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It ends on October 31 by agreement between the two countries. April 21 – Rosie Ruiz wins the Boston Marathon, but is later exposed as a fraud and stripped of her award. April 24–25 – Operation Eagle Claw, a commando mission in Iran to rescue American embassy hostages, is aborted after mechanical problems ground the rescue helicopters ...
Dunlap, Riley E., and Angela G. Mertig, eds. American environmentalism: The US environmental movement, 1970–1990 (2014) Ehrman, John. The Eighties: America in the Age of Reagan. (2005) Ferguson Thomas, and Joel Rogers, Right Turn: The Decline of the Democrats and the Future of American Politics (1986). Greene, John Robert. (2nd ed. 2015) excerpt
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 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.
By 1980 and the seizure of the American Embassy in Iran, including a failed rescue attempt by U.S. armed forces, there was a growing sense of national malaise. The period closed with the victory of conservative Republican Ronald Reagan, opening the "Age of Reagan" with a dramatic change in national direction. [1]
1980 events by country (12 C) 1980 in international relations (4 C, 20 P) 1980 in music by country (11 C) ... 1980 in American Samoa (1 C, 2 P) 1980 in Andorra (1 C, 2 P)
1980 events in the United States by month (12 C) / ... 1980 American novels (132 P) P. 1980 in American politics (4 C, 7 P) S. 1980 in American sports (32 C, 33 P) T.
1980 events in North America by month (15 C) P. 1980 Pacific hurricane season (1 P) U. 1980 in the United States (21 C, 20 P) Pages in category "1980 in North America"