Events

80's

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86-DOS released1980 dos1 x86dos
Anime first episode1980 tsurikichisanpei
California Pacific Computer Company begins publishing Akalabeth1980 ultima
Moscow1980olympic
Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo (2nd) series1980 scoobydoo
Sherlock Holmes becomes public domain in the U.K.1980 sherlockholmes
Superman II1980Movie dccomics superman
Lake Placid 1980 Winter Olympics1980-02-12Sport olympic usa
Lake Placid1980-02-14olympic
Ultraman 80 first episode1980-04-02 ultraman
Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back1980-05-21Movie starwars 'LucasArts'
Moscow 1980 Summer Olympics1980-07-19Sport olympic russia
MIL-STD-1815 standard1980-12 adalang
CGA introduced1981 display-cga
Comic strip in Daily Star1981 judgedredd
First appearance in 2000 AD (issue #228)1981 roguetrooper
First minicomic1981 motu
NBC TV series 2nd season1981 buckrogers
Original manga1981 captaintsubasa
RFC 7911981 tcpip
The Cray Blitz program achieves a master rating.1981 chess
The Evil Dead film1981 evildead
Ultima is published box while Akalabeth re-published in a box.1981 ultima
Johnny Mnemonic published in Omni1981-04 cyberpunk
First official Space Shuttle launch1981-04-12 spaceage
Maiden flight (STS-1)1981-04-12 nasaspaceshuttle
For Your Eyes Only1981-06Movie 007
Raiders of the Lost1981-06-12Movie indianajones
86-DOS bought by MS; MS-DOS 1.0 released1981-07 dos1 dos2 'Microsoft(Microsoft Games Studios;Xbox Game Studios;Microsoft Games)'
Heavy Metal (film)1981-08 heavymetal
Anime first episode1981-10-14 uruseiyatsura
Conan the Barbarian movie1982Movie conanthebarbarian
Doctor Who 5th Doctor1982Series doctorwho
First Game (Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back)1982 starwars 'LucasArts'
First Gineiden novel1982 gingaeiyudensetsu
Flash Gordon: The Greatest Adventure of All (TV movie)1982 flashgordon
John Carpenter's The Thing film1982 thething
Spain1982 soccer worldcup
Tron1982Movie cyberpunk tron
Tsurikichi Sanpei anime last episode1982Series tsurikichisanpei
286 introduced1982-02-01Technology cpu-286 cpu-8086
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan1982-06-04Movie startrek
Blade Runner (movie)1982-06-25 cyberpunk
Macross Saga first episode1982-10-03 macross
Original manga1982-12-20 akira
ANSI/MIL-STD 1815A (Ada 83) standard1983 adalang
C++ published1983 cpplanguage
Final Yamato (animated film)1983Movie spacebattleshipyamato
Manga last issue1983 tsurikichisanpei
Masters of the Universe 1983 cartoon first episode1983Series motu
Origin Systems is founded to publish Richard Garriott's games1983Business ultima
Ravenloft module published1983 ravenloft
Superman III1983Movie dccomics superman
First episode1983-02-05 aurabattlerdunbine
M*A*S*H TV series last episode1983-02-28 mash
Star Wars: Return of the Jedi1983-05-25Movie starwars 'LucasArts'
Octopussy 1983-06Movie 007
AfterMASH first episode1983-09-26 mash
Mospeada (New Generation) first episode 1983-10-02 macross
3½" floppy disk created1984Technology 3.5disk 5.25disk
BattleTech created by FASA1984 battletech
Conan the Destroyer movie1984Movie conanthebarbarian
EGA introduced1984 display-cga display-ega
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom1984Movie indianajones
IRIS 1000 released. Uses IRIS GL, the predecessor of OpenGL.1984 opengl
Los Angeles 1984 Summer Olympics1984Sport olympic usa
Sarajevo1984olympic
The Jungle Book film by Disney, second re-release1984 junglebook
The Karate Kid movie1984 karate karatekid
The Terminator movie1984 terminator
The Transformers (G1) cartoon first episode1984 transformers
Last episode1984-01-21 aurabattlerdunbine
The NeverEnding Story1984-04-06Movie theneverendingstory
Southern Cross (The Masters) first episode1984-04-15 macross
Ghostbusters1984-06Movie ghostbusters
Gremlins movie1984-06 gremlins gremlins-series
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock1984-06-01Movie startrek
William Gibson Neuromancer published1984-07-01 cyberpunk
W*A*L*T*E*R pilot1984-07-17 mash
MS-DOS 3.0 released1984-08 dos1 dos2 dos3 dos4 x86dos 'Microsoft(Microsoft Games Studios;Xbox Game Studios;Microsoft Games)'
Caravan of Courage: An Ewok Adventure1984-11-25 starwars 'LucasArts'
Dune (David Lynch)1984-12-14Movie dune
386 introduced1985Technology cpu-286 cpu-386 cpu-8086
Dark/Modern Age of Comic Books begings1985Comics comic dccomics europeancomic marvel
Doctor Who 6th Doctor1985Series doctorwho
First OVA1985 uruseiyatsura
Garry Kasparov defeats Anatoly Karpov to become world champion and chess continues in pop-culture1985 chess
She-Ra: Princess of Power1985 motu
The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo series1985 scoobydoo
Yellow Book CD-ROM format created1985 3.5disk cdrom
Young Sherlock Holmes film1985 sherlockholmes
First episode1985-01-23 thundercats
Mobile Suit Z Gundam first episode1985-03-02 gundam
AfterMASH last episode1985-05-31 mash
A View to a Kill1985-06Movie 007
Back to the Future1985-07-03Movie backtothefuture
Third anime's first episode1985-10-12 gegegenokitaro
Windows 1.0 released1985-11-20 microsoftwindows
Ewoks: The Battle for Endor1985-11-24 starwars 'LucasArts'
Aliens1986Movie alienfranchise
Aliens movie1986 alienmovie
Defenders of the Earth (cartoon; first episode)1986 flashgordon
First Arkanoid1986 breakoutlike
First Gineiden manga1986 gingaeiyudensetsu
First graphical MMO1986 mmog
First TV commercial1986 californiaraisins
Mexico1986 soccer worldcup
Space station Mir (Мир) launched1986 spaceage spacestation
The Real Ghostbusters first episode1986Series ghostbusters
The Transformers: The Movie1986 transformers
Dragon Ball (anime) first episode1986-02-26 dragonball
Highlander movie1986-03-07 highlander
Urusei Yatsura anime last episode1986-03-19Series uruseiyatsura
The actual event1986-04 chernobyl
Sekai Daikessen! Jr. World Cup OVA1986-07-12 captaintsubasa
Gall Force: Eternal Story (film)1986-07-26 gallforce
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home1986-11-26Movie startrek
California Raisins figures (set 1)1987 californiaraisins
Doctor Who 7th Doctor1987Series doctorwho
Dragonlance sourcebook published1987 dnd dragonlance
End of main Gineiden novel series1987 gingaeiyudensetsu
Evil Dead II film1987 evildead
Forgotten Realms published1987 forgottenrealms
ISO-8652:1987 standard1987 adalang
Kamen Rider Black first episode1987 kamenrider
Manga last album1987 uruseiyatsura
Masters of the Universe live action film1987 motu
Predator (film)1987 predator
Rogue Trooper board game1987 roguetrooper
The California Raisins Sing the Hit Songs album (Priority Records)1987 californiaraisins
VGA introduced1987 display-ega
Where's Wally? (Where's Waldo?)1987 hiddenobject whereswally
The Living Daylights 1987-06Movie 007
RoboCop (movie)1987-07 robocop
Street Fighter arcade release1987-08-30 1on1fighting streetfighter
Extreme Ghostbusters first episode1987-09Series ghostbusters
TV cartoon1987-09 madballs
Star Trek: The Next Generation (first episode)1987-09-28Series startrek
Devilman Tanjo Hen OVA1987-11-01 devilman
Gall Force 2: Destruction (film)1987-11-21 gallforce
Windows 2.0 released1987-12-09 microsoftwindows
Akira animated film1988Movie akira
Aura Battler Dunbine: The Tale of Neo Byston Well (OVA)1988 aurabattlerdunbine
Buck Rogers XXVC1988 buckrogers
Calgary 1988 Winter Olympics1988Sport canada olympic
California Raisins figures (set 2)1988 californiaraisins
Christmas with The California Raisins (Priority Records)1988 californiaraisins
Greyhawk Adventures published1988 dnd greyhawk
Gunbuster anime OVA1988 gunbuster
Manga ended1988 captaintsubasa
Manga started1988 bastard
Meet the Raisins: The California Raisins I TV special1988 californiaraisins
Meet the Raisins! album (Priority Records)1988 californiaraisins
Phobos 1 & 2 orbiters launched1988 mars
Pup Named Scooby-Doo series1988 scoobydoo
Seoul 1988 Summer Olympics1988Sport korea olympic
Starship Troopers (OVA)1988 starshiptroopers
Sweet, Delicious, & Marvelous album (Priority Records)1988 californiaraisins
Calgary1988-02-13olympic
Willow movie1988-05-20 willowseries
MS-DOS 4.0 released1988-06 dos1 dos2 dos3 dos4 x86dos 'Microsoft(Microsoft Games Studios;Xbox Game Studios;Microsoft Games)'
Ten Little Gall Force (OVA)1988-07-03 gallforce
RoboCop: The Animated Series first episode1988-10-01 robocop
Gall Force 3: Stardust War (film)1988-11-02 gallforce
TLBT animated film1988-11-18 thelandbeforetime
486 introduced1989 cpu-286 cpu-386 cpu-486 cpu-8086
AD&D 2nd ed published1989 adnd dnd
ANSI X3.159-1989 (a.k.a. ANSI C / C89)1989 clanguage
Batman1989Movie batman dccomics
First pkzip release1989 zip
Ghostbusters II1989Movie ghostbusters
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade1989Movie indianajones
Last of Donald M. Grant editions of Howard's stories1989 conanthebarbarian
Licence to Kill1989Movie 007
Scooby-Doo and the Reluctant Werewolf movie1989 scoobydoo
Shadowrun 1st edition1989 shadowrun
Shin Captain Tsubasa anime1989Series captaintsubasa
Spelljammer published1989 dnd spelljammer
The California Raisin Show animated series (13 Episodes)1989 californiaraisins
The Karate Kid TV series1989 karatekid
The Little Mermaid1989Movie disney thelittlemermaid
Rhea Gall Force (film)1989-03-21 gallforce
Dragon Ball (anime) last episode1989-04-12Series dragonball
Dragon Ball Z (anime) first episode1989-04-26Series dragonball
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier1989-06-09Movie startrek
Back to the Future Part II movie1989-11-22Movie backtothefuture hoverboard
Gall Force: Earth Chapter (OVA)1989-12-25 gallforce