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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
<
Portal:1980s
These are images used in the General images section of
Portal:1980s
.
The world map of military alliances in 1980:
NATO
& Western allies,
Warsaw Pact
& other Soviet allies,
Non-aligned countries,
China and Albania (communist countries, but not aligned with USSR),
×
×
×
Armed resistance
1983 Beirut barracks bombing
Invasion of Grenada
, October 1983
The
Israeli Air Force
F-16A
Netz '243' that was flown by Colonel
Ilan Ramon
during
Operation Opera
U.S. President Reagan and Soviet General Secretary Gorbachev signing the
INF Treaty
, 1987
The fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 marked the beginning of German reunification
1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens
The
space shuttle
Challenger
disintegrates on January 28, 1986
The
Space Shuttle
Columbia
seconds after engine ignition, 1981
Michael Jackson
was considered one of the most successful male
pop
and
R&B
artists of the 1980s.
Stage view of the
Live Aid
concert at
Philadelphia
's
JFK Stadium
in the United States in 1985. The concert was a major global international effort by musicians and activists to sponsor action to send aid to the people of
Ethiopia
who were suffering from a major
famine
.
The highest-grossing film of the decade was
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
(1982)
The
Nintendo Entertainment System
(NES) was released in the mid-1980s and became the
best-selling gaming console
of its time
Miles Davis
(pictured in 1984), whose 1970s
fusion
music helped lead to the development of
smooth jazz
in the 1980s.
Kenny G
, one of the leading smooth jazz artists which emerged in the 1980s
The Police
, regarded by
Rolling Stone
as “possibly the biggest band in the world”, November 1983.
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1
]
Controversial dance pop band
Frankie Goes to Hollywood
in London, 1985
David Bowie
saw commercial success during the early 1980s
Michael Hutchence
singing during an
INXS
concert, early 1980s
Among women
large hair-dos and puffed-up
styles typified the decade of the 1980s.
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2
]
(
Jackée Harry
, 1988
)
Tom Bailey
of the
Thompson Twins
in 1986.
The
Grateful Dead
in 1980. Left to right: Jerry Garcia, Bill Kreutzmann, Bob Weir, Mickey Hart, Phil Lesh. Not pictured: Brent Mydland.
Sources
[
edit
]
^
"Anglomania: The Second British Invasion"
.
Rolling Stone
. Retrieved
29 April
2019
.
^
Browne, Ray B.; Browne, Pat (15 June 2001).
The Guide to United States Popular Culture
. Popular Press. pp. 357–.
ISBN
978-0-87972-821-2
. Retrieved
11 August
2012
.