Celebrating 100 Years of STV
- Historical Context in the 1980s
- April 12, 1980 - The United States Olympic Committee withdraws its athletes from the Moscow Summer Olympic Games, due to the continued involvement of the Soviet Union in Afghanistan.
- May 18, 1980 - The Mt. St. Helens volcano, in Washington State, erupts, killing fifty-seven people and economic devastation to the area with losses near $3 billion.
- November 4, 1980 - Ronald Reagan, the former Republican governor of California, beats President Jimmy Carter.
- January 20, 1981 - The inauguration of Ronald Reagan as the 40th president of the United States was followed by the release of the fifty-two Americans still held hostage in Tehran. August 12, 1981 - IBM introduced the IBM-PC personal computer, the IBM 5150. . It sold for $1,565.
- September 21, 1981 - Sandra Day O'Connor is approved unanimously, 99-0, by the United States Senate to become the first female Supreme Court associate justice in history.
- January 8, 1982 - The AT&T lawsuit was settled with the U.S. Justice Department forcing the independence of the twenty-two regional Bell System companies in return for expansion into the prohibited areas of data processing and equipment sales.
- November 13, 1982 - The Vietnam Veterans Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C., holding the names of the more than 58,000 killed or missing in action during the conflict.
- June 18, 1983 - Astronaut Sally Ride becomes the first American woman to travel into space.
- January 28, 1986 - The Challenger Space Shuttle explodes after lift-off at Cape Canaveral, Florida, killing seven people.
- November 8, 1988 - George H. Bush, claims victory in the presidential election over Democratic challenger Michael S. Dukakis, Governor of Massachusetts.
- March 24, 1989 - The Exxon Valdez crashed into Bligh Reef in Alaska's Prince William Sound, causing the largest oil spill in American history, eleven million gallons, which extended forty-five miles.
- August 9, 1989 - The Savings and Loan Bailout was approved by Congress and signed into law by President George Bush. The total cost of the bill would approach $400 billion over thirty years to close and merge insolvent Savings & Loans.
- August 10, 1989 - Army General Colin Powell is elevated to the position of Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, becoming the first African American to be nominated to that post.
- November 9, 1989 - The Berlin Wall begins to crumble when German citizens are allowed to travel freely between East and West Germany for the first time. One day later, the influx of crowds begin to dismantle the wall, ending its existence.
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