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May 17 – A Miami, Florida court acquits four white police officers of killing Arthur McDuffie, a black insurance executive, provoking three days of race riots. May 18 – Mount St. Helens erupts in Washington, killing 57 and causing US$3 billion in damage. May 21 – The Empire Strikes Back is released.
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.
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
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]
The Air Jordan 1 line debuted in 1985 and sparked a whole new obsession among sneakerheads. The original colors, such as the “Bred” (black and red) and “Chicago” (red and white), are ...
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 ...
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.