Notable Deaths List From 1980s Celebrities
A compact roster of prominent figures with dates and ages including Jesse Owens Alfred Hitchcock Steve McQueen Joe Louis Bob Marley Natalie Wood John Belushi Leroy Paige Ingrid Bergman Grace Kelly Karen Carpenter TM Jene Williams George Balanchine Jack Dempsey R Buckminster Fuller Harry James Ira Gershwin Ray A Kroc Ansel Adams William Basie Richard Burton Truman Capote Francois Truffaut with reported death dates and ages.
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Jesse Owens
Alfred Hitchcock
Steve McQueen
Joe Louis
Bob Marley
Natalie Wood
Grace Kelly
Monaco
Karen Carpenter
Jene Williams
George Balanchine
Jack Dempsey
R. Buckminster Fuller
Harry James
Ira Gershwin
Ray A. Kroc
McDonald's
Ansel Adams
William “Count” Basie
Richard Burton
Truman Capote
Discovery of a new disease AIDS sparks national concern
In 1981 Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report notes five Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia cases among homosexual men in Los Angeles. One month later The New York Times reports 41 cases, mostly in gay men, with eight deaths, as doctors observe the illness spreading to other groups and coin a broader term acquired immune deficiency syndrome.
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Centers For Disease Control
Los Angeles
New York Times
Kaposi
Pop culture milestones from 1980 to 1982 era
The era introduces the Rubik’s Cube craze 1980 to 1981 with 43 quintillion possible states. It notes new items like Post-it notes 3M RU486 abortion pill, MTV launch 1981, IBM PC 1981, Pac-Man, E T 1982, Madonna early hit, Late Night with David Letterman, Liposuction, and TV shows like Miami Vice and The Cosby Show.
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Postit
3M Corp
Rousse Uclaf
Paris
MTV
Warner Amex Satellite Entertainment Co
E.T
Madonna
David Letterman
NBC
USA Today
1979 Highlights of a Turbulent World
A year in review spanning Jan to Dec with Carter restricting grain to the USSR and halting high tech sales, winter Olympics win by the US team, the Mariel boat lift controversy, Iran hostage rescue failure, Mount St Helens eruption, Moscow Olympics boycott, Myers expulsion, Phillies win, Reagan’s election, Voyager 1 Saturn encounter, Dallas JR cliffhanger, Lennon assassination in Manhattan.
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Afghanistan
Jimmy Carter
R. Carter
U.S
Mariel
Florida
Fidel Castro
United States
Cuba
Castro
Carter
Apple 1984 Macintosh ad debuts during Super Bowl XVIII
The 1984 commercial directed by Ridley Scott introduces Apple’s Macintosh during Super Bowl XVIII. A brave woman hurls a hammer at a Big Brother screen to symbolize liberating home computing, contrasting Apple with IBM. The Raiders beat the Redskins 38 to 9 in the game.
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George Orwell
Apple
Ridley Scott
1981 Highlights: Harris Sentence Reagan Assassination Attempt
Timeline items note Jean Harris sentenced to 15 years to life for murder of Herman Tarnower. Reagan shot at Washington Hilton, Brady wounded, Hinckley later acquitted by insanity. Other events include San Antonio mayoral election, Columbia shuttle maiden flight, Mitterrand victory, Williams arrests, Libyan conflict, and Egyptian army firing incident.
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Jean Harris
Madeira School For Girls
McLean, Va
Herman Tarnower
Scarsdale
Reagan
Washington Hilton
James Brady
Secret Service
John W. Hinckley Jr
Landmark 1982 events summary from major US headlines
Timeline of notable 1982 events including Bryant Gumbel joining Today as co anchor AT T divesting Bell system ending antitrust suit Air Florida Flight 90 disaster Falklands crisis beginnings USFL founded Moon Madison Square Garden weddings Navratilova Evert Wimbledon triumph Tylenol cyanide recall and first artificial heart transplant at Utah Medical Center with Barney Clark.
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NBC
Bryant Gumbel
Tom Brokaw
University of Utah Medical Center
Salt Lake City
Barney Clark
Year in Review: Major 1980s Events Across Space, Politics, and Culture
A sweeping year of firsts and disasters highlighted 125 million viewers for M A S H final episode, Beirut car bombing deaths, Sally Ride becoming first American woman in space, and Guion Bluford as first Black American in space. It also covered the 20th anniversary civil rights march, Air Force casualties in Lebanon, the Korean Air Lines 007 disaster, Australia’s America’s Cup win, Vanessa Williams as Miss America, Grenada invasion, and MLK Jr federal holiday designation.
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Vanessa Williams
Penthouse
Williams
Major world events flash across year with crises and breakthroughs
Key moments include the United States and Vatican establishing full relations for 117 years, the boy known as David dying at 12 after a life in isolation, Michael Jackson sweeping Grammys for Thriller, and a Mumbai temple clash. Also noted are the Hong Kong handover plan, Thatcher bombing scare, a baboon heart transplant, Bhopal gas disaster, Goetz subway shooting, and later political fallout.
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David
Prince Charles and Diana wed at St Pauls Cathedral
The 32 year old Prince of Wales Charles and 19 year old Diana Spencer marry on July 29 1981 in a hourlong ceremony at St Pauls Cathedral London watched by about 750 million viewers worldwide and a million well-wishers line the route to Buckingham Palace the Archbishop of Canterbury officiates and the couple depart in a gilded carriage to begin their royal life.
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Charles Philip Arthur George
Prince of Wales
Diana Frances Spencer
St. Paul's Cathedral
London
St. Paul’s
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