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The 1980s (pronounced "nineteen-eighties", shortened to "the '80s" or "the Eighties") was the decade that began on January 1, 1980, and ended on December 31, 1989.. The decade saw a dominance of conservatism and free market economics, and a socioeconomic change due to advances in technology and a worldwide move away from planned economies and towards laissez-faire capitalism compared to the 1970s.
The 1990s (often referred and shortened to as "the '90s" or "the Nineties") was the decade that began on 1 January 1990, and ended on 31 December 1999. Known as the "post-Cold War decade", the 1990s were culturally imagined as the period from the Revolutions of 1989 until the September 11 attacks in 2001. [1]
1997 — Sparked by a global economic crisis scare, the Dow Jones Industrial Average follows world markets and plummets 554.26, or 7.18%, to 7,161.15. 1998 — In the 1998 United States elections, the Republicans hold both the House and the Senate.
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1980 – The Refugee Act is signed into law, reforming United States immigration law and admitted refugees on systematic basis for humanitarian reasons; 1980 – The Mount St. Helens eruption in Washington on 18 May kills 57. 1980 – U.S. presidential election, 1980: Ronald Reagan is elected president, with George H. W. Bush elected vice president
During the Cold War, the division of the world into two rival blocs had served to legitimize a broad and diffuse alliance not only with the Western European nations of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) but many countries in the developing world. Starting in the late 1980s, however, the regimes of the Eastern European Warsaw Pact ...
The 1980s was a time of big hair, neon colors, and some seriously valuable collectibles. From toys to tech, you might be surprised things you've had in storage for decades are actually worth a...
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