The Information Age

The Impact of 1980-1984

By Ray Walker

The Information Age – The radical changes in the technology of communication and the ways we receive and process information

(Fiero 127).

The key points that I will addressing are:

Cinema

International Events

National Events

Science

Sports

Technology

First commercial cellular (wireless) phones produced - 1983 (Fiero 127).

(northbynorthwestern.com)

Ronald Reagan was elected President -1981(http://www.whitehouse.gov).

(warhistorian.wordpress.com)

First commercial use of MRI

(Magnetic Resonance Imaging) -1983

(Fiero 129)

(gereports.com)

Sandra Day O’ Conner first woman appoint to the U.S. Supreme Court 1981 (Rosenberg First Woman Appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court)

(xtimeline.com)

Personal computers introduced by IBM - 1981 (Bellis -The History of the IBM PC - International Business Machines)

(vintage-computer.com)

Sally Ride become the first American women in space – 1983

(First Women In Space - 1)

(silvercreek.wclark.k12.in.us)

E.T. Movie Released 1982

(Rosenberg 1)

(icollectmedia.com)

Muhammad Ali retires from boxing -1981(Muhammad Ali)

(http://novaonline.nvcc.edu/eli/evans/his135/events/ali98.htm)

The Tanker War between Iran and Iraq – 1981 (The Tanker War 1)

(https://sites.google.com/site/indianoceanconflicts/the-tanker-war-1980-1989)

Huge poison gas leak in Bhopal India – 1984 (Rosenberg 1)

(guardian.co.uk)

The hepatitis-B vaccine invented – 1980 (Vaccine Against Viral Hepatitis)

(answers.com)

1980-1984

Cinema - ET Movie

International Events – Tanker War, Gas Leak in Bhopal, India

National Events – President Reagan, Sandra Day O’Connor

Science – MRI, Sally Ride, Hepatitis B vaccine

Sports – Muhammad Ali

Technology – Cell phone, Personal Computers

SUMMARY

Bellis, Mary. "History of Computers - The IBM PC." Inventors. Web. 16 July 2011. <http://inventors.about.com/library/weekly/aa031599.htm>.

"E.T. Movie Released." 20th Century History. Jennifer Rosenberg, 2011. Web. 16 July 2011. <http://history1900s.about.com/od/1980s/qt/ETmovie.htm>.

Fiero, Gloria K. The Humanistic Tradition. Boston: McGraw-Hill, 2011. Print.

"First Woman on the Supreme Court of the United States." 20th Century History. Jennifer Rosenberg. Web. 16 July 2011. <http://history1900s.about.com/od/1980s/qt/firstwomansupreme.htm>.

"Muhammad Ali." Nova Online Home Page. 2011. 16 July 2011

http://novaonline.nvcc.edu/eli/evans/his135/events/ali98.htm

"Poison Gas Leak in Bhopal India." 20th Century History. Jennifer Rosenberg, 2011. Web. 16 July 2011. <http://history1900s.about.com/od/1980s/qt/bhopal.htm>.

"Sally Kristen Ride | First American Woman in Space." Lucidcafé Interactive Café and Information Resource. 1995-2011. Web. 16 July 2011. http://www.lucidcafe.com/library/96may/ride.html

"The Tanker War." http://sites.google.com/site/indianoceanconflicts/the-tanker-war 1980-1989-. 7 July 2011.

"Vaccine Against Viral Hepatitis - Baruch Blumberg - Hepatitis." Inventors. Mary Bellis,, 2011. Web. 16 July 2011. http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blhepatitis.htm

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