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WordTech Turns 35!

Top 20 Things That Happened In 1980

Do you remember what you were doing in 1980? Here are twenty facts to stir your memory.

  • 35wordtechGet your quarters ready, kids: the Pac-Man arcade game is created.
  • Ronald Reagan is elected as President of the United States.
  • The Rubiks cube is sold internationally and becomes on the world‚Äôs most popular toys.
  • The Beatles‚Äô John Lennon is shot to death in December of 1980 by Mark David Chapman outside of his New York apartment.
  • United States‚Äìand 65 other countries‚Äìboycott the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union. It was a protest against the Soviet War in Pakistan in 1979.
  • Dallas was one of the most popular television shows of the day and inspired the catchphrase ‚ÄúWho Shot J.R.?‚Äù
  • A fire breaks out at the MGM Grand Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas killing 85 people.
  • At 14-years-old Nigel Short was the youngest chess player to be deemed an International Master.
  • Kramer vs. Kramer wins the Academy Award for Best Picture.
  • 14-year-old Brooke Shields appeared in the controversial Calvin Klein commercial saying that nothing came between her and her Calvins. Something did though; television overlords had the commercial pulled.
  • 52nd Street by Billy Joel wins a Grammy for Album of the Year.
  • Richard Pryor burns himself freebasing cocaine.
  • Led Zeppelin breaks up after drummer John Bonham dies.
  • ‚ÄúCall Me‚Äù by Blondie was the #1 song of the year.
  • In April of 1980, the ‚ÄúPost-It‚Äù note debuted throughout the United States by 3M.
  • The First Persian Gulf War between Iran and Iraq starts and lasts 8 years.
  • Mt. St. Helens in Washington state erupts, leading to 57 deaths and 3 billion dollars worth of damage.
  • The five most popular movies of the year were The Shining, Stars Wars: Empire Strikes Back, Airplane!, Caddyshack, and The Blues Brothers.
  • U.S. news television station CNN is founded by media mogul Ted Turner. It is the first all news network.
  • And last but not least‚ĶPhillies win the World Series!
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