Tom Davey, 1980 SCCA GT-3 National Champion. VW Scirocco, biatches!
My life with pop culture pretty much began this year:
I graduated High School!
pete240z wrote: I graduated High School!
Same here.
1980 :
This is a list of important events the occured during 1980. Exact dates are listed when known.
Who Shot JR? is talked about heavily from the TV show Dallas. On November 21, the conclusion draws more viewers than any other show in TV history up to that point.
Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR, The US boycotts
Post-It Notes are introduced by 3-M
The first all news service started by Turner Cable Network begins
John Lennon is assassinated by Mark David Chapman
Brook Shields whispers, "You know what comes between me and my Calvins? Nothing." the ad was banned.
Ronald Reagan is elected, defeating Jimmy Carter, and takes credit for freeing the Iranian hostages in his innaugural speech.
Poland has massive strikes, eventually the unions become legal, censorship is lessened.
About 125,000 Cubans leave Cuba for America, most are criminals hand picked by Castro's men, only a few are relatives of those in America.
RU-486, the abortion pill is released in France.
The US Supreme Court allows patents on living organisms.
Mt. Saint Helens erupts, killing 60 people.
CNN is launched as the first all news network
ABSCAM, FBI agents pose as rich arabs and bribed politicians with cash for favors.
Richard Pryor gets badly burned trying to freebase cocaine.
Small pox is considered eradicated by the World Health Orginization.
Sadam Hussein launches war against Iran for close to a decade over oil rights.
Japan passes the US as the largest automaker
Bill Gates licenses MS-DOS to IBM, makes next to nothing on the deal. The pair buys the rights to a simple operating system manufactured by Seattle Computer Products and use it as a template. The money is made later from licensing it to third party clone makers.
SEPTEMBER 22, 1980 - Procter and Gamble Co. announces a recall of its Rely brand tampons when federal studies conclude their use increases chances of toxic shock syndrome.
Genetic Engineering of insulin began clinical trials.
US suspends grain sales to the Soviet Union in respond to their support of the war in Afghanistan.
President Carter attempted a helicopter rescue of the hostages in Iran, failing miserably.
US hockey team beat Russia for the gold in the Winter Olympics.
HappyJack wrote: Also from 1980
yes please
neon4891 wrote:HappyJack wrote: Also from 1980yes please
Damn... missed my birth year... happy with the belated gift though.
RIP, 1980
neon4891 wrote:HappyJack wrote: Also from 1980yes please
I always have and will continue to think she is better looking than Mila Kunis. I never quite understood why they called her a "lumberjack" on the show.
e-Thug! wrote:neon4891 wrote:I always have and will continue to think she is better looking than Mila Kunis. I never quite understood why they called her a "lumberjack" on the show.HappyJack wrote: Also from 1980yes please
How'd she miss the Ginger thread from a couple months ago?
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HappyJack wrote: Also from 1980
I have no idea who any of these chicks are, but I like the top one.
In reply to Zoomby Woof:
This is a little creepy, but it's Wednesday Adams
All grown up.
And this should make it to page 81...
My 1981 Camaro before:
(the black one)
and during:
And just in-case I don't make it to page '81...
MrJoshua wrote: All grown up.
Yeah... just in-case... that's it.
You need to hurry up and finish that thing. Looks like it will be awesome!
(normally I would never say the word awesome, but for a Camaro it just seemed so fitting) 
Kia_racer wrote:pete240z wrote: I graduated High School!Same here.
Yo, I resemble that remark..
1981, The DeLorean DMC-12 is released upon an unwary world.
Oh, and my sister graduated high school.
friedgreencorrado wrote: Oh, and my sister graduated high school.
Pics or its not real.
MrJoshua wrote: In reply to Zoomby Woof: This is a little creepy, but it's Wednesday Adams
Don't forget this one.
I don't find that creepy.
zomby woof wrote: I don't find that creepy.
I'm not going to say what I find it
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