U.S. HISTORY

The 1980s

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1980

MIRACLE ON ICE

CNN Interactive: Video Almanac - 1980

The Birth of Solidarity on BBC

The Assassination Of John Lennon

1981

Presidential Inaugurations: Ronald Reagan

Iran Hostage Crisis

Reagan's Lucky Day, Iranian Hostage Crisis

History of Iran: Ayatollah Khomeini

Ronald Reagan... Assassination Attempt

BBC ON THIS DAY | 5 | 1981: Bobby Sands dies in prison

BBC ON THIS DAY | 29 | 1981: Charles and Diana marry

National Women's Hall of Fame - Women of the Hall Sandra Day O'Connor

BBC ON THIS DAY | 6 | 1981: Egypt's President Sadat assassinated

1983

Dr. Sally Ride Biography of the first American woman to orbit the earth.

Martin Luther King Day

Challenger Accident

Chernobyl

1988

Iran-Iraq War (1980-1988)

1988 Bush v. Dukakis

WIC Biography - Benazir Bhutto

Bombing of Pan Am Flight 103

1989

BBC ON THIS DAY | 4 | 1989: Massacre in Tiananmen Square

Aung San Suu Kyi - Biography She was first put under house arrest in Rangoon on July 20, 1989.

BBC ON THIS DAY | 9 | 1989: The night the Wall came down

BBC ON THIS DAY | 25 | 1989: Romania's 'first couple' executed

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