Time Period #2: 1981-1985 US History Unit 8 (27)

1980 Youtube – 3:50 “Miracle on Ice” U.S. Hockey team defeats the Soviets in Olympics in Lake Placid, N.Y. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYRVZX3J2uQ

1980 The Iranian hostage crisis deepens, eight Americans are killed when helicopters collide in a rescue mission. In response to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, President Carter imposes an embargo on the USSR and boycotts the Moscow Summer Olympics.

1980 (cont.) 4. Ronald Reagan is elected president over Jimmy Carter, in part because of disappointment over his handling of Iran. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNtcUPsy3j0 Youtube 5:40

1980 5. John Lennon of the Beatles is shot dead in New York City. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0nbMeX8uBM Youtube 2:00

1981 An agreement frees 52 hostages held in Tehran since 1979. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N39mrl2Ezug 7. President Reagan nominates Judge Sandra Day O'Connor as the first woman on the Supreme Court. The first cases of AIDS are identified. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LKJ5ZzzL0w The cable channel MTV is launched. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImcKOeRN6u4 Youtube 2:52 Iran

1982 The Equal Rights Amendment to the U.S. Constitution fails to gain ratification. Feminists are frustrated. 11. The Vietnam Memorial opens in Washington, designed by a young Maya Linn. Initially controversial, it becomes a beloved memorial.

1983 Astronaut Sally Ride becomes the first American woman in space. President Reagan announces his plans for a missile defense plan called Star Wars. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMfmVzHZvkc You tube – 3:04 - StarWars

1983 14. U.S. Marine Barracks Bombed in Beirut, Lebanon 15. 241 Americans killed –there on a “Peace Keeping” mission Four of the soldiers who were killed https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OtylkmiTX0 You tube – 3:00 Suicide bombers detonated each of the truck bombs. In the attack on the building serving as a barracks for the 1st Battalion 8th Marines the death toll was 241 American servicemen making this incident the deadliest single-day death toll for the United States Marine Corps since World War II's Battle of Iwo Jima, the deadliest single-day death toll for the United States military since the first day of the Vietnam War's Tet Offensive, and the deadliest single attack on Americans overseas since World War II. Another 128 Americans were wounded in the blast.

1984 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles, Russia boycotts in retaliation for our boycott in 1980.

1984 17. Walter Mondale, Democrat picks first female Vice President running mate Geraldine Ferraro 18. Ronald Reagan gets re-elected in landslide electoral victory winning 49 states over opponent

1983-1985 Famine in Ethiopia Famine in Ethiopia reaches epic proportions million dead between 1983-85) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFPr-zAXNuc 20. This inspired the massive international music collaboration “We are the World” (released in 1985). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdBJTXtdFek (you only need to listen to a few minutes) Youtube - 4:12 Famine in Ethiopia – 400,000 deaths Youtube – 7:00 We are the World – watch just a few minutes

1985 Scientists announce the discovery of hole in the ozone layer over the Antarctic. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QGD-KiqKdE Youtube – 2:30

Remembering the 80s – American Culture https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGM02L8aHyA Youtube 4:00 Remembering 80’s