1980s
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Centuries: | 19th century - 20th century - 21st century |
Decades: | 1950s 1960s 1970s - 1980s - 1990s 2000s 2010s |
Years: | 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 |
[edit] The most important events
- Iran-Iraq War
- Solidarity movement in Poland
- Glasnost and Perestroika reforms in the Soviet Union
- 1981 - AIDS is discovered for the first time.
- 1986 - end of Marcos regime in the Philippines
- 1989 - The Berlin Wall is torn down.
- 1989 - Tiananmen Square massacre
[edit] Important people
- Pope John Paul II, Pope in the 1980s
- Elizabeth II, British queen since 1953
- Hirohito, emperor of Japan
- Ronald Reagan, President of the USA from 1981 to 1989
- Helmut Schmidt, German chancellor until 1982
- Helmut Kohl, German chanellor since 1982
- Saddam Hussein, President of Iraq
- Arnold Schwarzenegger, Austrian actor
- Sylvester Stallone, American actor
- Michael Jordan, American basketball-player
- Madonna, singer
- Michael Jackson, American singer
- Iron Maiden, British heavy metal band
- Corazon Aquino, president of the Philippines
- Indira Ghandi, prime minister of India until 1984
- Rajiv Ghandi, prime minister of India since 1984
- Lech Walesa, leader of Polish Solidarity movement
- Ayatollah Khomeini, leader of Iran