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The 1982 Knoxville World's Fair __ A good overview and links about this fair plus information about other expos. Most all is in the form of click-to-read articles.- illustrated - From Bruce R. Schulman - http://users.vnet.net/schulman/1982/fair.html
American Cultural History - 1980-1989 __ You will find articles about fads,
culture demographics plus galleries and links to numerous resources about this
period in American history. - illustrated - From Kingwood College Library -
http://kclibrary.nhmccd.edu/decade80.html
The Eighties __ "Donald Trump and The Deal. Yuppie success and homelessness.
Supply/demand and Afghanistan. Qaddafi and Khomeini; Madonna and Michael; Gorby
and the Gipper. MTV and HIV and Pan Am flight 103. Read My Lips: Just Do It but
Just Say No. Just the fax, and ET phone home. Berlin Wall comes a-tumblin'
down." - From Oak Ridge National Laboratories -
http://www.ornl.gov/info/swords/eighties.html
Invasion of Grenada __ You will find a brief summary of the U.S. invasion of
Grenada in 1983. - From Roger A. Lee -
http://www.historyguy.com/Grenada.html
Media History Timeline: 1980s __ This site lists the important events in the
various media such as publishing, newspapers, musical performance, etc. - From
University of Minnesota. -
http://www.mediahistory.umn.edu/time/1980s.html
MGM Grand Hotel Fire Investigation Report __ Here are the official findings by
the Clark County Fire Department of the 1980 fire that killed 84 people and
injured 679 others in Las Vegas. - illustrated - From co.clark.nv.us -
http://www.co.clark.nv.us/fire/ccfd_mgm.htm
Pressures of PATCO: Strikes and Stress in the 1980s __ Information about the air
traffic controllers strike from Essays in History. - From University of Virginia
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http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/journals/EH/EH37/Pels.html
Reagan on the Deployment of the Marines in Lebanon __ You will find the text of
the February 7, 1984 speech. - From jewishvirtuallibrary.org -
http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/History/marinedeploy.html
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