The Impact of 1980-1984
By Ray Walker
The Information Age – The radical
changes in the technology of
communication and the ways we
receive and process information
(Fiero 127).
The key points that I will addressing are:
Cinema
International Events
National Events
Science
Sports
Technology
First commercial cellular (wireless)
phones produced - 1983 (Fiero 127).
Ronald Reagan was elected
President -1981
(http://www.whitehouse.gov).
(warhistorian.wordpress.com)
First commercial use of MRI
(Magnetic Resonance Imaging) -1983
(Fiero 129)
Sandra Day O’ Conner first woman
appoint to the U.S. Supreme Court
1981 (Rosenberg First Woman
Appointed to the U.S. Supreme
Court)
(xtimeline.com)
Personal computers introduced by IBM
- 1981 (Bellis -The History of the IBM
PC - International Business Machines)
Sally Ride become the first American
women in space – 1983
(First Women In Space - 1)
(silvercreek.wclark.k12.in.us)
E.T. Movie Released 1982
(Rosenberg 1)
(icollectmedia.com)
Muhammad Ali retires from boxing
-1981(Muhammad Ali)
The Tanker War between Iran and
Iraq – 1981 (The Tanker War 1)
(https://sites.google.com/site/indianoceanconflicts/the-tanker-war-1980-1989)
Huge poison gas leak in Bhopal India –
1984 (Rosenberg 1)
(guardian.co.uk)
The hepatitis-B vaccine invented – 1980
(Vaccine Against Viral Hepatitis)
(answers.com)
SUMMARY
1980-1984
Cinema - ET Movie
International Events – Tanker War, Gas Leak in Bhopal, India
National Events – President Reagan, Sandra Day O’Connor
Science – MRI, Sally Ride, Hepatitis B vaccine
Sports – Muhammad Ali
Technology – Cell phone, Personal Computers
Works
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