guyana
Pope John Paul II becomes the first non-Italian pope in centuries
Ted Bundy is captured in Florida
"Bugs" are found in US Embassy in Moscow
The first computer bulletin board system is created
Ashton Kutcher, Kobe Bryant, Usher, Clay Aiken, and Nelly Furtado are born
Saturday Night Fever and Grease are the top grossing films
"Night Fever" by the Bee Gees spends the most time at the top of the US charts
Diff'rent Strokes and Mork & Mindy premiere
Space Invaders video game debuts in arcades
For the first time in 15 years, New York's major dailies were shut down due to strike
Andrew Warde High School
Fairfield, Connecticut
- Class of 1982 -
WHAT WAS HAPPENING WAY BACK THEN
Notable Events of 1982
Israel invades Lebanon in attack on PLO.
British overcome Argentina in Falklands war.
Equal Rights Amendment fails ratification.
Alexander M. Haig, Jr. resigns as Secretary of State.
The space shuttle Columbia makes its first mission.
MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) diagnostic machines are introduced in Britain.
Russia announces a halt in its deployment of new nuclear missiles in Western Europe.
A permanent artificial heart is implanted in a human for first time in Dr. Barney B. Clark.
Princess Grace, 52, dies of injuries when car plunges off mountain road.
Leonid I. Brezhnev, Soviet leader, dies at 75.
The first "Late Night with David Letterman" show is broadcast.
Kodak introduces a compact new camera called the "Kodak Disc" that uses a film disc instead of roll film. Kodak says the new system should improve the quality of amateur photography.
John Belushi dies of a drug overdose at age 33.
Cats opens on Broadway, destined to become Broadway's longest running play.
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Ghandi, The Verdict, Bladerunner, and Tootsie are among the year's movies.
Toto sweeps the Grammys.
Liposuction is introduced.
Delorean Motor Company goes bankrupt
Ozzy bites the head off a live bat thrown at him at a January 20 performance.
A mass ceremony conducted by the Rev. Sun Myung Moon of the Unification Church in New York City's Madison Square Garden weds more than 2,000 couples.
Michael Jackson releases Thriller, which eventually sells more than 40 million copies; the song "Beat It" features a guitar solo by Eddie Van Halen.
AT&T and the U.S. Department of Justice announce the settlement of a 7 year old antitrust case which results in AT&T divesting itself of 22 telephone companies.
Andrew Warde High School Class of 1982 sets out to change the world.
R.I.P. Bluto
