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1980s

The 1980s (pronounced "nineteen-eighties", shortened to "the '80s" or "the Eighties") was the decade that began on 1 January 1980, and ended on 31 December 1989.

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related to Popular culture · 159
1980s → A-ha, After, ALF, Aliens, Alvin, An American Tail, André, Apple Macintosh, Arcade, Artists, Back, Bands, Batman, Beastie Boys, Beverly Hills Cop, Blockbuster, Bon Jovi, Bush, Calgary, Centipede
related to Sports · 142
1980s → Afghanistan, Alberta, Alvin Robertson, American, Argentina, Attempts, August, Australia, Australian, Bayern Munich, Bosnia, Brazilian, CAD, Calgary, Canada, Canadian, Canadian Football League, Celtics-Lakers, Century, Charles Barkley
related to Economics · 72
1980s → Agreement, American, April, Attempts, Big Bang, Black Monday, Brazil, Brazilian, Canada, China, Communist, Communist Party, December, Deng Xiaoping, Developing, Diretas Já, Donald Trump, Dow Jones Industrial Average, During, East Asia
related to Further reading · 54
1980s → Alwyn, America, American Popular Culture Through, Back, Bang, Batchelor, Berman, Best Picture Picks, Bob, Britain, Catwalk, David, Decade, Eighties The Culture, Explain, Fashion, From Club, Got That Way, Graham, Grant
related to Electronics and computers · 36
1980s → Also, American, Arcade, Atari, But, Control Deck, Donkey Kong, Dragon Quest, Duck Hunt, Famicom, For, Game, Genesis, In, Japan, Mario, Master System, Mega Drive, Mega Man, NES
related to Natural disasters · 36
1980s → Armenian, Atlantic, California, Cameroon, Caucasus, Colombia, El Niño, Helens, HIV/AIDS, Hurricane Alicia, Hurricane Allen, Hurricane Gilbert, Hurricane Hugo, Hurricane Joan, Lake Nyos, Loma Prieta, May, Mexico, Mexico City, Mount St
related to Video gaming · 33
1980s → Adventure, American, Commodore, Donkey Kong, Dragon Warrior, Famicom, Final Fantasy, Frogger, Game Boy, Handheld, In, It, Japan, Japanese, LCD, Manic Miner, Mega Drive/Genesis, NES, Nintendo, Nintendo Entertainment System
related to Information technology · 30
1980s → ARPANET, BBS, Berners-Lee, British, CD, CERN, Digital Audio Compact Disc, During, FidoNet, HTTP, Hypertext Transfer Protocol, In, Internet, January, Mathematical Software MathLab, Microsoft, MS-DOS, NCP, November, October
related to Automobiles · 22
1980s → AMC, American, American Motors, As, But, Chrysler, Ford, GM, However, Hyundai, In, It, Japanese, Korean, Only General Motors, Taurus, The American, The Thunderbird, United States, US
related to Music · 19
1980s → American, At, British, Cyndi Lauper, Duran Duran, Famous, George Michael, In, Madonna, Michael Jackson, MTV, Music, New Romantic, Peter Gabriel, Pop, Prince, The, United States, Whitney Houston

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decade 1989 first 1980 popular 1986 1988 1983 1981 became world 1985 include included united us 1984 films new war

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joint ventures with companies from capitalist countriesinstance oflegalized dissent and sanctioned limited forms of capitalism0.80text
USENETinstance ofas well as many other computer networks of both academic and commercial use0.80text
Fidonetinstance ofas well as many other computer networks of both academic and commercial use0.80text
and the bulletin board systeminstance ofas well as many other computer networks of both academic and commercial use0.80text
Super Mario Bros.instance ofled by games0.80text
The Legend of Zeldainstance ofled by games0.80text
Metroidinstance ofled by games0.80text
Contrainstance ofled by games0.80text
Mike Tyson's Punch-Outinstance ofled by games0.80text
HBOinstance ofwhich introduced channels0.80text
CNNinstance ofwhich introduced channels0.80text
ESPNinstance ofwhich introduced channels0.80text

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