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The 1980s Research Paper

This is my 1980s exit project. You will find some interesting facts that you didn’t know about. You will find about Reagan, John Hinckley, and Maragaret Thatcher, and a lot more. In 1980 Ronald Reagan was elected President Republican Presidential Nomination. Ronald Reagan graduated from eureka college. He served as president for 9 years .Reagan Married Jane Wyman and they had two children Maureen and Michael. Maureen died in 2001.he then married Nancy Davis They to had children Patricia Ann and Ronald Prescott. Reagan was shot in the chest upon leaving a Washington hotel but made a full recovery after surgery. Reagan was the 40th president .He was born on February 6 1911 inTampicoIllinois. He then died inCalifornia at the age of 93. In 1981 the Oakland Raiders went against the Philadelphia Eagles in the super bowl. The game was held at theLouisiana super dome inNew Orleans. In the start of the game the eagles quarter back Ron Gaworskis threw a pass that was intercepted by Rod Martin. He returned it 17yards.Oakland quarter back Plunkett threw a two yard touchdown to wide receiver Cliff Branch to putOakland ahead.Plunkett pitch it to Running back Kenny king near the sideline. Kenny ran 80 yards for a second touchdown in the second quarter. Philadelphia Eagles kicker Tony Franklin put the eagles on the board with 930 yard field goal. The Raiders led the game 14-3 at the half time. In the start of the second quarter the Plunkett threw a 29yard pass to branch extending the Raiders lead 21-3.The Raiders completed a 46 yard field goal in the fourth quarter. Philadelphia scored a eight yard touchdown strike by gaworski to come to within 24-10.The next possession the raiders kicked a final field goal to become the first wild card team to win the super bowl.Plunkett was the mvp completing 13-21 passes for 261 yards and three touchdowns. He was the second Heisman trophy winner named.M.v.p after Roger Staubach.His 80 yard touchdown pass to King was a super bowl Record. In 1982 John Hinckley a wacko psychopath who stalked Jodie Foster and assassinated President Ronald Reagan. He believes that assassinating the president would win her love and respect. He took a bus to DC arriving on March 29.Hinckley stayed up all night writing his love detailing his plan to assassinate the president. Regan was schedule to in a labor convention at t e Washington Hilton.Hinckley went to the Washington Hilton where he several shots Striking Reagan under the left armpit. He also critically injured press secretary James Brady, secret service agent Timothy McCarthy and Washington police officer Thomas K Delahanty.His trail began on April 27 1982.The gun he use was a r6-14 revolver. His real name was John Warnock Hinckley Jr.He was born May 29 1955 inArdmoreOklahoma.Hinckley tried committing suicide by overdosing on Tylenol on May 29 1984. In 1983 theWashington redskins win the super bowl against the Miami Dolphins The game was held at the rose bowl in PasadenaCalifornia. The game was watched by 40 million homes the largest ever for a live broadcast it was the second highest rated live TV program of all time. The Dolphins scored a touchdown in the first 6minutes in the game. Washingtonquarter back David Woodley threw a pass to Jimmy Cefalo on the sideline.Celfalo ran the ball 76 yards. Washingtonscored in the first quarter on 31 yard field goal. Miamicountered with a 20 yard field goal with 6mintunes in the first half. Fultonwalker returned the kickoff 98 yards for a touchdown with 1 min remaining the 2nd quarter putting Miami back in the lead 17-10.At halftime Walker play was a Super Bowl history. Halfway threw the 3rd quarter Washington executed a 44yard reverse and setup a 20 yard field goal to pull within 10 mins left in the 4th quarter.Washington running back John Riggins peeled off a 43 yard touchdown. He gaveWashington it firsts lead at 20-17.Theisman fired 6 yard touchdown bullet with 1min remaining.Washington defense shutdownMiami in the second half allowingMiami 34yards total and two first downs. The Dolphins had 176 total yards. The redskins gained a Super Bowl record.276 rushing yards and 124 passing for 400 totals yards. Heisman completed 15-of 2 passes for 143 yards with two touchdowns. In 1984 Syria frees captured us navy pilot. Robert O. Goodman was shot down over Lebanon on December 4th 1983 by Syria. He was captured and held for multiple days. He was then taking to Damascus. They stop beating him after the Red Cross member visited him on the fourth day. They let him free because they thought that holding him would be a major impediment to us withdrawal from Lebanon. He was rescued by Jesse Jackson. He was greeted at Andrews’s air force base by his wife, two children and his mother and brothers. Robert O.Goodman was captured when he was 27 years old. Robert O. Goodman was a former a-6 intruder naval flight officer. Goodman graduated at the United States naval academy. He was born on April 27 1933 and died when he was 90. In 1985 Twa was hijacked by Muslims The Twa was hijacked by Shiite Muslims they were members of the Islamic jihad holy war. There were 153 passengers and 100 were Americans. Pilot John Testrake.informed Beirut tower they are beat up passengers. The hijackers released a half a dozen women and children and departed for Algiers. The hijacker demanded 50 Lebanese Shiites held Israeli jails and the releases Shiites imprisoned in Cyprus and Kuwait. The hijacker also demanded the withdrawal of Israeli forces from southern Lebanon and international condemnation of turned off. The remaining passengers were rescued by delta forces. The hijacker then killed navy Seabee diver Robert Stethem.The passengers had grenades and a 9-mm pistol. They blow up the plane and headed to Shiite neighborhoods. The hijacked occurred June 14 1985.He was born November 17 1961 and died June 15 1985 at age 23. In 1986 Jonathan Pollard spy case Jonathan Pollard was a former navy intelligence analyst. He was imprisoned for passing secrets to Israel. He was to serve 10years of a life sentence. He was indicted only one charge.750 Palestinian murders got out of prison as a freemen and Jonathan Pollard remained. Pollard did 20years in prison. On November 21 2011 Jonathan Pollard entered the 27th year Pollard of his life sentence with no end in sight. Five prime minister of Israel and three presidents of Israel have requested Jonathan Pollard release from the United States. Israel granted Jonathan Pollard Israeli citizenship. He was born in 1954 in south bend Indiana .His whole name was Jonathan Jay Pollard. Pollard was married to Esther for 15 years. Jonathan Pollard was linked to the Middle East peace processes since 1995. In 1987 Margaret Thatcher the first prime female minister On May 1979 she was elected.Mrs Thatcher had 130votes.She celebrated her third general election win. Her victory makes her the first female prime ministers for more the 160years to win three successive terms of office. She was giving the name the iron lady by the Russians. In December she married Denis Thatcher. They had two kids Mark and Carol. She was born October 13th 1925 in north middle lands town of grant ham. She was the youngest daughter of a grocer Alfred Roberts.Mrs Thatcher husband Denis Thatcher die at age 88 June 26 2003 In 1988 The Panama Flight was bombed The panama flight was bombed over Lockerbie on December 21st at 7:03.The bomb killed 270 people. And eleven were killed on the ground by the impact.Abdelbaset Alimohmed Al-megrahi and Al Amin Khalifa Fhimah were blamed for the bombing. Twenty one of Lockerbie houses were completely destroyed and eleven of its residents were dead.The flight held 21people from different countries. The investigators interviewed over 15,000 people and found over 180,000 pieces of evidence. And researcher move in to 40 different countries. The plane was 31,000 feet. Wreckage was strewn over 50 square miles. In 2001 Megrahi and Fhimah was found guilty of murder.Megrahi cancer got him release for he could go back Libyan and die among his family. In 1989 The Exxon oil spilled occurred on the coastline. The amount of the spilled could fill 125 Olympic sized swimming pools. As many as 2,800 of sea otters 300 harbor seals 900 bald eagles, and 250,000 sea bird died in the same day.1,300 miles of coastline were hit by the oil spill. The required about 10,000 workers 1000 boats and roughly 100 airplanes and helicopters. There was a loss of 9,400 visitors and 5.5 million in state spending.47, 800 barrels of oil spilled into the water. The oil tankers cost about $ 200,000,000.The oil extended 470 miles south west. There were 11 cargo tanks. The oil from Alaska North slope and transported it to the lower 48 states.