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In the 1980, May 22, the Pac-Man video game was released. Namco, the company that made Pac-Man, was hoping to create a video game that would entrance girls to play as well as boys. Namco named the video game Puck-Man, There are many directions to this game, you start off with 3 Pac-man, there are 4 ghosts chasing you all over the maze. If one of them gets at you 1 life is lost. There are also different fruits at different stages. Each dot is worth 10 points. Eating dots makes “Pac-Man” go slower. Pac-Man was the first game in the series that involves jumping; it becomes immensely popular in the 1980’s. A boy named, Mitchell completed all 225 levels of Pac-Man. Iwatan, was eating pizza when he came up with the idea for the Pac-Man character. Pac-Man is also in 3-D! What is trying to be said is Pac-Man runs through a maze and eats dots while trying to avoid his enemies from eliminating him. The game is over when all Pac-man are eaten up. Sandra Day O’Connor was born in El Paso, Texas in 1930, On July 7, 1981 President Ronald Regen nominated Sandra Day O’Connor to be the first women on the U.S Supreme Court. On September 21, the United States Senate confirmed O’Connor in a vote of 99% for and zero% against her. She served on the U.S Supreme Court for over two decades. The people inPhoenix,Arizonawere indeed proud of one of their own, Sandra Day O’Connor. Sandra Day O’Connor may have not been flamboyant or attention seeking, but she was very powerful and well-respected. She was a good-high educated woman she majored in economics atStanfordUniversityand graduated with high honors. Mamie Scott Wikey is said to have had the greatest influence upon Sandra. On July 1, 2005, O’Connor announced and sent a letter to the White House saying, she would step down as soon as her, successor was named and chosing. She decision even took allies of the White House by surprise. Her departure, which had been the subject of rumors for weeks but was still a shocker! On January 31, 2006, Samuel Alito was sworn in, filling O’Connor’s seat on the U.S Supreme Court. In Gary, Indiana, Michael Jackson was born. He was born in 1958. Michael Jackson is one of the most successful and influential pop recording artist of all time. His dad name Joseph Jackson made a group called “The Jackson 5”, Which Michael Jackson started his career at. Jackson’s hit #1 on the pop singles chart. Michael went solo. Thriller was the bestselling of all time that Michael Jackson made! In 1991, Jacksonreleased Dangerous. Michael Jackson had a chimpanzee named Bubbles; he also had Vitiligo, **Vitiligo is a condition that causes depigmentation of sections of skin **, in the early 1990’s Michael Jackson was accused of sexually abusing a child in a case ultimately closed for lack at evidence. In 2005Jackson was put on trail for allegations of sexual molestation. He was acquitted on all counts, in 1995; Michael Jackson released his first compilation album history. Invincible became the first significant commercial disappointment forJackson since the 1970’s. In 1983, the first women in space was Sally Ride, she was born on May 26, 1951 in LA. Her dad name was Dale B. Ride; her mother name was Joyce Ride. Sally loved tennis, running, volleyball, softball and stamp-collecting. Sally studied atStanfordUniversity; she was also a bachelor of arts in English in 1973. Sally beat out 1,000 other applicants for a spot in NASA’s astronaut program. She was accompanied by Captain Robert L. Crippen. Sally shot into space for the June 18, 1983 Challenger Shuttle mission. After NASA, Sally Ride Became the director of theCalifornia,San Diego, She was a professor ofUniversityofCalifornia. She then started her own company to create educational programs and products as Sally Ride Science to help inspire girls and young women. Sally served as a president and CEO. From Sally Ride hard working, she received many honors. It all happened during nights of December 2nd and 3rd, of 1984. It was one of the worst industrial accidents in history, for many people of the density populated city ofBhopal,India, December 2nd and 3rd marked a very dark anniversary- a time that contained same 40 tons of mic. Water leaked into the tank which caused the mic to heat up. Something began going desperately wrong in storage tank E610. By 12:15 a.m. on the morning of Dec. 3rd, 1984, mic fumes were leaking out of the storage tank. Most residents ofBhopalwere sleeping when the gas began to leak. Many people woke up only because they heard their children coughing or found themselves choking on the fumes. Just three days after the disaster, the chairman of Union Carbide, Warren Anderson, he fled the country; the victims of theBhopalgas leak have received very little money. But another 120,000 people live daily with the effects from the gas. To date, there is still on proof to break up the company’s claim. The cause of the incident has been extensively researched. On the night of September 1, 1985 the screen of the unmanned submarine showed the first pictures of the wreck of the Titanic. The first expeditions were bunch in 1963. Titanic sank less than three hours after striking a massive iceberg, only 330 bodies of most than 1,200 people who perished were found. There were only vague notions that the accident must have occurred 380 km off new foundland had foundered. The ship sits upright on the bottom of the sea. In 1986, 6- In- Crew and a high- school teacher were killed 74 seconds after liftoff. The space shuttle challenger exploded in a ball of fire shortly after it left the launching pad. All seven astronauts on board were lost. This was the worst accident in the history of the American space program. Flaming debris rained down on theAtlantic Oceanfor an hour after the explosion. There were no clues to the cause of the accident. The space agency offered no immediate explanation. Films of the explosion showed a parachute drifting toward the sea. Just before liftoff, challenger’s external fuel tank held 500,000 gallons of liquid hydrogen and oxygen, shuttled mission STS-5IL was plagued by problems. The fixture was sawed off and an attaching bolt frilled out before closeout complete. The challenger flew nine successful missions before that fateful day of the disaster in 1986. The challenger finally lifted off at 11:38 a.m. EST. One thing made this mission unique, Mrs. McAuliffe, a high- school teacher have been the first ordinary citizen in space. In 1985, Professor Alec Jeffreys of theUniversityofLeicesterdiscovered that each person carried a genetic finger print in his or her DNA. This discovery was first put to test in an immigration case; with the exception of identical twins, all humans have a unique DNA. The DNA obtained from crime scenes in 1983, and 1986 proved that the same man raped and killed the two young girls in theUnited States, in 1987, a rapist inFloridawas the first person to be convicted through the use of DNA evidence. In addition to helping capture criminals, DNA testing has been instrumental in identifying human remains. According to the innocence project, about 240 convictions have been overturned across theU.S.thanks to DNA testing. One such person, Kirk Bloodsworth, who was found guilty in aBaltimorecourt who sexually assaulting and murdering a young girl. The technique was revolutionary and put many criminals behind bars. The process of DNA is simple: two samples are taken, one from the suspect and one from the space of the crime, the samples can be skin tissue, hair, blood, semen. The DNA of both samples is extracted, studied, and compared. Since 1985, DNA evidence has dramatically changed the landscape of crime-fighting. DNA testing doesn’t lie, but it can be, at times, misleading. On December 21, 1988, Pan AM Flight 103 exploded over Lockerbie, it killed all 259 people on board as well as 11 on ground. It was almost immediately evident that a bomb had caused the distracter. It took eleven years to bring anyone to trail. It was four days before Christmas, by 6:56 p.m., the plane had reached 31,000 feet at 7:30 p.m. seconds later, and the one large blip was replaced with multiple blips traveling downwind. Many residents described the sky lighting up and a large, deafening roar. Fuel from the plane was already on fire before it hit the ground. Some of it landed on houses, making the houses explode. The explosive were wired to a device that measured barometric pressure connected to a timer. A number of different stories about why the Lockerbie’s bamages happened and who was behind them have been put forth. Investigations determined that sentex; a plastic explosive was the cause of the aircraft’s shattering, although trail concluded with the conviction of the two Libyan suspects in 2003, the questions of what happened continues to be discussed. It has been determined now the luggage made it onto the aircraft. On the 9th of November1989, the border separating Western fromEastern Germany was effectively open. The two parts of the city were physically divided in 1961 with the construction of the Berlin Wall. During the November of 1989, almost everyone was overwhelmed by happiness- a national and emotional exception. After that had happened, the wholeGermany was unusual. Considering the usual German ways, one could almost speak of anarchy, On November 9, 1989, the leader of the East Berlin communist party, Gunster Schakowsk, announced that the boarder withWest Berlin would be opened for “Private trips abroad” Globachev also allowed for the policy of Glashost, or public criticism of the communist party. Gobachev’s reform contributed to the breakup of the centralized structure of theUSSR. At this point,East Germany began to reform.Berlin had been divided politically since the end of World War II. TheBerlin wall falling was the most visible expression of the cold war. To find the cause of the fall of Berlin Wall, one most look, not inGermany, but in theSoviet Union in 1985. The fall of the Berlin Wall, which will always be used as a symbol for the end of the cold war, will always be in heart.
 * THE HISTORY OF THE 1980’s **
 * This 8th grade project is on the 1980’s. Some very interesting things happened at that time. So sit back and listen to what happened in the 80’s!**