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Share what you know about the year you were born.

The year 1980, Ronald Reagan as president, the Iraq war , John Lennon was assassinated. Bob Marley passed away in May of 1980

The 80’s was the decade of big hair & neon clothes . Turtlenecks, shoulder pads and corset belts were in style.

With roller skating to some 80’s tunes such as celebration by Kool & the Gang; Another one bites the dust by Queen and you shook me all night by AC/DC.

Some of many movies that came out such as Airplane, the Return of the King, The Elephant Man.

Inventions in 1980-

The Rubiks Cube – invented in 1974 but gave its world appearance in 1980

Post it notes.

CD’s appeared in stores

MTV came out in August of 1980

PAC Man came out. Originally called Puck man.

Arcade Game Battle zone

The Apple 3 computer came out

Cars that came out in 1989-

Yugo

Ram pickup

Nissan Leopard

Lincoln Towncar

Holden Rodeo

Honda Quint

Ford Thunderbird 8th Gen.

The Fiat Panda

Audi Coupe

It’s amazing when you look back at what was invented back then vs now, how much of a difference things have changed or upgraded since then.