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The 1980's shykemiah Hawkins Core 2 2-28-12 Social Studies 2 Reid In the following presentation you will be informed of things in the 1980's that have shaped the world as we know it today. Many things have happened that have changed the world in a big way. Everything from a soon to be pop star rising, down to the Berlin wall falling. The 1980's is a very reminiscent time to the world. In the early 1980's Mt. Saint Helen was a sacred place to the local Indian tribes. They had been witnesses to its long history of eruptive behavior. May.18,1980 was a clear, bright , and beautiful day. At 8:32am a 5.1 magnitude earthquake struck 1 mile below the mountainand scorched 230 square miles of forest...30 years later, recovery at Mount St. Helen's continues to recovering. Today Mt. Saint Helen is once more a beautiful place with many visitors. Despite the devastation left behind on May 18th, not everything in the blast zone was destroyed. Areas that seemed like they would never recover have surprised scientists with the resilience of nature. Many animals and plants who were fortunate enough to be beneath the spring snow pack or underground, soon found their way through the thick ash to the surface. Several lakes that were still frozen over went virtually untouched even though all the life around them was decimated. One of the first plants to reappear, appropriately enough, was the fire weed. The presence of plant life enticed deer and elk to return to the area. With their wanderings, they stirred up even more ash, freeing seeds and shoots of plants still buried. Even though there were over 1500 elk killed as a result of the eruption, the elk population had returned threefold by the early 1990’s thanks to mild winters, an abundance of food on the debris avalanche, and the lack of human interference. In 1981 on the afternoon of May.13,1981 Pope John Paul II was struck by 3 bullets while being driven in a slow moving convertible through St. Peter Square. He was rushed to the hospital and he barely survived the 6 hour operation. Beginning in August 1980 Ağca began criss-crossing the Mediterranean region, changing passports and identities, perhaps to hide his point of origin in Sofia, Bulgaria. He entered Rome on May 10,1981 coming by train from Milan. According to Ağca, the plan was for him and the back-up gunman Oral Çelik to open fire in St. Peter Square and escape to the Bulgarian embassy under the cover of the panic generated by a small explosion. On May 13 they sat in the square, writing postcards waiting for the Pope to arrive. When the Pope passed, Ağca fired several shots and critically wounded him, but was grabbed by spectators and prevented from finishing the assassination or escaping. Four bullets hit John Paul II, two of them lodging in his lower intestine, the others hitting his left hand and right arm. Two bystanders were also hit. In 1982 after working hard for a year and a half, the world famous, Michael Jackson released his record selling album thriller featuring the single “thriller” featuring Ola Ray. World wide, thriller has sold over 109 million copies. The album was released by epic records. It later became known as the biggest selling album to be released by Michael Jackson. The producer of the album happens to be Quincy Jones. Thriller -the song- has the 14 minute video is a halloween themed video with ghouls, ghosts , and goblins. In 1983 cabbage patch kids became very popular all around the world. It was known as a must have collectable doll. In just five years the cabbage patch kids became the most popular,sold out doll in America. Every little girl had a cabbage patch kid. To make it even better, they come with small make believe adoption certificates. The inventor Xavier Roberts captured attention by making each character an indivisual with its own personality, so every kid was truly one of a kind and unique. All kids were up for adoption and needed good, nurturing homes to call there very own.. The first pg-13 movie hit the box offices in 1984. The name of this movie was //Red Dawn// starring //Patrick Swayze,// this was the first movie to be released as pg-13. This new category was announced in July. The MPAA’s ratings board reportedly issued the first PG-13 rating to //The Flamingo Kid,// which starred Matt Dillon; however, //Red Dawn// opened in theaters first. //Red Dawn// told the story of a group of teenagers who band together to protect their small Colorado town after it is invaded by Communist paratroopers from Russia and Cuba. Along with Patrick Swayze, the film co-starred C. Thomas Howell, Lea Thompson, Charlie Sheen, Jennifer Grey and Harry Dean Stanton. //Red Dawn// was one of Swayze’s early films, along with //The Outsiders// (1983)//,// a teen drama that featured the actor as part of a roster of up-and-coming young stars, including Howell, Matt Dillon, Ralph Macchio, Rob Lowe, Emilio Estevez, Tom Cruise and Diane Lane. Swayze’s real breakout performance came in 1987’s //Dirty Dancing//, also co-starring Grey. In 1990, he co-starred in another big hit, //Ghost,// with Demi Moore and Whoopi Goldberg. In 1912 the British registered ship- S.S. Titanic – was holding over 1,000 passengers when it tragically collided with an iceberg at 11:40pm on April.14, 1914. Only upper class passengers were aloud onto the smaller boats. The s.o.s all from titanic reached its sister ship the //Olympic,//but the RMS Titanicsank at 2:20am on April.15th 1912. The //Carpathia// was the closest ship, it was 4 hours away from the sinking titanic. Titanic sank 2 hours before the carpathia arrived to rescue survivors. The Carpathia arrived in New York on April.16,1912. In 1985 the titanic was discovered in the middle of the Atlantic ocean by a team of scientist from Australia. The first thing the found was a boiler which they believed was ripped out of the ship during it tragic sinking. In 1986 Michael Jackson was diagnosed with a serious but curable disease called //Vitiligo//. After he noticed his skin changing shades he decided to go and get checked out. When the disease really took its course he began wearing band aids on his fingertips during his performances. Many of his fans supported him but others made jokes and thought he was bleaching himself because he 2anted to be “white”. This disease had changed his whole face structure completely. By the time of his death in 2009 he was really white. In 1987 hairstyles were up ,out,and big. Many crazy and funky trends were created. The biggest known hairstyle was the perm and headband. The animal print was a big thing in the 80's also. The most common animal print was zebra. As for fashion puffy skirts, lots of layers,long necklaces, rings, lots of bangles. For the sportier girls or for people who were always in the gym wore leotards and leg warmers, arm bands, and leggings. As for hair the mullets, mo-hawk's and perms were big but the wet looks were popular also. In 1988 Robyn Fenty was born on February.08,1988. Who is Robyn Fenty? Today Robyn is known as rihanna. Her childhood was surrounded by family. Her mother monica and her father ronald were always around and even with her being an adult they are still a big party of her life. She is now an award winning vocalist and recording artist. She is always visiting her hometown of St. Michaels, Barbados. She was brutally beaten by boyfriend Chris Brown in 2009. On the 9th of November, 1989, the Border separating Western from Eastern Germany was effectively opened. The following days were most unusual for the whole of Germany - considering the usual German ways, one could almost speak of anarchy: Shops stayed open as long as they wanted (the usual, mandatory closing time was 6:30pm in 1989), a GDR passport served as a free ticket for public transport, and in general there were more exceptions than rules in those days .Of course, Berlin was in the focal point of these changes. The Fall of the Berlin Wall, which will always be used as a symbol for the end of the Cold War, made the "West" available in the middle of the "East", resulting in widespread chaos. After the Berlin wall fell it seemed as if Germany was one “Whole” country. In this presentation you have endured some of the greatest things in history. These are the things that have helped shape America to be the country that you know today. 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