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1970 – Kent State and Jackson State shootings occur during student protests which grow violent. Nation Guard troops and police kill six students, wound others. 1970 – American Top 40, hosted by radio personality Casey Kasem, becomes the first successful nationally syndicated radio program featuring a weekly countdown.
American "malaise", a term that caught on following Carter's 1979 "crisis of confidence" speech, in the late 1970s and early 1980s was not unfounded as the nation seemed to be losing its self-confidence. Under the rule of Leonid Brezhnev, the Soviet economy was falling behind. The Soviets were decades behind in computers and high technology ...
American society was polarized by the ultimately futile war and by antiwar and antidraft protests, as well as by the shocking Watergate affair, which revealed corruption and gross misconduct at the highest level of government. By 1980 and the seizure of the American Embassy in Iran, including a failed rescue attempt by U.S. armed forces, there ...
1970s; 1980s; 1990s; ... signal for a notation made by a volunteer on the project. ... List of American films of 1977; Timeline of United States history (1970–1989) ...
The 1980s (pronounced "nineteen-eighties", shortened to "the '80s" or "the Eighties") was the decade that began on 1 January 1980, and ended on 31 December 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 1980s was a time of hair and more hair, with a highly-teased look and lots of volume (made possible with tons of hair spray!). If you weren't blessed with natural curls, you just got a perm ...
The 1970s were a fabulous time for fashion. From crop top shirts to the famous wrap dress by Diane von Fürstenberg, some of these trends are still in today.
1970s; 1980s; 1990s; 2000s; ... Federal government. President: ... List of American films of 1980; Timeline of United States history (1970–1989)