I was only six in 1980, so I didn’t pay too much attention to the events of that year. I was really surprised by some of the events, births, and deaths of the first year of the decade, especially the start of Post-It Notes!
You can even make yourself a cool Post-It Notes holder, like I did, from Jen Tapler Designs’ super easy tutorial.
Events:
- Ronald Reagan is elected President.
- Post-It Notes are sold.
- CNN is first all news network.
- Mt. Saint Helens erupts, killing 60 people.
- Bill Gates licenses MS-DOS to IBM.
- US hockey team defeats Russia in the Winter Olympics.
Births:
- Alicia Keys
- Christina Ricci
- Jessica Simpson
- Macaulay Caulkin
- Christina Aguillera
- Jake Gyllenhall
Deaths:
- John Lennon
- Colonel Sanders (KFC)
- Mae West
- John Bonham (Led Zepplin)
- Bill “Buckwheat” Thomas
- Peter Sellers