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    AIDS was known as the "gay disease" in the 80's. The Vietnam War Memorial opened in Washington, DC. The memorial held the names of all the soldiers that died during their service in this war.

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    AIDS was known as the "gay disease" in the 80's. The Vietnam War Memorial opened in Washington, DC. The memorial held the names of all the soldiers that died during their service in this war.

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    8MajorEvents

    1. NewPlagueIdentifiedasAIDs
    Aidswasknownasthegaydiseaseinthe80s.Itiscontagiousanditis
    manageablebymedicine.Inthe80stheywerefightingtotryandfinda
    cure.Thereweremanygayliberationproteststhatbeganbecauseofthis
    conviction.

    2. VietnamWarMemorialOpenedinWashington,DC.
    TheVietnamWarMemorialheldthenamesofallthesoldiersthatdied
    duringtheirserviceinthiswar.Acompetitionwasheldtofindtheright
    designandplanfortheMemorial.Thememorialwasfinallycompletedin
    lateoctoberof1982.

    3. CabbagePatchKidsArePopular
    CabbagePatchKidswereareallybighit,manyfightsoccurredwhen
    parentsweretryingtobuythedolls.Kidsweredemandingthesedolls,
    causingabuyingfrenzyattheendof1983.

    4. SerialKillerKnownas"TheNightStalker"Starts
    KillingSpree
    RichardRamirezwasconvictedwith13murdersand31otherfelonies.
    HiskillingsspurredamediafrenzygivinghimthenameNightStalker.

    5. U.S.SingersRecordCharitySingle"WeArethe
    World"
    Thissongwasrecordedsotheycouldraisemoneyforvictimsoffaminein
    Africa.Itraisedover$60millionwhichwasdistributedtoEthiopia,Sudan,
    andotherimpoverishedcountries.ThissongwaswrittenbyMichael
    JacksonandLionelRichie.OtherartistslikeStevieWonder,TheJackson
    5,DianaRoss,BruceSpringsteen,CyndiLaupers,andmanyotherartists
    tookpartinsingingthissong.

    6. WreckoftheTitanicFound
    Titanicsunkin1912,70yearsafter,thewreckagewasfinallydiscovered
    byDr.RobertBillard.ThisdiscoverygavenewmeaningtotheTitanicand
    gavebirthtonewdreamsinoceanexploration.

    7. SpaceShuttleChallengerExplodes
    Onthe10thmissionofchallenger,itbrokeup73secondsafterliftoff.This
    disasterclaimedthelivesofallsevenastronautsaboard.Thistragedyleft
    receivedextensivemediacoverageandpromptedNASAtoterperoalary
    suspendallshuttlemissions.

    8. WorldWideWebInvented
    TimBernersLeeinventedtheworldwidewebin1989about20years
    afterthefirstconnectionwasmadeoverwhatisknownastodayasthe
    internet.Eventhoughthewebwasinventedin1989itwasonlyreleased
    tothepublictousefreelyin1993.

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