ALFIYA SHAIKH YASH GOYAL USHNEESH SAHA

1980-1985
 1980-1985

The first year of the decade was memorable for political drama, cable TV, and games we
couldn't keep our hands off of. Arcades were jammed with people playing a new video
game called Pac-Man. Some of those early gamers might also be fiddling with a colorful
Rubik's Cube
 The Pac-Man video game is released in Japan, followed by its U.S. release in October.

1980
1980

Singer John Lennon is assassinated by a deranged gunman in front of his New York City
apartment.
 By 1981, homes and offices were beginning to adapt to new technologies. If you had cable
TV you probably were watching MTV after it began broadcasting in August. And at work,
typewriters began making way for something called a personal computer from IBM.

1981
 IBM releases the IBM Model 5150, the first IBM personal computer

1981
 Britain's Prince Charles weds Diana Spencer in a royal wedding televised live.

It also made a statement with all its '80s signatures, like the big puffed sleeves and
lacy flounces

1981
 The big ruffle was an extremely trendy outfit in 1982 when the princess wore it
to a charity fashion show

1981
 The big ruffle was an extremely trendy outfit in 1982 when the princess wore it

1981 to a charity fashion show

Rhinestones were everything in the '80s, and this floaty pink and purple pastel
gown is covered in jewels
1981
In 1980s Princess Diana started the trend of socks and heals
 The big news in 1982 literally was the news when USA Today, with its colorful
graphics and short articles, made headlines as the first nationwide newspaper.

1982
1982
24-year-old pop star Michael Jackson releases his best-selling album "Thriller."
 The year that saw the birth of the Internet also saw volcanic eruptions and
aircraft tragedies; the first woman in space and that holiday season craze of
the Cabbage Patch Kids.

1983
 The Internet is born when ARPAnet adopts TCP/IP protocols which would
allow data exchange among a network of different models of computers.

1983
 Spielberg's third entry in the Star Wars trilogy, "Return of the Jedi" opens in
theaters.

1983
 The Olympics in Sarajevo, the murder of the prime minister in India, and
Michael Jackson moonwalking are among the events marked in 1984.

1984
 Pop singer Michael Jackson moonwalks for the first time at the Pasadena Civic
Auditorium, a performance broadcast at the MTV Awards in May.

1984
1984

India's prime minister Indira Gandhi (1917–1984) is shot and killed by two of
her bodyguards, an assassination followed by the four-day long Anti-Sikh Riots
in which thousands of Indians are killed.
 The R&B single written by Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie called "We Are
The World" is recorded by more than 45 American singers; it will go on to raise
$75 million to feed people in Africa

1985
1985
Live Aid eventually raised $127 million in famine relief for African nations, and
the publicity it generated encouraged Western nations to make available
enough surplus grain to end the immediate hunger crisis in Africa. Geldof was
later knighted by Queen Elizabeth II for his efforts.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approves the first blood test to detect
the virus that causes AIDS.
 "Back to the Future," the first of a sci-fi trilogy about teenager Marty McFly and
a time-traveling DeLorean, premieres, and will become the highest grossing
film of the year.

1985
1985

The Nintendo Entertainment System debuts in the U.S.