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Major events of the 80's

  • Berlin Wall came down,
  • first women ( Sally Ride) into space.
  • Compact discs (CDs) are first released
  • First space shuttle – Columbia – was launched
  • Post-It Notes are introduced by 3-M
  • First IBM-PC’s begin to roll of the lines.
  • Birth of MTV, the 24 hour-a-day music TV station
  • First artificial heart transplant takes place,
  • Camcorders are introduced.
  • Australia wins America’s Cup – first time in 132 years.
  • Stonewashed jeans are introduced.
  • AIDS virus is discovered
  • Nintendo home entertainment system introduced.
  • Extra second added to the calender year.
  • World Population reaches 5 billion
  • 1988 Australia celebrates it’s bicentenary