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Decade - 1980s
The 1980s was the decade that started on January 1, 1980, and ended on December 31, 1989. The most notable events in the 1980s include the election of US President Ronald Reagan (1980) and the space shuttle “Challenger” disaster (1986).
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Which of the following was a contributing factor to the farming crisis of the 1980s?
A decrease in demand led to farmers not being able to pay back their substantial loans
What factors led to reagons victory in the 1980s?
As the Democrats dueled it out, the Republicans chose conservative former actor Ronald Reagan, signaling the return of conservatism, since the average American was older than during the stormy sixties and was more likely to favor the right (conservatives)
How do I get a copy of a GED from the 1980s?
very possible, but these records would most likely be on old style micro film. contacting the original institution is beginning. if they no longer are there then you would need to retrieve from public records. older certificates are harder to obtain because they stored them so much differently than we do now. basically no one wants to dig in the basement in a box verses a few clicks on the computer. I have found it to be a real pain to obtain things that are old. But it is possible.
What made 1989 the Miracle Year in the Cold War?
One after another the countries of Eastern Europe held open multi-party elections and borders were opened.
At the start of the year all countries in Eastern Europe (Poland, East Germany, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria), plus the USSR were one-party states where you could be put in gaol for disagreeing with the government, by the end they had all had democratic elections and democratic governments. In many cases the new governments were in the hands of the very people who had been in prison at the start of the year.
The main events were:
- 18th January, Poland - The Polish United Workers' Party votes to legalize Solidarity.
- 15th February, Afghanistan - End of the Soviet war in Afghanistan: The Soviet Union announces that all of its troops have left Afghanistan.
- 24th February, USSR (Estonia) - After 44 years, Estonian flag is raised to the Pikk Hermann Castle tower.
- 16th March, USSR - The Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union approves agricultural reforms allowing farmers the right to lease state-owned farms for life.
- 27th March, USSR - The first contested elections for the Soviet parliament result in losses for the Communist Party.
- 5th April, Poland - The Polish Government and the Solidarity trade union sign an agreement restoring Solidarity to legal status, and agreeing to hold democratic elections.
- 17th May, China - More than 1 million Chinese protesters march through Beijing demanding greater democracy.
- 4th June, China - The Tiananmen Square massacre takes place in Beijing on the army's approach to the square, and the final stand-off in the square is covered live on television.
- 4th June, Poland - Solidarity's victory in Polish elections is the first of many anti-communist revolutions in Central and Eastern Europe in 1989.
- 19th August, Poland - President Wojciech Jaruzelski nominates Solidarity activist Tadeusz Mazowiecki to be Prime Minister, the first non-communist in power in 42 years.
- 19th August, Hungary / Austria - The Pan-European Picnic, a peace demonstration held on the Austrian-Hungarian border.
- 23rd August, USSR - Two million indigenous people of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, then still occupied by the Soviet Union, join hands to demand freedom and independence, forming an uninterrupted 600 km human chain called the Baltic Way.
- 23rd August, Hungary - Hungary removes border restrictions with Austria.
- 10th September, Hungary - The government opens the country's western borders to refugees from the German Democratic Republic. GDR government bans all travel to Hungary.
- 30th September, Czechoslovakia - Nearly 7,000 East Germans who had come to Prague are allowed to leave on special refugee trains for the West.
- 7th October, Hungary - The communist Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party votes to reorganize itself as a socialist party, to be named the Hungarian Socialist Party.
- 18th October, Hungary - The National Assembly votes to restore multi-party democracy.
- 7th November, DDR (East Germany) - The Communist government of East Germany resigns, although SED leader Egon Krenz remains head of state.
- 9th November Berlin - The end of the Berlin Wall
Günter Schabowski accidentally states in live broadcast press conference that new rules for travelling from East Germany to West Germany will be put in effect "immediately". East Germany opens checkpoints in the Berlin Wall, allowing its citizens to travel freely to West Germany for the first. - 10th November, Bulgaria - After 45 years of Communist rule, Bulgarian Communist Party leader Todor Zhivkov is replaced by Foreign Minister Petar Mladenov, who changes the party's name to the Bulgarian Socialist Party.
- 17th November, Czechoslovakia - The Velvet Revolution: A peaceful student demonstration in Prague is severely beaten back by riot police. This sparks a revolution aimed at overthrowing the Communist government (it succeeds on 29th December).
- 20th November, Czechoslovakia - Velvet Revolution: The number of peaceful protesters assembled in Prague swells from 200,000 the day before to an estimated half-million.
- 28th November, Czechoslovakia - Velvet Revolution: The Communist Party of Czechoslovakia announces they will give up their monopoly on political power (elections held in December bring the first non-communist government to Czechoslovakia in more than 40 years).
- 1st December, DDR - East Germany's parliament abolishes the constitutional provision granting the Communist-dominated SED its monopoly on power.
- 7th December, USSR - The Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic becomes the first of the republics of the Soviet Union to abolish the Communist Party's monopoly on power.
- 10th December, Czechoslovakia - President Gustáv Husák swears in a new cabinet with a non-Communist and then immediately resigns as president.
- 10th December, Mongolia - Tsakhiagiyn Elbegdorj announces the establishment of Mongolia's democratic movement, that peacefully changes the second oldest communist country into a democratic society.
- 17th December, Romania - The Romanian Revolution begins in Timişoara when rioters break into the Committee Building and cause extensive vandalism. Their attempts to set the buildings on fire are foiled by military units.
- 21st December, Romania - Nicolae Ceausescu addresses an assembly of some 110,000 people outside the Romanian Communist Party HQ in Bucharest. The crowd begin to protest against Ceausescu and he orders in the army to attack the protesters.
- 22nd December, Romania - After a week of bloody demonstrations the communist dictatorship of Nicolae Ceauşescu ends. He flees his palace in a helicopter to escape inevitable execution after the palace was invaded by rioters. The Romanian troops, who the day before had followed Ceausescu's orders to attack the demonstrators, change sides and join the uprising.
- 25th December, Romania - Nicolae Ceauşescu and his wife Elena are executed by military troops after being found guilty of crimes against humanity.
- 29th December, Czechoslovakia - former 'dissident' Václav Havel is elected president of Czechoslovakia.
Phew, what a year!
This was followed in 1990 by the 'summer of the funny number-plates'. This summer wherever you went in the tourist spots of western Europe, you would see cars with number plates you had never seen before. Visitors from Eastern Europe getting their first chance to see the sights of the west.
What 1980s rock band sang oh pretty woman?
"Pretty Woman" was done by both Roy Orbison ( first) and Van Halen ( second).
What was the most played game in the 1980s?
The NYSE. And line-snorting. Sometimes played concurrently.
What is the song in Guinness's big wave ad from the 80s?
Apparently, it was not a previously published song but specially composed by composer Bill Whelan for the ad.
What artist has the most top 40 hits during the 1980s?
the artist with the most UK top 40 hit singles during the 1980s was Shakin Stevens. Shakys career spanned exactly the whole decade, with first hit in 1980 and the last in 1989.
How much money did president Clinton leave the gop when he left office?
I think if Bill Clinton gave to a political party it would be to the party of which he is a member, the Democratic Party. GOP, or Grand Old Party, is a nickname of the Republican Party.
How old was James Naismith when he invented netball?
Naismith was born November 6, 1861. He is credited with inventing basketball in 1891. In 1891 he was teaching a "rowdy" physical education at the Springfield, Massachusetts YMCA. Weather outside was nasty and not very favorable for outside athletic activities. Under orders from Dr. Luther Gulick, head of Springfield YMCA Physical Education, Naismith was given 14 days to create an indoor game that would provide an "athletic distraction". The game he came up with was "Basket Ball" where players were only allowed to pass the ball to each other and scored goals by lobbing a soccer ball into a peach basket located well above their heads at either end of a gymnasium. The first game of "Basket Ball" organized by Naismith was played in December 1891.
According to some sources, the first basketball game was actually played on Feb. 7, 1891 in Herkimer, New York, nearly a full-year prior to the Naismith and Springfield claims. According to the book "I Grew Up With Basketball", in the winter of 1890 Lambert G.Will a YMCA director in Herkimer, NY, a little village of 2700 received a letter from James Naismith of Springfield, Massachusetts, with an idea for a game called "basketball." Lambert was intrigued: Naismith's game could be played indoors, perfect for snowy villages like Herkimer. But when Lambert assembled a group of 18 boys, they found Naismith's game disappointing: you rolled a medicine ball along the floor to your teammates, and eventually one would throw the ball into a peach basket nailed high up on the wall. The boys thought that rolling the ball was for babies and passes were too easy to block. If someone did make a basket, someone else had to climb a ladder to remove the ball from the peach basket. And nine men on a side was just too many. Lambert Will had written a letter to Naismith in 1891, who at the time was employed as the Athletic Director at the Springfield Y.M.C.A., asking him if he would organize a team to play Herkimer. Will had included in the letter, the concept and rules of this new game. (Naismith never responded to Will's letter.) According the claims in the book, the first basketball game played by the revised rules devised by Will actually occurred on Feb. 7, 1891 in Herkimer, New York, nearly a full-year prior to the Naismith and Springfield claims. A team photo shows Will's team with a basketball dated 91-92. If these claims are true, then Naismith would qualify as a co-creator of the sport.
What would one dollar buy in the 1980's?
One dollar could buy lots of things: Soda pop, candy, etc. Almost anything you can get at the dollar tree today you could get in the 80's.
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What led to the largest U.S. budget deficit in the 1980s?
Reagan, being a conservative, had cut funding for federal programs like welfare and food stamps. However, after doing so he greatly increased funding for defense. This included research and development programs, weapon build-up, etc. The best way to understand Reagan's obsession with defense spending is by looking at his proposal to develop Star Wars. No, not the films, but rather a system of lasers that would detect and destroy any incoming missiles. So, to answer your question, if anything in particular led to the budget deficit, it was defense spending.
