A Aboriginal rights in Canada Abortion Abscam Academy Awards ACT UP Action films Adams, Bryan Advertising Aerobics Affirmative action Africa and the United States African Americans Age discrimination Agriculture in Canada Agriculture in the United States AIDS epidemic AIDS Memorial Quilt Air India Flight 182 bombing Air pollution Air traffic controllers' strike Airplane! Aliens Alternative medicine America's Most Wanted Anderson, Terry Androgyny Apple Computer Archaeology Architecture Arena Football League Art movements Artificial heart Asian Americans Aspartame Astronomy AT&T breakup Atlanta child murders Atwater, Lee Auel, Jean M.

B Baby Fae heart transplantation Baby Jessica rescue Back to the Future Bakker, Jim and Tammy Faye Ballet Baseball Baseball strike of 1981 Basketball Basquiat, Jean-Michel Beattie, Ann Beirut bombings Beloved Bennett, William Bentsen, Lloyd Berg, Alan Berlin Wall Big Chill, The Bioengineering Biological clock Biopesticides Bird, Larry Black Monday stock market crash Blade Runner Blondie Bloom County Blue Velvet Boat people Boitano, Brian Bon Jovi Bonfire of the Vanities, The Bonin, William Book publishing Bork, Robert Bourassa, Robert Bowers v. Hardwick Boxing Boy George and Culture Club Boyle, T. Coraghessan Brat Pack in acting Brat Pack in literature Brawley, Tawana Break dancing Breakfast Club, The Brett, George Bridges, Jeff Broadway musicals Broderick, Matthew Brokaw, Tom Bush, George H. W. Business and the economy in Canada Business and the economy in the United States

C Cabbage Patch Kids Cable television CAD/CAM technology Caffeine Cagney and Lacey Camcorders Canada Act of 1982 Canada and the British Commonwealth Canada and the United States Canada Health Act of 1984 Canada-United States Free Trade Agreement Canadian Caper Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms Cancer research Car alarms Cats Cell phones Central Park jogger case Cerritos plane crash Challenger disaster Cheers Cher Children's literature Children's television China and the United States Chrétien, Jean Chrysler Corporation Claiborne, Harry E. Clancy, Tom Classical music Close, Glenn Closing of the American Mind, The CNN Cold Sunday Cold War Color Purple, The Colorization of black-and-white films Comedians Comic Relief Comic strips Compact discs (CDs) Computers Conch Republic Confederacy of Dunces, A Congress, U.S. Congressional page sex scandal of 1983 Conservatism in U.S. politics Consumerism Cosby Show, The Cosmos Costner, Kevin Country music Crack epidemic Craft, Christine Crime Cruise, Tom Cyberpunk literature

D Dallas Dance, popular Davies, Robertson Day After, The Decker, Mary Deconstructivist architecture De Lorean, John Demographics of Canada Demographics of the United States Designing Women Devo Diets Disability rights movement Disposable cameras DNA fingerprinting Do the Right Thing Domestic violence Doppler radar Douglas, Michael Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.) Dukakis, Michael Dupont Plaza Hotel fire Duran Duran Dworkin, Andrea Dynasty

E École Polytechnique massacre Economic Recovery Tax Act of 1981 Education in Canada Education in the United States El Niño Elections in Canada Elections in the United States, midterm Elections in the United States, 1980 Elections in the United States, 1984 Elections in the United States, 1988 Elway, John Empire Strikes Back, The Environmental movement Epic films Erdrich, Louise E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial Europe and North America Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Exxon Valdez oil spill

F Facts of Life, The Fads Falwell, Jerry Family Ties Farm Aid Farm crisis Fashions and clothing Fast Times at Ridgemont High Fatal Attraction Fax machines Feminism Ferraro, Geraldine Fetal medicine Film in Canada Film in the United States Flag burning Flashdance Flynt, Larry Food Security Act of 1985 Food trends Football Ford, Harrison Foreign policy of Canada Foreign policy of the United States 401(k) plans Fox, Michael J. FOX network Full Metal Jacket

G Gallagher Gallaudet University protests Gangs Garneau, Marc Gehry, Frank Gender gap in voting General Hospital Generation X Genetics research Gentrification Gere, Richard Ghostbusters Gibson, Kirk Gibson, Mel Gibson, William Gimli Glider Glass, Philip Glass ceiling Globalization Go-Go's, The Goetz, Bernhard Golden Girls, The Goldmark murders Goldwater-Nichols Act of 1986 Golf Goodwill Games of 1986 Grant, Amy Grenada invasion Gretzky, Wayne Griffith-Joyner, Florence Guns n' Roses

H Haig, Alexander Hairstyles Halley's comet Handmaid's Tale, The Hands Across America Hannah, Darryl Harp seal hunting Hart, Gary Hawkins, Yusef Health care in Canada Health care in the United States Health maintenance organizations (HMOs) Heat wave of 1980 Heaven's Gate Heavy metal Heidi Chronicles, The Henley, Beth Heritage USA Herman, Pee-Wee Hershiser, Orel Hill Street Blues Hip-hop and rap Hobbies and recreation Hockey Hoffman, Dustin Holmes, Larry Home shopping channels Home video rentals Homelessness Homosexuality and gay rights Horror films Horton, Willie Houston, Whitney Howard Beach incident Hubbard, L. Ron Hudson, Rock Hughes, John Hurricane Hugo Hurt, William Hustler Magazine v. Falwell Hwang, David Henry

I Iacocca, Lee Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 Immigration to Canada Immigration to the United States Income and wages in Canada Income and wages in the United States Indian Gaming Regulatory Act of 1988 Inflation in Canada Inflation in the United States Infomercials Information age Insider trading Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty Inventions Iran-Contra affair Iranian hostage crisis Irving, John Israel and the United States

J Jackson, Bo Jackson, Jesse Jackson, Michael Japan and North America Jazz Jennings, Peter Jewish Americans Johnson, Magic Journalism Journey Joy Luck Club, The Junk bonds Just Say No campaign

K Keillor, Garrison Kincaid, Jamaica King, Stephen Kirkpatrick, Jeane Kiss of the Spider Woman Klinghoffer, Leon Knoxville World's Fair Koop, C. Everett

L L.A. Law LaRouche, Lyndon Last Temptation of Christ, The Latin America Latinos Lauper, Cyndi Leg warmers Lemieux, Mario LeMond, Greg Lennon, John Leonard, Sugar Ray Letterman, David Lévesque, René Lewis, Carl Liberalism in U.S. politics Libya bombing Literature in Canada Literature in the United States Little Mermaid, The Live Aid Loma Prieta earthquake Louganis, Greg Louisiana World Exposition Lucas, Henry Lee Ludlum, Robert

M McEnroe, John McKinney Homeless Assistance Act of 1987 McMartin Preschool trials Madonna Magnet schools Magnum, P.I. Mainstreaming in education Malathion spraying Mamet, David Marathon of Hope Mariel boatlift Marriage and divorce Married . . . with Children Martial arts Martin, Steve Martin Luther King Day M*A*S*H series finale Max Headroom Medicine Meech Lake Accord Meese, Edwin, III Mellencamp, John Cougar Meritor Savings Bank v. Vinson Mexico and the United States MGM Grand Hotel fire Miami Riot of 1980 Miami Vice Michael, George Microsoft Middle East and North America Military ban on homosexuals Military spending Miller, Sue Minimalist literature Miniseries Minivans Minorities in Canada Miracle on Ice Missing and runaway children Mommy track Mondale, Walter Montana, Joe Moonlighting Moral Majority Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) Mötley Crüe Mount St. Helens eruption MOVE Mr. T MTV Mullet Mulroney, Brian Multiculturalism in education Multiplex theaters Murphy, Eddie Murray, Bill Music Music videos

N Nation at Risk, A Nation of Yahweh National Anthem Act of 1980 National Education Summit of 1989 National Energy Program (NEP) National Minimum Drinking Age Act of 1984 Native Americans Natural disasters Navratilova, Martina Naylor, Gloria Neoexpressionism in painting Network anchors New Coke New Mexico State Penitentiary Riot New Wave music Nicholson, Jack Night Stalker case Nobel Prizes North, Oliver Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1983 Nuclear winter scenario

O Oates, Joyce Carol Ocean Ranger oil rig disaster O'Connor, Sandra Day Olson, Clifford Olympic boycotts Olympic Games of 1980 Olympic Games of 1984 Olympic Games of 1988 On Golden Pond O'Neill, Tip Ordinary People Organized crime Osbourne, Ozzy Ozone hole

P Pac-Man Pan Am Flight 103 bombing Panama invasion Parental advisory stickers Pauley, Jane Pei, I. M. Peller, Clara People's Court, The Performance art PG-13 rating Phantom of the Opera, The Photography Plastic surgery Platoon Play, The Poetry Poindexter, John Political correctness Pop music Pornography Post office shootings Power dressing Preppies Prince Prozac Psychology Public Enemy

Q Quayle, Dan Quebec English sign ban Quebec referendum of 1980

R Racial discrimination Radon Raging Bull Raiders of the Lost Ark Rambo Rape Rather, Dan Reagan, Nancy Reagan, Ronald Reagan assassination attempt Reagan Democrats Reagan Doctrine Reagan Revolution Reaganomics Reagan's "Evil Empire" speech Recessions Regan, Donald Rehnquist, William H. Religion and spirituality in Canada Religion and spirituality in the United States R.E.M. Retton, Mary Lou Reykjavik Summit Rice, Jerry Richie, Lionel Richler, Mordecai Ride, Sally Rivera, Geraldo Roberts v. United States Jaycees Robertson, Pat RoboCop Robots Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Rose, Pete Run-D.M.C. Ryan, Nolan

S St. Elsewhere San Ysidro McDonald's massacre Sauvé, Jeanne Savings and Loan (S&L) crisis Scandals Schnabel, Julian School vouchers debate Schreyer, Edward Schroeder, Pat Schwarzenegger, Arnold Science and technology Science-fiction films Scorsese, Martin Sequels SETI Institute sex, lies, & videotape Sexual harassment Shamrock Summit Shepard, Sam Shields, Brooke Shultz, George P. Simmons, Richard Sioux City plane crash Sitcoms Skinheads and neo-Nazis SkyDome Slogans and slang Smith, Samantha Smoking and tobacco Soap operas Soccer Social Security reform Soviet Union and North America Space exploration Space shuttle program Special effects Spielberg, Steven Sports Spotted owl controversy Springsteen, Bruce Standards and accountability in education Star Search Star Trek: The Next Generation Starbucks Statue of Liberty restoration and centennial Stealth bomber Steel, Danielle Sting Stockton massacre Stone, Oliver Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) Streep, Meryl Sununu, John H. Superconductors Superfund program Supreme Court decisions Swaggart, Jimmy Synthesizers

T Tabloid television Talk shows Talking Heads Tamper-proof packaging Tanner '88 Tax Reform Act of 1986 Taylor, Lawrence Teen films Teen singers Televangelism Television Tennis Terminator, The Terms of Endearment Terrorism Theater Third Wave, The thirtysomething This Is Spinal Tap Thomas, Isiah Thompson v. Oklahoma Times Beach dioxin scare Titanic wreck discovery Torch Song Trilogy Toronto bathhouse raids of 1981 Tort reform movement Tower Commission Toys and games Transplantation Trivial Pursuit Tron Trudeau, Pierre Turner, John Turner, Kathleen Turner, Ted Turner, Tina Twilight Zone accident Tylenol murders Tyler, Anne Tyson, Mike

U Ueberroth, Peter Unemployment in Canada Unemployment in the United States Unions United Nations US Festivals U.S. Senate bombing USA for Africa USA Today USS Stark incident USS Vincennes incident U2

V Valenzuela, Fernando Valley girls Van Halen Vancouver Expo '86 Vangelis Video games and arcades Vietnam Veterans Memorial Virtual reality Voicemail Voyager global flight

W Wall Street Washington, Harold Water pollution Watson, Tom Watt, James G. Wave, the Weaver, Sigourney Webster v. Reproductive Health Services Weinberger, Caspar Welfare West Berlin discotheque bombing When Harry Met Sally . . . White, Ryan White Noise Who Framed Roger Rabbit? Williams, Robin Williams, Vanessa L. Wilson, August Winfrey, Oprah Women in rock music Women in the workforce Women's rights Wonder Years, The World music World Wrestling Federation Wright, Jim

XYZ Xanadu Houses Yankovic, Weird Al Yellowstone National Park fires Yuppies

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