Music, 80's tendences.

At the beginning of the eighties, there was an impression that the punk rock would remain as the predominant trend in the field of popular music. 

The boundaries of punk

The Sex Pistols were the main promoters of punk rock in the early years of the eighties. The intense publicity that accompanied its launch produced a great interest, but soon faded. The main cause is that punk music culture was too plain for the United States. 

The return of the pop

Due to the powerful impact that had achieved British groups like The Beatles, in the sixties, the United States has never abandoned its vision of England as a magical and mysterious place, where protruded like the exotic city of London. The public was more receptive to the magic of British pop, exposing all those values ​​that had to England as a fascinating and cosmopolitan. 

Sports

The XIII Olympic Winter Games were held in Lake Placid, New York (USA). Among the athletes that last in time are Eric Heiden, winner of 5 medals in speed skating, and the U.S. team of ice hockey, who managed a feat to beat the Soviet Union in the final group (Miracle on Ice) .

The 1984 Olympic Games were held in Los Angeles, United States, between July 28 and August 12. Attended 6,797 athletes (5,230 men and 1,567 women) from 140 countries competing in 21 sports and 221 specialties.

songs

jump – van halen

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlq0lYB3iSM

Beat It- Michael Jackson

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRdxUFDoQe0

girls wanna have fun- cindy L.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIb6AZdTr-A

I wanna dance with somebody – whitney Houston

Rock you like a hurricane- scorpions

Games

VIDEO GAMES THAT WEREN’T FROM USA BUT WERE VERY POPULAR IN THE USA AND SOME ARE STILL PLAYED NOWADAYS.

Super Mario Bros 1985

Pac-Man (october 1980)

Cinema

THE BLUE LAGOON (1980)

TERMINATOR (1984)

A NIGHTMARE ON THE ELM STREET (1984) 

SUPERMAN II (1980)

SUPERMAN III (1983)

DIE HARD (1983)

Scarface (1983)

RAMBO

First Blood (1982), Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985), Rambo III (1988), and Rambo (2008).

FAME (1980)

FLASH DANCE (1983)

Chronology

chronology

1980 

·         1)  First videoconference.

2) Appear the first card payphones.

·        3)  is assassinated the leader and founder of The Beatles, John Lennon, into the hands of a fan.

1981

·         1) Ronald Reagan takes office as President of the United States.

·         2) The U.S. president., Ronald Reagan suffers an assassination attempt.

·       3)  Marketing of the first IBM PC personal computer.

 1982

·       1)  R. K. Jarvik: Successful implementation of the first artificial heart in the U.S

·       2)  The Michael Jackson's Thriller album became the best-selling history (more than 140 million units).

·       3)  Stanley B. Prusiner discovered the prions.

1983

·      1)   Worldwide Premieres of Thriller, the music video of Michael Jackson, considered "the most successful music video" by Guinness World Records Association.

·       2)  Robert Gallo and Luc Montagnier identified the AIDS virus.

As these two viruses turned out to be the same, in 1986, both virus were renamed HIV.

·         3) Starts the GNU project

1984

·    1)     Geraldine Ferraro, first female candidate for Vice President of the United States in the presidential election for the Democratic Party.

1985

·     1)    It is created the Free Software Foundation by Richard Stallman and other free software activists.

·        2)  Robert Ballard find the remains of the Titanic.

1986

·     1)    The Space Shuttle Challenger  explodes on takeoff  (January 28^th)

·     2)    United States bombards Libya.

·        -  3) Halley's Comet is observed in detail by spacecraft.

1987

·      1)    Financial Disaster on international stock exchanges.

1988

·         1) The pharmaceutical Roussel-Uclaf gets approval of the abortion pill, Georges Teutsch synthesized it in 1980.

ANIMATED SERIES

The Smurfs

 Is an American-Belgian animated fantasy-comedy television series that aired on NBC from September 12, 1981 to December 2, 1989. Made by Hanna-Barbera, it is based on the Belgian comic series by the same name, created by Belgian cartoonist Peyo (who also served as Story Supervisor of this adaptation) and aired for 256 episodes with a total of 421 stories.

The Simpsons

 is an American adult animated sitcom created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series is a satirical parody of a middle class American lifestyle epitomized by its family of the same name, which consists of Homer, Marge,Bart, Lisa and Maggie. The show is set in the fictional town of Springfield and parodies American culture, society, television and many aspects of the human condition.