What was the most shocking/memorable event/moment of the 80s decade ?

Question

what event at home/world of that decade (80-89) still lives on in your memory and is the thing that 'pops into your head' when ever you hear the term 'the 80s' ?

for me it has to be the Challenger space shuttle disaster that occured on January 28th 1986, when ever i see pictures of the shuttle itself, pre or post launch as well as the photos of all the crew members on board the shuttle who perished that day - I get shivers down my spine till this day. Its a haunting memory of the 80s for me, and equally sad no doubt.

So what was your most shocking or memorable event of the 80s and why ?

Answer 1

9th Novemeber 1989  the fall of the Berlin wall!

I was living in Berlin at the time (dad was in RAF) in was an amazing time!

Answer 2

Toyah Wilcox

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWiRvPvCG...

Answer 3

the Challenger explosion - I watched it happen live as I did not have school that day.

Also in 1985, the mayor of Philadelphia, Wilson Goode, pretty much dropped a bomb on a group of people/activists who were barricaded in their house with weapons.  It was a bad situation all around.  I was in the marching band with my high school, and we went to Busch Gardens on a trip, and when people found out where we were from, they were like "Isn't that where the mayor bombed those people?"  yikes!

Answer 4

My most memorable event of the 80s was the birth of my two children.

Answer 5

When the IRA in 1984 bombed the Brighton hotel where Maggie Thatcher was staying for the Tory conference.

I was only a baby but I was so upset that day.

Why did she have to survive?

Answer 6

Madonna

Answer 7

The Challenger disaster is right up there for me as well as the discovery of the HIV virus and AIDS.  I remember the news reporting a "mysterious virus" that was killing people and at first doctors did not know why (until further research determined the reason).  I remember as a kid that I was afraid to touch pretty much anything because I was afraid I would get AIDS until it was determined how it was contracted.

Answer 8

The scenes of police brutality when the miners were striking...police battering miners who they had herded into fields and dead ends.....be with me forever and still makes me cry when I think about those men...half of whom were half starved.....

Answer 9

I was only a kid in the 80s but i remember things like the ferry disaster and the Hillsborough disaster. i also remember live aid. also, the summers always seemed to be much hotter and longer.