The Eighties in America - Salem Press (2009)

Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female:Giving You the Best That I Got, Anita Baker Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male: “Every ...

Sports: Winners of Major Events Athletes whose names appear with an asterisk (*) are subjects of their own full-length essays ...

National Basketball Association (NBA) Championships 1980: Los Angeles Lakers 4, Philadelphia 76ers 2 1981: Boston Celtics 4, Hou ...

Professional Football National Football League (NFL) Championships 1980: Oakland Raiders 27, Philadelphia Eagles 10 1981: San Fr ...

National Hockey League (NHL) Stanley Cup Winners 1980: New York Islanders 4, Philadelphia Flyers 2 1981: New YorkIslanders 4, Mi ...

The Eighties in America Sports: Winners of Major Events
1141 Tennis Major Tournament Champions Year Australian Open French Ope ...

Golf Major Tournament Champions (Men) Year British Open Professional Golf Association (PGA) Championship The Masters U.S. Open 1 ...

The Eighties in America Sports: Winners of Major Events
1143 Horse Racing Triple Crown Races Year Kentucky Derby Preakness Bel ...

Time Line Additional dates on legislation, U.S. Supreme Court cases, films, television shows, plays, literature, popular music ...

Amadeusopens on Broadway, where it runs for 1,181 performances; the drama will receive 1981 Tony Awards for Best Play (playwrigh ...

space shuttleColumbia. (Aug. 12) IBM begins sell- ing a personal computer at a base price of $1,565. Environment and health:(Jun ...

tional Whaling Commission decides to end com- mercial whaling by 1985-1986. Transportation and communications:(May 2) The Weathe ...

Military and war:(Mar. 23) President Reagan an- nounces his Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI), a proposal to develop technology ...

in 1997. (Oct. 31) Indian prime minister Indira Gandhi is assassinated by two Sikh security guards; the killing sparks riots in ...

charged with Satanic ritual abuse of the school- children; the charges are later determined to be completely unfounded and are d ...

fessional debut in Albany, New York, fighting a match in which he wins by a first-round knockout. (Mar. 31) WrestleMania, an ann ...

Arts and literature:Stephen King’sIt, Tom Clancy’s Red Storm Rising, and James Clavell’sWhirlwindare the year’s three top-sellin ...

Transportation and communications:(Aug. 4) The FCC rescinds the Fairness Doctrine, which re- quired radio and television station ...

the stealth fighter is unveiled in Palmdale, Cali- fornia. Society:(Jan. 1) The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America is founde ...

tary takes place in Tiananmen Square. (Nov. 9) The Berlin Wall falls as East Germany opens checkpoints, allowing its citizens to ...