Remake of Decades Timeline Project by Trenton Huffman

Its 1980!

thuffman27_1_1 — 2024-06-11 17:00:39 UTC

April 12, 1981 - The US carries out first space shuttle flight

thuffman27_1_1 — 2024-06-11 17:01:18 UTC

The Shuttle program would show that the US was still conducting space testing but from a safe environment. The shuttle program would also bring the ability to conduct large experiments due to the crew size and space in the shuttle. The shuttle would also be able to drop of many satellites into orbit due to its large cargo bay in the mid section. The shuttle program would also take part in constructing the ISS.

April 26, 1986 - Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster

thuffman27_1_1 — 2024-06-12 16:46:25 UTC

The Chernobyl disaster was the explosion of a Nuclear power plant in modern day Ukraine and caused the surrounding area to be completely irradiated and uninhabitable to the modern day. The radiation would reach as far as nuclear plants in Sweden setting off radiation alarms in most of them. The disaster would kill 30 directly and also being estimated to cause 9,000 short tern cancer deaths and a estimated soon to be 100,000 long term cancer patients deaths. The disaster would displace over a hundred thousand people due to the new 30km exclusion zone. On April 28, 1986 the Chernobyl Disaster would be publicized on mass around the world.

November 9, 1989 - Berlin Wall falls

thuffman27_1_1 — 2024-06-12 16:52:22 UTC

With the fall of the Berlin wall it would Symbolize the collapse of the Communist system all across Eastern Europe. With the fall of the wall loads of refugees started flooding across the boarder of East and West Berlin to get new lives in the prosperous west. The Fall of the Berlin wall would also show the Capitalist supremacy as a successful system and the rise of capitalism and democracy across Eastern Europe. It would also be the first major step towards German Unification.

May 16, 1986 - Release of Top Gun.

thuffman27_1_1 — 2024-06-13 14:37:34 UTC

It would be a major propaganda win for the US Navy with it seeing a large increase of enlistment after its release.

July 3, 1985 - Release of Back to the Future

thuffman27_1_1 — 2024-06-13 14:40:23 UTC

The release of Back to the Future would be one of the largest movies at its time getting 331 million USD.

May 21, 1980 - Release of the Empire Strikes Back

thuffman27_1_1 — 2024-06-13 16:25:24 UTC

The release of Star Wars would be so large that lots of employees would call in sick from work to watch it on release day, costing the US economy 319 million.

November 30, 1982 - Thriller is Released

thuffman27_1_1 — 2024-06-13 16:28:55 UTC

Thriller would be the best selling Album of all time selling around 70 - 100 million copies worldwide.

November 8, 1980 - Ace of Spades is Released

thuffman27_1_1 — 2024-06-13 16:34:08 UTC

Ace of Spades would become very popular within the UK and would become the 4th best seller in the country.

July 25, 1980 - Release of back in Black

thuffman27_1_1 — 2024-06-13 16:39:17 UTC

Back in black would become very popular and would sell 50 million copies and would become the second best selling Album ever.

February 22, 1980 - The Miracle on ice

thuffman27_1_1 — 2024-06-13 16:44:17 UTC

In the 1980 winter olympics a group of skilled but untested college player would finally beat the mighty Soviet Hockey team 4-3.

October 25, 1986 - Game 6 of the 1986 world series

thuffman27_1_1 — 2024-06-13 16:52:43 UTC

in the 10nth Inning the game was tied between the Red Sox and the New York Mets, but a single mistake by the Red Sox First basement would lead to the Mets winning 6 - 5.

July 24, 1983 - Pine Tar incident

thuffman27_1_1 — 2024-06-13 16:56:47 UTC

The Pine Tar incident was a controversial call that an ump made during the game between the Yankees, and the Royals. When Brett hit a home run that scored 2 runs, the Umps would recall it after the bat had been deemed illegal, which would lead to a fight between the umps and Brett.

August 12, 1981 - the Personal Computer was released

thuffman27_1_1 — 2024-06-13 17:01:29 UTC

This advancement allowed people to begin to send emails, browse the internet, typing up documents, and use it for word processing all from the comfort of their own home.

April 21, 1989 - release of the GameBoy

thuffman27_1_1 — 2024-06-13 17:03:59 UTC

This allowed people to play games on the go with the very portable game boy made by Nintendo. It would all for many simple games to be played when people were not home such as, Tetris, SuperMario, Baseball, and Yakuman.

April 3, 1983 - release of the DynaTAC 8000x

thuffman27_1_1 — 2024-06-13 17:08:59 UTC

It would be the first commercially available cellphone that would allow for calls outside of the house and away from land lines.

1980 - The Neon trend begins

thuffman27_1_1 — 2024-06-13 17:24:59 UTC

Because of the advances in technology it allowed brighter and bolder colors to be produced so it became the trend to have bright neon colors.

1983 - Fanny Pack Trend Begins

thuffman27_1_1 — 2024-06-13 17:31:14 UTC

With the creation of the fanny pack with Nylon and other Synthetic Materials, it allowed people to carry a small bag for the necessary items.

1982 - Spandex Trend begins

thuffman27_1_1 — 2024-06-13 17:33:43 UTC

With the mass production of Spandex it became a symbol for being cool and was light and stretchy making it comfortable to wear.