big hair big money big foreign policy
change big groundbreaking technology the
80s saw America become a greater
superpower with all the spoils that go
with it
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top 10
defining moments of 1980s America we
must act today in order to preserve
tomorrow for this list he chosen moments
that we felt best represent this
essential decade in American history
yeah Pedro
yeah Pedro number 10 the rise of yuppie
culture eggshell with ROM ahlian type
what do you think as the upper class
thrived under President Reagan’s
economics the world began to take notice
of yuppies young well-educated
professionals with a penchant to spend
and an obsession with image I always use
an aftershave lotion with little or no
alcohol because alcohol dries your face
out and makes you look older inspired by
moguls like Donald Trump yuppies bought
only the finest brands drove imported
automobiles worked out endlessly and
invested in copious amounts of cocaine
at least according to the stereotype
they don’t have a good bathroom to do
cocaine the 1987 Wall Street Crash
killed the romanticism of the yuppie but
their stylistic influence lived on yeah
yeah yeah yep yep yep yep yep
yuppie drones
I want my MTV I want my MTV number-9
cable goes mainstream on MTV music
television you’ll never look at music
the same way again early in the decade
cable television services became an
affordable option for many Americans a
number of specialty channels premiered
that vastly affected the country this is
it welcome to MTV music television the
world’s first 24-hour stereo video music
channel MTV not only helped unknown
artists hit the big time it also
impacted popular fashion and traditional
editing styles ESPN led sports towards
years of even greater financial success
while CNN kept people in tune with
breaking news
the average way of life was forever
altered you can depend on us being here
all the time and please pass the word
number 8 the spread of hiv/aids which
shows that the lifestyle of some male
homosexuals has triggered an epidemic of
a rare form of cancer the HIV AIDS virus
gained official recognition in 1981
kicking off a tumultuous time of death
fear and Prejudice and when they started
running did you know that they were
running from you or because of you yes
the disease’s early prominence in gay
male society led to further issues with
homophobia without efficient
investigation hiv/aids rapidly spread
throughout the country’s population via
drug use blood transfusions and
intercourse cases like Ryan White’s
raised awareness leading to slow but
steady treatment regardless AIDS had
already claimed its largest victim the
sexual revolution was dead it would be
years later that the revelation he had
AIDS also exposed his homosexuality
number seven developments in the space
program good role program confirmed
challenger now heading downrange the 80s
war a tale of two halves for NASA in
1981 space shuttle Columbia launched
from the Kennedy Space Center the flight
served as a successful test for NASA’s
Space Shuttle program allowing for many
complex space missions however things
came to a halt when the Challenger
exploded shortly after liftoff in 1986
the most tragic incident ever performing
space program at least at this point it
seemed that way
studies showed significant concerns with
proper safety precautions and the space
shuttle program was temporarily grounded
number six the war on drugs and if
you’ve got to die for something this
sure is elated America faced a dangerous
import as crack made its arrival on city
streets and created media hysteria Steve
Young reports on a new kind of cocaine
called crack a more dangerous form of
cocaine crack and other illegal
substances led President Reagan to
escalate the war on drugs and when it
comes to drugs and alcohol
just say no laws like the anti-drug
Abuse Act of 1986 sought to solve the
problem while just saying no increased
drug education it’s easy all you have to
do is just say no drug arrests escalated
though some questioned the significance
in comparison to other crimes as of
tonight no funds have been placed in
escrow and the Americans Iranians and
Algerians are still talking number five
tense relations with Iran as he put it I
ran quote managed to rub in the dirt the
nose of the world’s biggest oppressor
and superpower
unquote strained us-iranian relations
had a massive domestic effect when
Iranian revolutionaries took American
diplomats hostage in late 1979 it ends
with the hostages still in captivity and
a world uncertain as to just what is
holding up their freedom for at least
another a ghen
some day President Jimmy Carter’s
inability to negotiate a release cost
him reelection trouble arose later with
the iran-contra affair I’ve said on
several occasions that I wouldn’t
comment about the recent congressional
hearings on the iran-contra matter
evidence showed that American officials
had sold Iran weapons the u.s. then used
the proceeds to aid contra fighters in
Nicaragua which was previously forbidden
by Congress and all the while ways had
to be found to contain the us-backed
contra invasion Reagan was never proven
to know about the sales but the
controversy damaged his reputation once
I realized I hadn’t been fully informed
I sought to find the answers some of the
answers I don’t like number 4 1981 tax
cut and Reaganomics I have come to speak
to you tonight about our economic
recovery program and why I believe it’s
essential that Congress approve this
package when Ronald Reagan ran for the
presidency he advocated reduced
government spending and Taxation he
stuck to his guns with a 1981 tax cut on
the upper class hoping that their
increased finances would trickle down to
lower income citizens those who do work
are denied a fair return for their labor
by a tax system which penalizes
successful achievement and keeps us from
maintaining full productivity the cuts
set off a large recession but the
economy grew strong and weathered a
stock market crash however Reagan
actually increased military spending and
left a massive troubling budget deficit
that message was very simple our
government is too big and it spends too
much
system number three electronic
innovations the personal system to will
this be a major event in personal
computing history or just another new
product introduction the 80s proved a
prominent decade for electronics
development the video game market had
been left in tatters following a 1983
crash but in 1985 Nintendo introduced
the NES to North America and erased any
memory of it
the consoles quality design and
impressive library revitalized video
gaming in the computer world IBM
introduced their first PC in 1981
competitors were blown away and its
engineering became standard paving the
way for the dominance of PCs and while
the rest of the clone makers have been
struggling and agonizing over how to
move to 32 bits IBM now has done it and
I think the other people that make
machines in the desktop area are going
to have to follow that number two
pollution persists this is by far the
largest oil spill ever recorded in US
waters and get apparently there are
still more than 40 million gallons of
crude oil remaining on the tanker
despite the environmental movement major
ecological problems still existed in
1989 the Exxon Valdez struck an Alaskan
reef and dropped gallons of oil ravaging
wildlife and still we’re having problems
with birds and we’re having problems
with otters and so if you look at all
these different pieces
suddenly the puzzle starts coming into
focus and it looks very much like we’re
having long-term damage Exxon was using
outdated equipment but ensuing
regulations provided hope of avoiding
future incidents meanwhile the Chernobyl
nuclear power plant accident released
radiation across Europe gaming in the
news today there was an accident at a
Soviet nuclear plant causing some
casualties the resulting concern was
helpful in encouraging the USSR to
negotiate with America to bring about
our number-one moment before we unveil
our top pick here are some honorable
mentions
if you’ve been anywhere near a
television set or a radio these past few
hours you already know that John Lennon
of the Beatles is dead
specifically we agreed in Geneva that
each side should move to cut offensive
nuclear arms by 50%
number one the cold war ends concern
shifts to China in China the will of the
people has been thwarted by the will of
the People’s Government when he entered
office President Reagan carried a
headstrong resolve to end the Cold War
he got his opportunity with the Soviet
economy stalling Mikhail Gorbachev
welcomed communications with Americans
he signed a number of weapons treaties
with Reagan including start one you’ve
got the two leaders of these two
powerful countries running way beyond
their arms controllers in their defense
ministries in their state departments
and saying let’s get rid of nuclear
weapons slowly Soviet governments gave
way to elections and the Berlin Wall
fell meanwhile over in China student
protesters were killed at Tiananmen
Square for protesting the communist
government a longtime war was over but
other threats were alive and well do you
agree with our list which events do you
think defined 1980s America and beyond
for more informative top 10s published
every day be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com
change big groundbreaking technology the
80s saw America become a greater
superpower with all the spoils that go
with it
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top 10
defining moments of 1980s America we
must act today in order to preserve
tomorrow for this list he chosen moments
that we felt best represent this
essential decade in American history
yeah Pedro
yeah Pedro number 10 the rise of yuppie
culture eggshell with ROM ahlian type
what do you think as the upper class
thrived under President Reagan’s
economics the world began to take notice
of yuppies young well-educated
professionals with a penchant to spend
and an obsession with image I always use
an aftershave lotion with little or no
alcohol because alcohol dries your face
out and makes you look older inspired by
moguls like Donald Trump yuppies bought
only the finest brands drove imported
automobiles worked out endlessly and
invested in copious amounts of cocaine
at least according to the stereotype
they don’t have a good bathroom to do
cocaine the 1987 Wall Street Crash
killed the romanticism of the yuppie but
their stylistic influence lived on yeah
yeah yeah yep yep yep yep yep
yuppie drones
I want my MTV I want my MTV number-9
cable goes mainstream on MTV music
television you’ll never look at music
the same way again early in the decade
cable television services became an
affordable option for many Americans a
number of specialty channels premiered
that vastly affected the country this is
it welcome to MTV music television the
world’s first 24-hour stereo video music
channel MTV not only helped unknown
artists hit the big time it also
impacted popular fashion and traditional
editing styles ESPN led sports towards
years of even greater financial success
while CNN kept people in tune with
breaking news
the average way of life was forever
altered you can depend on us being here
all the time and please pass the word
number 8 the spread of hiv/aids which
shows that the lifestyle of some male
homosexuals has triggered an epidemic of
a rare form of cancer the HIV AIDS virus
gained official recognition in 1981
kicking off a tumultuous time of death
fear and Prejudice and when they started
running did you know that they were
running from you or because of you yes
the disease’s early prominence in gay
male society led to further issues with
homophobia without efficient
investigation hiv/aids rapidly spread
throughout the country’s population via
drug use blood transfusions and
intercourse cases like Ryan White’s
raised awareness leading to slow but
steady treatment regardless AIDS had
already claimed its largest victim the
sexual revolution was dead it would be
years later that the revelation he had
AIDS also exposed his homosexuality
number seven developments in the space
program good role program confirmed
challenger now heading downrange the 80s
war a tale of two halves for NASA in
1981 space shuttle Columbia launched
from the Kennedy Space Center the flight
served as a successful test for NASA’s
Space Shuttle program allowing for many
complex space missions however things
came to a halt when the Challenger
exploded shortly after liftoff in 1986
the most tragic incident ever performing
space program at least at this point it
seemed that way
studies showed significant concerns with
proper safety precautions and the space
shuttle program was temporarily grounded
number six the war on drugs and if
you’ve got to die for something this
sure is elated America faced a dangerous
import as crack made its arrival on city
streets and created media hysteria Steve
Young reports on a new kind of cocaine
called crack a more dangerous form of
cocaine crack and other illegal
substances led President Reagan to
escalate the war on drugs and when it
comes to drugs and alcohol
just say no laws like the anti-drug
Abuse Act of 1986 sought to solve the
problem while just saying no increased
drug education it’s easy all you have to
do is just say no drug arrests escalated
though some questioned the significance
in comparison to other crimes as of
tonight no funds have been placed in
escrow and the Americans Iranians and
Algerians are still talking number five
tense relations with Iran as he put it I
ran quote managed to rub in the dirt the
nose of the world’s biggest oppressor
and superpower
unquote strained us-iranian relations
had a massive domestic effect when
Iranian revolutionaries took American
diplomats hostage in late 1979 it ends
with the hostages still in captivity and
a world uncertain as to just what is
holding up their freedom for at least
another a ghen
some day President Jimmy Carter’s
inability to negotiate a release cost
him reelection trouble arose later with
the iran-contra affair I’ve said on
several occasions that I wouldn’t
comment about the recent congressional
hearings on the iran-contra matter
evidence showed that American officials
had sold Iran weapons the u.s. then used
the proceeds to aid contra fighters in
Nicaragua which was previously forbidden
by Congress and all the while ways had
to be found to contain the us-backed
contra invasion Reagan was never proven
to know about the sales but the
controversy damaged his reputation once
I realized I hadn’t been fully informed
I sought to find the answers some of the
answers I don’t like number 4 1981 tax
cut and Reaganomics I have come to speak
to you tonight about our economic
recovery program and why I believe it’s
essential that Congress approve this
package when Ronald Reagan ran for the
presidency he advocated reduced
government spending and Taxation he
stuck to his guns with a 1981 tax cut on
the upper class hoping that their
increased finances would trickle down to
lower income citizens those who do work
are denied a fair return for their labor
by a tax system which penalizes
successful achievement and keeps us from
maintaining full productivity the cuts
set off a large recession but the
economy grew strong and weathered a
stock market crash however Reagan
actually increased military spending and
left a massive troubling budget deficit
that message was very simple our
government is too big and it spends too
much
system number three electronic
innovations the personal system to will
this be a major event in personal
computing history or just another new
product introduction the 80s proved a
prominent decade for electronics
development the video game market had
been left in tatters following a 1983
crash but in 1985 Nintendo introduced
the NES to North America and erased any
memory of it
the consoles quality design and
impressive library revitalized video
gaming in the computer world IBM
introduced their first PC in 1981
competitors were blown away and its
engineering became standard paving the
way for the dominance of PCs and while
the rest of the clone makers have been
struggling and agonizing over how to
move to 32 bits IBM now has done it and
I think the other people that make
machines in the desktop area are going
to have to follow that number two
pollution persists this is by far the
largest oil spill ever recorded in US
waters and get apparently there are
still more than 40 million gallons of
crude oil remaining on the tanker
despite the environmental movement major
ecological problems still existed in
1989 the Exxon Valdez struck an Alaskan
reef and dropped gallons of oil ravaging
wildlife and still we’re having problems
with birds and we’re having problems
with otters and so if you look at all
these different pieces
suddenly the puzzle starts coming into
focus and it looks very much like we’re
having long-term damage Exxon was using
outdated equipment but ensuing
regulations provided hope of avoiding
future incidents meanwhile the Chernobyl
nuclear power plant accident released
radiation across Europe gaming in the
news today there was an accident at a
Soviet nuclear plant causing some
casualties the resulting concern was
helpful in encouraging the USSR to
negotiate with America to bring about
our number-one moment before we unveil
our top pick here are some honorable
mentions
if you’ve been anywhere near a
television set or a radio these past few
hours you already know that John Lennon
of the Beatles is dead
specifically we agreed in Geneva that
each side should move to cut offensive
nuclear arms by 50%
number one the cold war ends concern
shifts to China in China the will of the
people has been thwarted by the will of
the People’s Government when he entered
office President Reagan carried a
headstrong resolve to end the Cold War
he got his opportunity with the Soviet
economy stalling Mikhail Gorbachev
welcomed communications with Americans
he signed a number of weapons treaties
with Reagan including start one you’ve
got the two leaders of these two
powerful countries running way beyond
their arms controllers in their defense
ministries in their state departments
and saying let’s get rid of nuclear
weapons slowly Soviet governments gave
way to elections and the Berlin Wall
fell meanwhile over in China student
protesters were killed at Tiananmen
Square for protesting the communist
government a longtime war was over but
other threats were alive and well do you
agree with our list which events do you
think defined 1980s America and beyond
for more informative top 10s published
every day be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com
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