1990 history

1989 history: Beijing protests, Poland elections, Lovastatin, GPS, Galileo, Jupiter, Exxon Valdez oil spill, Lama Prieta earthquake, Seinfeld, Saved by the Bell, The Simpsons, Vanilla Ice

1988 history

1987 history

1986 history: Space Shuttle Challenger disaster, Soviet Space Station Mir, Chernobyl Disaster, Reykjavik Summit, Nuclear Treaty, Philippines People Power Revolution, Hands Across America, Crack Cocaine, Len Bias, Reagan's "War on Drugs", IBM first laptop, acid wash jeans, Top Gun, Ferris Buller's Day Off - Tariffs

1985 history

1984 history

1983 history: Cold War, Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI), Korean Air Lines Flight 007, Lebanese Civil War, Suicide Bombings on US Military Base in Beirut, Pershing II missiles, NATO, Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty (1987), Martin Luther King (MLK) Day, Microsoft Word, MS-DOS, Compact Discs (CD), Motorola DynaTAC 8000X, Star Wars Return of the Jedi

1982 history

1981 history