The Eighties in America - Salem Press (2009)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series: Bonnie Bartlett,St. Elsewhere(NBC) Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Se ...

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series: Larry Drake,L.A. Law(NBC) Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series: Mela ...

Legislation: Major U.S. Legislation Year Legislation Significance 1980 Paperwork Reduction Act Established the Office of Infor ...

The Eighties in America Legislation: Major U.S. Legislation
1099 Year Legislation Significance 1981 International Security and ...

Year Legislation Significance 1982 Export Trading Company Act Established the Office of Export Trade in the Department of Commer ...

The Eighties in America Legislation: Major U.S. Legislation
1101 Year Legislation Significance 1984 Cable Communications Polic ...

Year Legislation Significance 1986 Tax Reform Act Simplified the federal tax system by replacing the existing fourteen tax brack ...

The Eighties in America Legislation: Major U.S. Legislation
1103 Year Legislation Significance 1987 New G.I. Bill Continuation ...

Year Legislation Significance 1989 Ethics Reform Act Began an annual automatic pay adjustment procedure for members of Congress ...

Legislation: U.S. Supreme Court Decisions Year Case Significance 1980 Fullilove v. Klutznick Chief Justice Warren Burger wrote ...

Year Case Significance 1982 Island Trees School District v. Pico In his majority opinion, Justice William Brennan ruled that a l ...

Year Case Significance 1983 Metropolitan Edison v. People Against Nuclear Energy and Nuclear Regulatory Commission The Court rul ...

Year Case Significance 1985 New Jersey v. T.L.O. This 6-3 opinion concluded that, in general, the Fourth Amendment ban on unreas ...

The Eighties in America Legislation: U.S. Supreme Court Decisions
1109 Year Case Significance 1986 Renton v. Playtime Theatres ...

Year Case Significance 1988 Thompson v. Oklahoma The Court, in a 5-3 ruling, vacated the death sentence of a fifteen-year- old w ...

Literature: Best-Selling U.S. Books 1980 Fiction 1.The Covenant, James A. Michener 2.The Bourne Identity, Robert Ludlum 3.Rage ...

4.The Little Drummer Girl, John Le Carré 5.Christine, Stephen King 6.Changes, Danielle Steel 7.The Name of the Rose, Umberto Eco ...

8.Last of the Breed, Louis L’Amour 9.The Prince of Tides, Pat Conroy 10.A Perfect Spy, John Le Carré 1986 Nonfiction 1.Fatherhoo ...

4.It Was on Fire When I Lay Down on It, Robert Fulghum 5.Better Homes and Gardens New Cook Book 6.The Way Things Work, David Mac ...

Literature: Major Literary Awards Nobel Prizes in Literature 1980: Czesuaw Miuosz, Poland and United States 1981: Elias Canett ...