70's and 80's:
70's and 80's OVERVIEW:
Fashion of the times:
Mood rings, lava lamps, Rubik's cube, Sea Monkeys, smiley face stickers, string art, and pet rocks were all popular during this decade.
The fashion of the Sixties continued on through the Seventies. Men had shoulder length hair and non-traditional clothing became the rage, including bellbottom pants, hip huggers, colorful patches, hot pants, platform shoes, earth shoes, clogs, T-shirts, and gypsy dresses. Knits and denims were the fabrics of choice. Leisure suits for men became popular, and women were fashionable in everything from ankle-length grandmother dresses, to hot pants and micro-miniskirts. The movie Annie Hall (1977) even created a fashion trend with women wearing traditional men's clothing such as derby hats, tweed jackets, and neckties worn with baggy pants or skirts.
The fashion of the Sixties continued on through the Seventies. Men had shoulder length hair and non-traditional clothing became the rage, including bellbottom pants, hip huggers, colorful patches, hot pants, platform shoes, earth shoes, clogs, T-shirts, and gypsy dresses. Knits and denims were the fabrics of choice. Leisure suits for men became popular, and women were fashionable in everything from ankle-length grandmother dresses, to hot pants and micro-miniskirts. The movie Annie Hall (1977) even created a fashion trend with women wearing traditional men's clothing such as derby hats, tweed jackets, and neckties worn with baggy pants or skirts.
A popular look in the 70's and 80's was the 'yuppie look.' Many people wore Reebok shoes, Rayban sunglasses and power suits (for women only). If you ever saw your parents wearing "the yuppie look", you would probably die of laughter. Today, Reeboks are made for men, women, children, and babies. The Reebok company also make clothes and backpacks.
Women also wore layers of socks, lots of bracelets, pegged pants (a specific way of folding the bottom of your pants), and BIG HAIR, which is also called "mall hair."
There were also many fads in the 1980’s, such as swatch watches and c.d players. Swatch watches are little plastic watches that have in time been replaced by bigger, better, and fancier watches. Today, most watches not only tell the time, but the date and can glow in the dark. Some watches also have timers, alarms, and are waterproof. Swatch watches are still made, but because of the newer and fancier watches, you rarely ever see them.
The C.D. player has really changed. The compact disc was invented in 1980 and is used for many different things. Today, the C.D. is used for music, video games, computer software, and movies (DVD).
Women also wore layers of socks, lots of bracelets, pegged pants (a specific way of folding the bottom of your pants), and BIG HAIR, which is also called "mall hair."
There were also many fads in the 1980’s, such as swatch watches and c.d players. Swatch watches are little plastic watches that have in time been replaced by bigger, better, and fancier watches. Today, most watches not only tell the time, but the date and can glow in the dark. Some watches also have timers, alarms, and are waterproof. Swatch watches are still made, but because of the newer and fancier watches, you rarely ever see them.
The C.D. player has really changed. The compact disc was invented in 1980 and is used for many different things. Today, the C.D. is used for music, video games, computer software, and movies (DVD).
What was it really like?
What were the fads of the time?
What did people look like?
What did people look like?
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Technology/gadgets
* In the 1970s, computer technology improved and started to influence children's toys. These toys included popular computerized games such as Simon and the release of the Atari computer and gaming system. Many youngsters were able to recreate their favorite movies or television shows with matching actions figures and dolls.
* The computer loppy disc was used by many people in 1970, and the next year Intel introduced the microprocessor, the "computer on a chip."
* During this year, a very popular variety game called Atari was sold. It was the first low-priced varietyTV game.
* The videocassette recorder (VCR) changed home entertainment forever. Many people for the first time were able to watch movies, hire movies and even record movies or television shows any time they liked.
* Bar code scanners came out in 1974. This was a huge thing for the retail industry.
* The computer laser printer came out in 1971.
* The computer loppy disc was used by many people in 1970, and the next year Intel introduced the microprocessor, the "computer on a chip."
* During this year, a very popular variety game called Atari was sold. It was the first low-priced varietyTV game.
* The videocassette recorder (VCR) changed home entertainment forever. Many people for the first time were able to watch movies, hire movies and even record movies or television shows any time they liked.
* Bar code scanners came out in 1974. This was a huge thing for the retail industry.
* The computer laser printer came out in 1971.
GADGETS/TECHNOLOGY
Lets look at some of the gadgets in the 70's and 80's.
WALKMANThe Walkman came out between 1979-1980. People liked it because they could take their music anywhere they wanted and no one else knew what they were listening to. It then become a must-have for runners and skaters.
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THE COMPACT DISK
In 1983, people were unsure about changing to CD’s but it became a huge success. It took five years for CD’s to outsell vinyl records. |
HOME COMPUTERS In 1982 Micro model computer became very popular. The computers had less memory than your mobile phone today. A computer called The Commador64 was a top selling model. |
VIDEO CASSETTE RECORDER Video rental became very popular and people liked the idea that they could record something and go out without a worry of missing their favourite show. Beta tapes were slowly taken over by VHS due to cost and recording time (was longer on VHS). |
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SPACE HOPPER
This toy was a hit of the 1970’s. It has two horn handles that you can hold onto so you don’t fall off. You sit on the rubber hopper and bounce. It’s simple and fun. |
GIRLS WORLDEvery girl had to have this in their room in the 1970’s.
Young girls would use this head to practise styling and putting make-up on. Some dolls could even magically grow their hair. |
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TEDDY RUXPIN A little bear named Teddy Ruxpin dared to venture into our hearts and minds by telling us stories of his great adventures. Teddy had a built-in tape deck in his back. When a special Teddy Ruxpin tape was inserted, he’d come to life, moving his eyes and mouth, and talking. |
70's & 80's Entertainment
Entertainment was a very popular thing in the 80's. There were some great movies, such as Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Batman, and E.T. Indiana Jones is a movie staring Harrison Ford, who also played in the 1970's successful movie series, "Star Wars." Indiana Jones was in a series of movies about a detective who went on many dangerous adventures to find someone or something.
Batman was a movie about the super hero "Batman" and his evil villans. They were always on a mission to stop the villans from acting badly and saving humans. Batman sequals are still being made today.
E.T. was about an alien from outer space who came down to Earth and was found by a young boy. He and his sister, the very popular Drew Barrymore, kept E.T. as a secret and introduced him to "Earthling" lifestyles. These are all classic movies that people still enjoy today.
Some famous television series in 1980's were both comedies, The Cosby Show and Cheers.
* Cheers was a very successful show about a group of friends in Boston who sat together at a bar and talked
about "real-life" issues.
* The Cosby show starring the famous Bill Cosby,. This show was about a large African American family who
also dealt with everyday life situations and decisions. Many people still enjoy watching repeats of The
Cosby Show and Cheers on T.V.
* ALF was another TV show that aired on NBC from 1986 to 1990. ALF was a friendly extraterrestrial
nicknamed ALF (an acronym for Alien Life Form), who crash lands in the garage of the suburban middle-
class Tanner family. ALF was a very successful series. It went for four seasons and produced 102 episodes.
Project ALF was a sequal TV movie that came out in 1996 to take over from where the show had left off.
MUSIC
Other entertainment in the 70's and 80's was the famous singer, Michael Jackson. Micheal Jackson produced and sang more award-winning songs, videos, and performed at the most sold-out concerts than any other musician. The 80's were most definitely a fun, exciting, and an entertainment packed decade.
As the decade of the 70s started up, the Vietnam War started many movements in music. Examples of the anti-war movement songs were:
•"War” by Edwin Starr.
•"Ohio“ by Neil Young.
•"Bring The Boys Home“ by Freda Payne.
Solo singers and writers were also quite popular.
Artists:
•Carole King, James Taylor, Carly Simon and Joni Mitchell.
There was also a lot of cross-over from country music performers.
Artists:
•Kenny Rogers, Olivia Newton-John, John Denver, Dolly Parton, Glen Campbell and Johnny Cash.
Some of the popular music of the times was called: Soft rock, hard rock, 70’s R& B, funk music, glam rock (a lot about outragous clothing) and teen idol singers.
Transport
How did people get around?
CARS:
Cars and taxis slowly became safer after the 60's, 70's and 80's.
In the 70's cars had side beams placed in the doors to protect people in a crash. While in the 80's, cars had safety features introduced that included: airbags, ABS breaks, more electrics like: electric windows, electric mirrors, electric fuel monitors, electric locking and cruise control.
Cars were also becoming smaller and efforts were made to make the cars easier for people to afford. They became better with petrol because of rising costs.
The Australian government made it law for all cars to have seatbelts in 1970 and for passengers to wear them.
BIKES:
Many children and even adults moved around by bike. In the 1970's high handle bars with long seats were a popular style of bike. This bike was called a chopper bike and looked like the chopper motorbike. This is what made them so popular.
In the 1980's many children bought the BMX bike. Children used these bikes to perform tricks, ride ramps and do jumps with. The BMX bike was used in the famous film E.T.
The Sinclair bike was an electric bike that came out in 1985. Many concerns over the safety were raised about these and not many of these bikes were sold.
Bike helmets have been around since 1975. People started wearing helmets mainly from the 1980's onwards because it was promoted that if you were in an accident, head injury was less likely to happen if you had your helmet on.
RAILWAYS: TRAINS:
By the late 1970's, Melbournes railways lines were very run down and a new railway company took over (Victorian railways- taken over by VicRail). Between 1981 and 1985 the underground City Loop line was opened around central Melbourne to improve the busy traffic of Flinders and Spencer Street station. It helped to handle suburban trains and to offer a better choice of stations to users.
TRAMS:
In the 1970's and 80's Melbourne had tram conductors on all trams. However, tram conductors are now no longer on trams (since 1998). Conductors collected passenger tickets and helped people on and off the tram.
By the 1970s Melbourne was the only Australian city with a major tram network. Melbourne didn't want to shut down the trams because the city's wide streets made trams better compared to many other cities.
The head of the tram board felt that pulling out the concrete tram tracks would be quite expensive. Also, the tracks and the trams were new. The cables and equipment had only been replaced in the 1920s–1940s.
By the middle of the 1970s, other cities were trying to deal with the increase in traffic and air pollution. Melbourne new that its decision to keep its trams was the correct one.
The first tram line extension in over twenty years took place in 1978, along the Burwood Highway. The W-class trams were slowly replaced by the new Z-class trams in the 1970s, and by the A-class trams and the larger, B-class trams in the 1980s.
BUSES:
In the 1970's, buses and even some double decker buses were a popular type of transport to take. Companies were beginning to build buses that could hold wheelchairs and bus companies made it easier for the chairs to move on and off the bus. In the 1980's costs to travel on a bus were increasing. Even though many people did not like the increase in traveling costs, bus companies continued to develop.
In the 1980's and 90's, buses replaced many train routes to and from Melbourne.
Even though cars were required to have seat belts in the 1970's, it was not a requirement for buses. This was due to certain weight laws. Seat belts are slowly becoming more common in buses today (2012) but are optional.
PLANES:
In the 70's the number of people that could fit on a comercial flight increased and the flight range also increased to 6,000 miles.
The 70s was also the time of the big introduction of different aircrafts into the commercial market. The Douglas DC10s, Lockheed L1011 Tristars and Boeing 747s, which replaced the Boeing 707s and DC8-63s, were flying the long routes at that time. Also, the 70s was in charge of receiving the new generation of jet airliners that would be used for longer and shorter routes such as the Boeing’s 737 and the Airbus 300, which are still members of our jets that are flying today’s industry. These jets not only added space to the aircraft, but they also brought color to the industry with their painted logos and different colours on the plane. Then, the Concorde Super Sonic Transport arrived, which started flying in 1974 from Europe. Air France and British Airways were the only airlines that could afford this aircraft as part of their fleet.
The 80s brought in computer technology to the life of the jets. Aircraft that were built in the 60s and 70s were taken out of use by the airlines, and they were replaced with MD -80s, Boeing 737-300s and Airbus A310s. The older version of aircraft were sold or leased to be used in charter flight with a shorter range of distance.
Cars and taxis slowly became safer after the 60's, 70's and 80's.
In the 70's cars had side beams placed in the doors to protect people in a crash. While in the 80's, cars had safety features introduced that included: airbags, ABS breaks, more electrics like: electric windows, electric mirrors, electric fuel monitors, electric locking and cruise control.
Cars were also becoming smaller and efforts were made to make the cars easier for people to afford. They became better with petrol because of rising costs.
The Australian government made it law for all cars to have seatbelts in 1970 and for passengers to wear them.
BIKES:
Many children and even adults moved around by bike. In the 1970's high handle bars with long seats were a popular style of bike. This bike was called a chopper bike and looked like the chopper motorbike. This is what made them so popular.
In the 1980's many children bought the BMX bike. Children used these bikes to perform tricks, ride ramps and do jumps with. The BMX bike was used in the famous film E.T.
The Sinclair bike was an electric bike that came out in 1985. Many concerns over the safety were raised about these and not many of these bikes were sold.
Bike helmets have been around since 1975. People started wearing helmets mainly from the 1980's onwards because it was promoted that if you were in an accident, head injury was less likely to happen if you had your helmet on.
RAILWAYS: TRAINS:
By the late 1970's, Melbournes railways lines were very run down and a new railway company took over (Victorian railways- taken over by VicRail). Between 1981 and 1985 the underground City Loop line was opened around central Melbourne to improve the busy traffic of Flinders and Spencer Street station. It helped to handle suburban trains and to offer a better choice of stations to users.
TRAMS:
In the 1970's and 80's Melbourne had tram conductors on all trams. However, tram conductors are now no longer on trams (since 1998). Conductors collected passenger tickets and helped people on and off the tram.
By the 1970s Melbourne was the only Australian city with a major tram network. Melbourne didn't want to shut down the trams because the city's wide streets made trams better compared to many other cities.
The head of the tram board felt that pulling out the concrete tram tracks would be quite expensive. Also, the tracks and the trams were new. The cables and equipment had only been replaced in the 1920s–1940s.
By the middle of the 1970s, other cities were trying to deal with the increase in traffic and air pollution. Melbourne new that its decision to keep its trams was the correct one.
The first tram line extension in over twenty years took place in 1978, along the Burwood Highway. The W-class trams were slowly replaced by the new Z-class trams in the 1970s, and by the A-class trams and the larger, B-class trams in the 1980s.
BUSES:
In the 1970's, buses and even some double decker buses were a popular type of transport to take. Companies were beginning to build buses that could hold wheelchairs and bus companies made it easier for the chairs to move on and off the bus. In the 1980's costs to travel on a bus were increasing. Even though many people did not like the increase in traveling costs, bus companies continued to develop.
In the 1980's and 90's, buses replaced many train routes to and from Melbourne.
Even though cars were required to have seat belts in the 1970's, it was not a requirement for buses. This was due to certain weight laws. Seat belts are slowly becoming more common in buses today (2012) but are optional.
PLANES:
In the 70's the number of people that could fit on a comercial flight increased and the flight range also increased to 6,000 miles.
The 70s was also the time of the big introduction of different aircrafts into the commercial market. The Douglas DC10s, Lockheed L1011 Tristars and Boeing 747s, which replaced the Boeing 707s and DC8-63s, were flying the long routes at that time. Also, the 70s was in charge of receiving the new generation of jet airliners that would be used for longer and shorter routes such as the Boeing’s 737 and the Airbus 300, which are still members of our jets that are flying today’s industry. These jets not only added space to the aircraft, but they also brought color to the industry with their painted logos and different colours on the plane. Then, the Concorde Super Sonic Transport arrived, which started flying in 1974 from Europe. Air France and British Airways were the only airlines that could afford this aircraft as part of their fleet.
The 80s brought in computer technology to the life of the jets. Aircraft that were built in the 60s and 70s were taken out of use by the airlines, and they were replaced with MD -80s, Boeing 737-300s and Airbus A310s. The older version of aircraft were sold or leased to be used in charter flight with a shorter range of distance.
Food
Fast food:
* In 1971, the first McDonalds fast food restaurant opened in Australia.
* In 1970, the first Pizza Hut Restaurant opened in Australia.
* In 1971, the first Hungry Jacks store opened in Australia.
* Fried fish and chips was a very poular meal in the 70's and 80's.
What did people like to eat and drink in the 70's and 80's?:
* In the 70's and 80's, children were all given milk in bottles at school, which many of them didn't like. Many children found that it was always a bit warm and had cream on the top that some children couldn't stand. You were not aloud to say you didn't like it. That was not acceptable.
* In April 1974, a 115g jar of vegemite became the first product in Australia to be electronically scanned at a checkout.
Vegemite's rise to popularity was helped by the marketing campaigns written by J. Walter Thompson advertising that began in 1954. In the late 1980s the original black and white television commercial was remastered, partially colourised and reintroduced. The two young twin girls who sang this advertising jingle were known as the "Vegemite Twins".
HAPPY LITTLE VEGEMITES SONG
We're happy little Vegemites
As bright as bright can be.
We all enjoy our Vegemite
For breakfast, lunch, and tea.
Our mummies say we're growing stronger
Every single week,
Because we love our Vegemite
We all adore our Vegemite
It puts a rose in every cheek.
* In 1971, the first McDonalds fast food restaurant opened in Australia.
* In 1970, the first Pizza Hut Restaurant opened in Australia.
* In 1971, the first Hungry Jacks store opened in Australia.
* Fried fish and chips was a very poular meal in the 70's and 80's.
What did people like to eat and drink in the 70's and 80's?:
* In the 70's and 80's, children were all given milk in bottles at school, which many of them didn't like. Many children found that it was always a bit warm and had cream on the top that some children couldn't stand. You were not aloud to say you didn't like it. That was not acceptable.
* In April 1974, a 115g jar of vegemite became the first product in Australia to be electronically scanned at a checkout.
Vegemite's rise to popularity was helped by the marketing campaigns written by J. Walter Thompson advertising that began in 1954. In the late 1980s the original black and white television commercial was remastered, partially colourised and reintroduced. The two young twin girls who sang this advertising jingle were known as the "Vegemite Twins".
HAPPY LITTLE VEGEMITES SONG
We're happy little Vegemites
As bright as bright can be.
We all enjoy our Vegemite
For breakfast, lunch, and tea.
Our mummies say we're growing stronger
Every single week,
Because we love our Vegemite
We all adore our Vegemite
It puts a rose in every cheek.
Yogurt:
Yogurt was first introduced to Canada about 60 years ago. But it wasn't until the early 70s that Yoplait was accepted and began appearing on weekly grocery lists. In 1971, it introduced its first low-fat yogurt to France. In 1974, Yoplait created Yop, the world's first drinkable yogurt. During the 80s, Yoplait continued its expansion into Asia, North Arica, Australia and New Zealand. Today, the brand offers a number of different fresh dairy products that you can find just about anywhere on earth.
* Microwave safe tv dinner trays: Gerry Thomas is the man who invented both the product and the name of the Swanson TV Dinner in 1954. As this was such a huge success due to the idea of saving time
and the fascination with television, began changing the style of the trays and even began adding soup in the 1960's and later dessert. In 1986, Campbell Soup Company replaced the aluminum trays of
Swanson frozen TV dinners with plastic, microwave-safe trays in 1986 to keep up with the changing times of technology.
Lollies/sweets in the 70's and 80's
* It was in the seventies that fondue (chocolate melting bowl) parties really took off in the UK.
* Kettles chips was founded by Cameron Healy in 1978. It produced its first potato chips in 1982.
* Giant Life savers lollipops , they were huge and delicious. The red ones were the BEST!
* Paddle pops ; Pink bubblegum and vanilla (also vanilla with a chocolate top)
* Kool mints and Kool fruits (in the cardboard cylinder and metal lid)
* Arctic mints
* Sherberts, milkos, red skins and spearmint sticks
* Tab soft drink (only one calorie)
* Melodie pops
* Pop rocks
* Lolly gobble bliss bombs
* Ice creams with a haunted house, a ghost would appear on the wrapper in the window when it was unwrapped..cool.
* Chocobloks, rocket icypole, barney banana, big choc, iceblocks with the jelly centres.
* UFO chips
* Chickadees (chicken type chip)
* Licorice straps
* Chocolate fags which replicates real cigarettes
* Flintstones bars
* Lolly necklaces
* Cobbers
* Clinkers (love the pink ones)
* Frozen Polly Waffles and frozen mini mars bars.
* Candy cigarettes (fags/fads)
* Fizzies
* Giant smarties
* Jaw breakers (ball candy you couldn't bite, you had to suck on for hours.
* Lemon heads.
* Nerds
* Gobstoppers
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Historical moments
1970* The largest street demonstrations in Australian history. People protested against the countries involvement in the vietnam war.
* Australian law made eeryone wear seatbelts. * First Pizza Hut opened in Australia. 1971* Aboriginal flag is designed by Harold Thomas and used as part of the Aboriginal rights movement.
* The first McDonal's fast food restaurant open in Australia. * Hungry Jacks opened in Australia. * Laser printer came out. 1972* Campaign for Aboriginal land rights. A tent is put up outside Parliment House in Canberra as part of the protesting.
* The fist Labour government in 23 years comes to power under Gough Whitlam. In the first 100 days in government troops are pulled out Vietnam and conscription (compulsory military service) into war comes to an end. * The fisrt Indigenous Australian (Queensland Senator Neville Bonner)to be elected as a member of Federal Parliament. * In Tasmania, the first Green Party is formed to oppose/protest against the flooding of Lake Pedder. * Women fighting for equal pay. 1973* Queen Elizabeth opens the Sydney Opera House.
* The Whitlam government reports that they will remove racial aspects of the immigration law (end of the White Australia Policy). * World trade centre becomes the tallest building in the world. * Jetski invented. 1974* On Christmas Eve, Cyclone Tracy hits Darwin. 65 people died and over 80% of buildings destroyed.
* Bar code scanners came out and vegemite became the first product scanned out at a checkout in Australia. * MRI scanner invented. * Pocket calculators appear in shops. 1975* The Governor General, John Kerr, sacks Whitlam and puts Fraser in charge and calls an election. The liberal party wins the election.
* End of the Vietnam War. 1976* Following the end of the Vietnam War in 1975, the first 'boat people,' Vietnamese refugees, start arriving on Australias shores. Prime Minister Fraser allows them into the country.
1977* Former Queensland Policeman Bill Hayden replaces Gough Whitlam as opposition leader.
* World Trade Centre in New York completed. * Apple 2 computers went on sale. * NASA Shuttle makes its first test flight. Voyager 1 and 2 launched to explore the solar system. 1978* The Tasmanian Hydro Electric Commission want to dam the Gordon River. This becomes the largest conservation battles of the 1980's.
* Pat O'Shane becomes the first Aboriginal law graduate and barrister. 1979Robert (Bob) Hawke, ex-president of the head body of the Australian unions, wins ALP preselection for the seat of Wills.
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1980* Bob Hawke is elected to Federal Parliament (liberal returned to power).
* AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome) was identified and they were able to warn people about what causes AIDS and also try to find a cure for it (however, there is no cure). * Compact disk invented. * John Lennon killed. 1981* The first American test tube baby is born.
* Muhammad Ali retires after 55 wins and 5 defeats (boxing). * U.S Frequent Flyers started. * Ronald Ragan becomes the U.S President. * 29th July Diana and Prince Charles married. 1982* Severe recession in the U.S.
* Commercial whaling ends. * Human insulin produced by bacteria and is marketed. 1983* Fraser calls an election. Hawke takes over as opposition leader and works with Treasurer Paul Keating.
* The Hawke government provides more services. * After years of extreme drought, the 'Ash Wednesday' bushfires devastate Victoria and South Australia. THe fire burns 418,000 hectares and kills 75 people. * Franklin River becomes World Heritage listed. This means that building is banned and the building of the Franklin Dam is stopped. * Australia wins the America's Cup yacht race. * On June 18th 1983, Sally Ride became the first woman to go into space. In 1984 she also went to investigate the explosion of the challenger space rocket. Her famous quote was, " Our future lies with today's kids and tomorrow's space exploration." 1984* Olympic Games held in Los Angeles.
* The space shuttle 'discovery' has its maiden voyage. * Ghost Busters a popular movie at the time. 1985* The Government looks into British nuclear testing at Maralinga. The Government finds that damage has been caused and the British Government makes an apology to the Aboriginal people affected and makes payments to help them.
1986* Popular films, Crocodile Dundee, Star Trek IV and Top Gun.
* IBM unveils the first lap top computer. * The first (British) tripple transplant done (heart, lung, liver). 1987* U.S. Stock market crash.
* Supernova observed in space. * First criminal convicted using DNA evidence. * Disposable contact lenses becomes available. * The Simpsons seen on TV for the first time. * Popular movies: Three Men and a Baby, Lethal Weapon, Beverly Hills Cop. 1988* Australia recognises that it has been 200 years (bicentennial year) of white settlement with the arrival on the 26th of January of the First Fleet Re-enactment Voyage in Sydney Harbour.
* New Parliament House opens. It cost $1.1 billion dollars. This is the most expensive building in the Southern Hemisphere. 1989* The internet first becomes available to Australian universities.
* On December 22nd 1989, the Berlin Wall was taken down. It was put up in 1961 to seperate Germany (east and west). This was done in the middle of the night. There was no way to cross the wall. If you had friends or family on the other side, that was tough luck. |
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