Flashback to 1980 - A Timeline of Life in America
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1980 My graduation year and I can't hardly believe it's been over four decades,,,,man I'm old!!
No you are not because you have lots of wisdom!
Same here. Class? Of 80
I remember us in our cap and gown singing ‘We don’t need no education’ from Pink Floyd The Wall as we walked to our seats. 😂
Aaron me to it was a wild ride. Can't believe its over 40 years. We are getting old. God Bless.
@@billconnelly4840my afro hairs moved location, now they live in the ears and nose. 👴
This was the beginning of one of the most remarkable decades not only in American but world history. If only we could recover some more of that creativity and hope today.
What baloney. Reagan oversaw the dismantling of the middle class and ran up a huge national deficit. He was falsely given credit for the breakup of the Soviet Union, which happened only because Mikhail Gorbachev saw the future and was brave enough to engineer it.
@@mikephalen3162 Well pal, answer this: Who signed NAFTA? Who sold out our industries to China and destroyed countless millions of jobs, economic opportunities and multiple communities? Bill Clinton, that's who. Talk about destroying the working folk.
@@mikephalen3162 ,troll.
@@thunderbird1921 Yep!
Smh...Two party shills...
No wonder the US is doomed...
Seems like a much gentler time that what we are dealing with today. Great music and movies!
There was great music and great movies, but it wasn't at all gentler. Just different. We were doing duck-and-cover drills in elementary school because nuclear war was imminent, and everyone was terrified of being kidnapped and murdered by serial killers or like Adam Walsh. A lot of us were latchkey kids around this time, and had to pick up slack with making dinner and doing laundry. Kids being left alone more also meant we were also dealing with things like abuse/molestation, depression, and fears, but without the language or awareness to talk about it. All of the same anxiety points were there, we just didn't have the internet and multiple 24/7 news networks screaming it at us constantly.
Star Wars got me through until New Wave could pick up the slack, because that's what great music and movies do!
Same, lol. The Smiths, New Order, Depeche Mode & The Cure were my therapy :)
@@monkeyman2407 hell yeh, way better times I’d go back in a heartbeat
16% interest on mortgage loans. Good news was that RE prices were low and you could refinance when rates went down. But if you buy high....you are stuck with the big mortgage no matter how far the house drops in value or how low rates go.
@@Cryo837 < Inflation was high too. It seems that Carter and Biden are reading out of the same Socialist Play Book.
Finally the 80s. My childhood. Born 1977.
Love this channel🥰
Best decade ever! 60's thru the 80's music is the best!! 😊 Thank you for the trip down memory lane! I love Willard Scott!! So sad he has passed.
1980 was a important year for me. I turned 13 and I kissed my first girl. Blues Brothers was my first R rated movie and I unashamedly wept when I heard John Lennon had been shot. I remember everything from this video, but those were the most important for me.
I turned 13 June of 1980!
@@paulaward5346 October for me
I can’t believe there was no mention of “The Empire Strikes Back”, arguably the best of the franchise and leading to a 3 year wait to see if Darth Vader WAS Luke’s father.
This needs more likes
no doubt!
Agreed. Ridiculous it's not there.
They dropped the ball 😮
Also in July 1980, the greatest moment in cinematic history occurred when "Airplane!" premiered (or maybe crash-landed) in theatres nationwide. Incredibly, "Caddyshack" also premiered during the same month! It was definitely a good year for comedy.
Both of those movies are classics. I saw Caddyshack at the theater and Airplane at the drive-in. That bit where Mrs. Cleaver steps in and translates jive is top five in my comedy cinematic moments and who can forget Bill Murray as Carl or Rodney working the room at the country club. Great movies.
Both all time classics!
Surely you can’t be serious. Leslie Nielsen was perfect.
One of the funniest movies of all time!!!
"Shana, they bought their tickets, they knew what they were getting into. I say, let 'em crash!"
I've gotten a lot of mileage out of that one in particular these last several years.
This is a excellent video. Those of us who were there will never forget it.
The 80s was a Great Decade. CAN'T BELIEVE HOW TIME FLIES.
I remember following you guys when you were under 10k , now over 100k. Quality content sells itself, love everything you produce. Happy Thanksgiving!
I was riding with my dad in his semi and we had parked at Jubitz truckstop in Portland the night before the "great ashstorm" of Mt St Helens. Next morning the staff was running around handing out toilet paper to the truckers so they could wrap their air cleaners to keep the ash out of the engines..
I have mostly good memories of 1980. Started my sophomore year in high school and met some wonderful friends, a few of whom I still keep in touch with to this day. After having caddied at a local country club that summer, I started my first real job at McDonald's in early November. I also got pneumonia for the first time in my life that summer while at band camp. I also remember Mount St. Helens erupting, the presidential election, and John Lennon being shot and killed. Definitely some highs, but also a few big lows that year.
the saddest year in rock history. John Lennon assassinated by a lunatic. Bon Scott dead of alcohol poisoning and John Bonham left us too soon also. RIP
1980 I was doing a tour of duty in Korea, dancing away the cold nights in disco clubs, drinking rice wine like water, facing North Korean soldiers along the DMZ, and singing along with Mel Tillis' song I Want To Go Stateside..
I would do it all over again..minus the hangovers🕺👌🇺🇸
I turned 15 in 1980 and remember all these things, seems like it was just yesterday we were heading into the 80's and that was over 40 years ago. I miss those times , although there were some terrible tragedies that year, it just felt like better times than what we live in now.
I agree. Seriously, if time travel was available, I’d vacation in the 80s.
I was 15 also in 1980. Great memories.
I was 18 in 1980. It was not a good year for me. Both of my parents were in the hospital that year, and my mom was diagnosed with cancer- at Christmas time.
But there was great music released in 1980:
London Calling, by The Clash; The River, by Bruce Springsteen; Just Can't Stop It,by The English Beat were only 3 of the great albums released that year.
I love this so much . Reminds me of my pops .❤
I enjoy this channel very much! Thanks!
Was a fun year to be a kid back then
It really was. 😊
RIp John Lennon. I was 16 years old and had The Beatles posters all over my room.
I was devastated when he was murdered.
Also in 1980…
The Empire Strikes Back starring Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford and Carrie Fisher was released.
Don't forget the American gigolo featuring Richard Gere.
Plus Airplane! which introduced us to Julie Haggerty.
@@FrankG5874 You’re lonely and seeking connections, even hateful ones
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The Blues Brothers and Caddyshack came out at the same time. I was 20 and hung out in an arcade in Pompano Beach Florida. We could pop open the exit doors of the movie theater next door where there was good air conditioning and watch either while smoking weed and/or drinking beer. I've seen both of those iconic movies dozens of times.
Was that on Federal Highway the Pompano fashion Square?
I was 15. Life was very good.
I'd give two arms and a testicle to go back to 1980 and live thru 1988 and just keep looping those years.
I remember all these events perfectly. It baffles me that it was over 40 years ago. 😂
Also in 1980 , the Empire Strikes Back debuted in May
Funny thing is they mention Return of the Jedi in the 1983 video.
What a way to bookend a year. The American hockey team defeating the Soviets remains the most memorable moment in sports for me. We were in such a collective funk at the time and those kids made us believe in miracles at a time when we were desperate for something positive to happen. It was huge. Then that a-hole shot John Lennon to end the year on a complete down note. For my friends and I, that was our Kennedy assassination-like moment. My room mate and I had come in from a night out at the corner bar and we turned on the TV. The sound was turned down but we saw John's image on the 11:00 PM news. We figured it might be a concert announcement since Double Fantasy had just been released. When we turned up the volume and heard the newscaster tell us he had been murdered we just stood there staring at nothing, not saying a word. The only thing I could think was who the hell would want to kill John Lennon? I called a dear friend of mine who used to sing along with Beatle albums with me when we were kids and we both cried. That is the only time I have ever cried over a celebrity dying. I can't believe his little boy is older now than John was when he was killed. RIP John. I'm sure you were there to show George around the place when he arrived.
But not all was doom and gloom. 1980 was the first time I got to vote in a presidential election. I was a newly minted citizen and I remember being so proud I carried my paperwork to the polling station as proof. This was a moment I had waited for since I was five years old. And the woman at the desk didn't even look. Oh well, it was one of the highlights of my life and I will always have fond memories of 1980 for that moment alone.
Lennon was a communist and Yoko was and is a POS and her music was $hit!
Still my favorite year after all these years. The music was insane. Great movie flicks. It's hard to believe that 1980 is now 42 freaking years ago. I just turned 60, but my body feels like it's 90 years old. Time is no friend of mine.
I am 61, and I agree- getting older is no picnic.
#1 decade/my decade & still goin strong! We r the 80s!!!!! 🤘🤘🤘🤘
We had a crippling recession with rampant inflation. I believe it is the reason Reagan won 1980.
We were suffering from the utter failure of Jimmy Carter. Barrack Obama and Joe Biden are worse.
@@melrose9252 You’re lonely and seeking connections, even hateful ones
Many other people join hate groups because it fills their need for friendship and belonging. You don’t need to do or be anything special, all you have to do is be negative towards other people. It feels easy. Likewise, you people find it easier to make connections by putting others down and seeing who agrees than to prove to people that they are interesting and valuable companions.
@@melrose9252 You’re lonely and seeking connections, even hateful ones
Many other people join hate groups because it fills their need for friendship and belonging. You don’t need to do or be anything special, all you have to do is be negative towards other people. It feels easy. Likewise, you people find it easier to make connections by putting others down and seeing who agrees than to prove to people that they are interesting and valuable companions.
i do remember who shot jr i think cbs made a big deal out of it with t-shirt's and bumber stickers & a song about it. this was the i got my atari 2600 for christmas.
My last year of High School, turned 18 and married my High School Sweetheart 4 days later...
1980. I was 14. Saw my first concert; Rush Permanent Waves tour. Lost my virginity. Graduated Jr. High. Great memories.
Over 10% of this video is a commercial for audible - this will be the last time I make the mistake of clicking on one of these videos.
As a Washingtonian I remember the mt.st. Helens eruption very well…I was right in the thick of it! And as a Beatle fan for a lonnnng time I remember the sad news of John Lennon. It’s was a good year and crummy year but nothing compares to the last couple of years we have all gone through! We all keep going strong, and we will!
Love this channel…thank you!
I was at band practice when Mt. St Helens blew. It was surreal because it was a sunny blue sky in Seattle west of the volcano, but to the east of the volcano it was literally...black. During a subsequent eruption Seattle got a dusting of ash. I remember going out to my car to go to work. It was drizzling so the ash was like a thin layer of mud on my windshield. Turned on the windshield wipers....BIG MISTAKE!!! The ash was silicon and the tiny crystals instantly scratched up my windshield. Had to get it replaced. Also Boeing put caps over all their jet engines so the ash wouldn't get into the engine and ruin it. I was in a Beatle band and had to leave work when I heard about Lennon. I was devastated and didn't want my co-workers to see my crying.
@@Cryo837 You’re lonely and seeking connections, even hateful ones
Many other people join hate groups because it fills their need for friendship and belonging. You don’t need to do or be anything special, all you have to do is be negative towards other people. It feels easy. Likewise, you people find it easier to make connections by putting others down and seeing who agrees than to prove to people that they are interesting and valuable companions.
Hawaii Five O ended in that year & magnum P .I. Started in that year
I thought nice. It's a little longer. But then I found it was longer because of the commercial embedded in the video.
I remember the hockey game. I was sitting in a car in Syracuse, NY with my parents, listening to it. My father was very excited.
Cool video only bummer is 2 minutes of commercial .
I turned 11 in 1980. A whole lot of memorable events occurred. This video was very informative!
I was 7 in 1980 so vague memories of the 1970s but the 1980s were my teenage years. What a decade to be a teen! Empire Strikes Back, first Star Wars film in theatre. Also, many great mid-to late 1970s TV show repeats in the early 1980s...
The song that I remember was Queens another One bites the dust, and also Diana Ross's upside down. I also remember a little show called, Too close for comfort', starting the late Ted Knight.
I remember watching THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK in 1980.
I was 12 in 1980...God I feel old.
1980 saw my sister had Open Heart Surgery at Children’s Hospital in Philadelphia, I would move up to the elementary level at where I went for schooling, my Phillies win the World Series, and would stay inside Walt Disney World for the first time at Lake Buena Vista Resort Villas (Now Disney’s Saratoga Springs Resort).
Bon Scott, Alfred Hitchcock, Mae West, Ian Curtis, John Bonham, Darby Crash, and Tim Hardin died in 1980. The Empire Strikes Back was the highest grossing film. Magic Johnson got his first NBA championship ring.
Also in 1980:
Saturday Night Live had it's last episode with the original cast. Later that year, an entirely new cast was introduced, but to generally poor reviews.
"Fridays", starring regulars Larry David, Michael Richards, and Melanie Chartoff, premiered on ABC as an alternative to SNL.
Louisville won the 1980 NCAA Men's basketball championship in Indianapolis.
Hall and Oates released their first self-produced album "Voices". Spawning the #1 hit "Kiss On My List", #5 "You Make My Dreams" and two other top 40 hits.
"Too Close for Comfort" starring Ted Knight premiered.
And last, and certainly least, yours truly entered this world.
I was 12, I remember ash from Mt St Helen's raining down in Calgary Alberta. The Shining commercial on TV scaring the hell outta me! My page boy haircut. Disco sucks everywhere! Our family car trip to the Grand Canyon. Giant feathered hair and designer jeans, addidas short shorts on the men and the challenge of not sliding out of those said shorts! Devo had Whip It on the radio as new wave pioneers. Watching SCTV with my dad, so many good times!
June 14,would be my wedding, 41 1/2 years ago & still married to the same woman!
That's so amazing! 😊❤
This channel is kickass!!! Timmy C Arizona
Never have been a hockey fan but I remember watching Team USA play the Soviets and yelling in excitement when they won.
Also in 1980…
The Blue Lagoon starring Brooke Shields and Christopher Atkins was released.
Popeye starring Robin Williams and Shelley Duvall was released.
So did The Shining.
And Friday The 13th
My wife and I got married in August of 1980
What a year for me. Turned 12 this year(May 7). The 80's were the beginning of puberty, the start of my teen/young adult yrs. I remember the John Lennon shooting/tragedy like yesterday. Was watching the Monday night football game(Patriots-Dolphins)when Howard Cosell made the 1st announcement John was shot. The game went on and after a time out/long commercial break, Cosell announced his death. As a Memphian, we had a heat wave that summer that killed dozens of people(mainly the elderly). This was Magic Johnson(and the Celtics' Larry Bird)rookie year when the Lakers beat the 76ers in 6 games. In game 6, Magic played center and almost got a triple-double. This game was also tape delayed through most of the country(the NBA on CBS aired the game starting at 10:30PM Friday Central time).
Yo dude! We are the same age but vastly different! 1980 was so fun, the music, the TV the designer jeans!
Alan CK - No matter where you were, everybody somewhere was in Jordache jeans singing Another One Bites the Dust, Do That to Me One More Time, Michael Jackson’s Rock with You or Kool and the Gang’s Celebration. It was a party in 1980!
Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Finals which CBS also televised when Bob Nystrom scored the overtime goal for the Islanders to win their first of four consecutive Stanley Cups.
@@MidKid61 Not a big hockey fan but i remember those Islanders teams were great in the early 80's before Wayne Gretzky and his Oilers took over the NHL.
@@gaywizard2000 I had a couple of pair of designer jeans in the early 80's🤣😁. They made them for boys/men too. I had a pair of Jordache jeans that i liked and wore well into the mid 80's.
Also in 1980, at 3:20 EST on February the 12th in Queens, NY, a remarkable little dude was born into the world. And here he is, typing this comment nearly 42 years later 😎
Interesting video. I was born in December 1980.
Remember in color! What a year!
Also in 1980…
That’s Incredible! hosted by Fran Tarkenton, John Davidson and Cathy Lee Crosby premiered on ABC.
Texas starring Beverlee McKinsey premiered on NBC.
It’s a Living starring Barrie Youngfellow, Ann Jillian, Marian Mercer, Paul Kreppel, Susan Sullivan and Wendy Schaal premiered on ABC.
You forgot Gail Edwards as Dot on ABC-TV's "It's a Living!".
@@doloreshuntoon7698 Yes, her also.
Guess what Wendy Schaal is doing now?
@@pernelldh no, Gail appeared in every episode from beginning to end
@@zymaymyn You’re right, she appeared in whole series.
Famous in that year
John Davidson ( thirty nine years old)
Brooke Shields ( fifteen years old )
Dick Clark ( fifty one years old)
Michael Jackson ( twenty two years old)
Johnny Carson ( fifty five years old)
Michael Landon ( forty four years old)
Richard Dawson ( forty eight years old)
The "Miracle on Ice" was truly a golden moment! The Shining is my favorite horror movie of all time!
I grew up in Pittsburgh and clearly remember Nick Perry and his 666 fix that happened at WTAE channel 4. He was a local tv host for every thing from a cartoon show when I was a young child, to bowling for dollars, which I was on when a neighbor lady was a contestant on that show. Thanks for the memorys.
I was in fifth grade in 1980 and have a lot of memories of these events thanks to my teacher - Miss Larsen. We had a countup each day for the hostages in Iran and had a big dance party the day they were released. She also went to Mt St Helens (I live in Utah) and brought us all back ash samples. I also remember almost every one of these other things.
I was in 3rd grade in 1980-81 and had a great teacher, as well. She did a weekly current events session, so I remember all of these items. What a time to be alive.
She sounded like an amazing teacher! 😊 I also was in 5th grade.
I was born September 11th, 1980.
Remarkable video.
1980 was a crazy year! 🤯
WOW how time has flown in 1980 I was 17 and had left school November 1979. It’s amazing we’re in a new century and the world is a very different.
The Brooke Sheilds ad could "play in church" today compared to A LOT of ads now. Yeah, We've come a long way. 🤷♂️
The 1980s is probably the most recent decade that I could probably be relatively comfortable in. It’s not my favorite decade, but compared to today, it seems like paradise. I’d love to come home and watch Three’s Company on television. I would also love to experience the horror renaissance of the 1980s.
The 80s were amazing
The 80s were hands down the greatest decade in the last 60 years for America. Society was finally integrated, we had creativity off the charts, people were more likely to at least have common sense, and we actually MADE stuff IN America, rather than importing crap from sweatshops in dictatorship countries. Also add in the fact that, this was the ONLY decade from the 1940s-2010s that America was not involved in any major wars (even the 50s had Korea). A time of optimism, hard work and hope, things that are SORELY missing today.
The 80’s were basically one big party. Seemed kind of decadent at the time. But compared to where society is now, it was downright quaint.
@@thunderbird1921 By the 1980s, the sexual revolution was eating away at the culture. The craziness we see now is the logical conclusion of what started decades ago. The fashion also isn’t nearly as polished or ornate as the 40s and 50s.
@@batman5224 I know what you mean, they had their flaws (nasty labor union fights and drug problems were also there), but compared to the modern polarized insanity, as well as the crapshow that was the 60s and early 70s, the 80s were pretty darn good and sane.
Marking the end of the 70's was sad, but at least what replaced it was an interesting and exciting decade in the 80's. I remember 1980 starting off with my family moving from a small bungalow to a much larger house in the spring / summer of that year. That was also the year I saw The Empire Strikes Back in the theaters, and I remember my dad taking me to the local department store to stock up on Star Wars action figures. I also remember acquiring other cool toys like Big Trak and the Starbird Avenger. Those were my standout memories of 1980.
I miss the 80's so much!
What would 1980 be without Rubik’s Cube?
I watch Dallas on TV 📺 and love it
On Christmas Eve 1980 (New Jersey), it began Snowing very heavy in the morning and continued into the night. I was born in 1962 and the only “White Christmas” I have ever experienced.
In 1980, Kiss released their next album which was entitled "The Unmasked."
And Peter Criss was replaced by Eric Carr.
@@t-bo2734 You’re lonely and seeking connections, even hateful ones
Many other people join hate groups because it fills their need for friendship and belonging. You don’t need to do or be anything special, all you have to do is be negative towards other people. It feels easy. Likewise, you people find it easier to make connections by putting others down and seeing who agrees than to prove to people that they are interesting and valuable companions.
@@saminaneen I'm pretty sure this answers something I posted somewhere a long time ago.
@@t-bo2734 I am the opposite. I miss the fresh cold air from Northern Sweden. I really enjoy many things here in Vietnam but the climate is just horrible for me.
@@t-bo2734 You’re lonely and seeking connections, even hateful ones
Many other people join hate groups because it fills their need for friendship and belonging. You don’t need to do or be anything special, all you have to do is be negative towards other people. It feels easy. Likewise, you people find it easier to make connections by putting others down and seeing who agrees than to prove to people that they are interesting and valuable companions.
Brooke Shields’ jeans don’t even look tight. Imagine if those people saw the yoga pants and spandex that was yet to come.
May 21, 1980. The greatest motion picture of all time is released.
The Empire Strikes Back.
Those were the good old days. I sure do wish I would have appreciated them.
Major Professional Sports Champions during 1980:
MLB - Philadelphia Phillies (first World Series Championship)
NBA - Los Angeles Lakers (second NBA World Championship in L.A., 7th overall)
NFL - Oakland Raiders (second Super Bowl Championship, last in Oakland)
NHL - New York Islanders (first Stanley Cup Championship)
ALSO - In one of the biggest upsets in all of ice hockey history, the U.S. Olympic hockey team defeated the Soviet Union 4-3 in the Medal Round Semifinals on February 22, and beat Finland 4-2 on February 24, to claim the Gold Medal in Lake Placid, NY.
Major NCAA Sports Champions during 1980:
Baseball - University of Arizona Wildcats (second national championship)
Basketball - University of Louisville Cardinals (first national championship)
Football - University of Georgia Bulldogs (first national championship since 1942)
Who remembers Billy Beer and JR Beer?
That guy was such a baffoon.
@@karenwagner451 Yep and so goofy looking.
Back when CNN was credible
😂😂 yeah I don’t think absolutely EVERYTHING was “Breaking News” yet 🙄🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️
Oh, what is uncredible or untrue?
@@gaywizard2000 You’re lonely and seeking connections, even hateful ones
Many other people join hate groups because it fills their need for friendship and belonging. You don’t need to do or be anything special, all you have to do is be negative towards other people. It feels easy. Likewise, you people find it easier to make connections by putting others down and seeing who agrees than to prove to people that they are interesting and valuable companions.
1980....the beginning of the 1980s. but no mention of The Empire Strikes Back, Pac Man release, Rubiks Cube release, Caddyshack, or beginning of the Friday the 13th franchise. Well Done!
After, when Hudson's Department Store 🏬was bought out by Marshall Field's Department Stores 🏬from Chicago, Illinois. I went to apply at Montgomery Wards and Company Gratiot and 7 Mile Road Department Store 🏬. I worked at Montgomery Wards, from September 10, 1980. When, Sears, Roebuck announced that Sear's was going to close there inner city stores permanently. Then, Montgomery Wards followed the same thing. Montgomery Wards closed there inner city stores permanently. This was in 1985. I, then moved to Chesterfield, Michigan. I, then applied at Kmart for a job. This was in the S.S.Kresge and Company/Kmart Corporation Era.
Also in 1980, we all learned the identity of Luke Skywalker’s father.
What a year that was. Good and bad.
I think every generation must feel like this but, in my opinion, the 80s were the past great generation. The generation before the technology boom. The generation before the ray race. I miss those days.
The 80s the best decade ever
Great year i remember i was a caddy at an upscale golf coarse . Being quite poor and living at an orphanage i entered a golf tournament for college money. I met a lot of wacky golfers that year and a pesky gopher that always was getting into trouble.
Lol I see what you’re doing there
I finished kindergarten in May of this year. I remember Mt St. Helens because my next door neighbor had family that lived in Washington and mailed them a jar of ashes and they gave me a little bit of it.
I remember the Pennsylvania Lottery "fix,fix,fix" scandal very well. The numbers (then) were drawn at WTAE in Pittsburgh, And Nick Perry was a local "celebrity" (TV host.) The station was about a half miles from my house, LOL. The weird part is that it didn't "shock" me or particularly BOTHER me, for this reason: Even IF every drawing was fixed, It's still a random "game": "They" don't know if YOU (the player) is or is not also "playing" the 4s & 6s. "They" DO know "They" will "win", and YOU might ALSO win! Is THAT corrupt? Hell Yeah - It IS!. (This ain't Poker or Blackjack!). Now think about THIS when you buy a "scratch-off" lottery ticket, The SAME THING is going on. The people making the tickets (The State and the contractors who print them) ALREADY KNOW what tickets ARE winners AND where they are. (They intentionally spread them out so there are not concentrated in any specific area). The difference was that "fix,fix,fix" was perpetrated by NON STATE employees. The effect on the players is NO different than a preprinted "scratch off" (Picking numbers is "dumb luck" for the player). This the issue with ANY form of "random" gambling. You ARE being screwed, The difference is WHO is screwing you. This "rant" isn't really against gambling, Just "chance/random" gambling, like slot machines and "scratch-offs". Sports betting at least has a verifiable outcome and requires some knowledge on the part of the bettor. (The GAMES could be rigged, but at LEAST you can watch the game being played) and card games have an element of SKILL as well as "luck". Since we KNOW randomized "bets" are a ripoff, I'd rather be ripped off by a volunteer fire department or some such charity "drawing". You MIGHT win, but the loses (or "skim") is in reality a donation anyway.
I remember that well, I lived right outside Pittsburgh.
My birth year and the year my birthday got shoved aside because of a volcano! Just my luck.
Turned 21 in 1980, going to the bars and clubs watching the best of Pittsburgh bands. Some of the best times ever! Just about every other bar had a band. Oh yea and Who Shot JR? Fabulous Dallas!
1980 was really bad for me:I got married and bought an Edsel.😜😜😜😜😜😜
John Lennon/ milburn stone / Lillian Rudolph/ Mae West/ Jesse Owens and jimmy Duarte are passed away in that year
Christina Aguilera/ Christina ricci / Channing Tatum / Michelle Williams the actress/ Ryan gosling and Zooey Deschanel are born in that year
(I think the series could do to include more forgotten things among the big news/historical stories, when you go by years. That was kind of the best part of the 50's and 60's years. :) )
Please do Two Guys
2:09.... Skip the commercial.
You're Welcome
Ya know, I was only 13 for most of it, but 1980 was kind of a downer. Fortunately, I'd gotten my first guitar for Xmas of '79, so concentrating on learning to play made me feel better.
I was lucky enough to have many Whoppers as a child in the 70's. If the sandwich was like that still I would eat them.
I wasn't born yet but my brother was born in 1980. In Michigan we had the Derecho storm in July. Sky turned green with 150 mph winds. Can't wait for your video for 1983.
I was 2-3 years old then.
Unwelcome embedded commercial ruined the video. Please don't do this again.
In September of 1980, Hanna-Barbera's animated cartoon show "The Drac Pack" (featuring the voices of Jerry Dexter as Drac Jr., Chuck McCann as Count Dracula and Hans Conreid as the villainous Dr. Dread) made its debut on CBS.