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She started off as a doctor with a Ph.D and then heard about how NASA was looking for astronauts. She happened to be one of the 35 people to be accepted. After the extensive training, in 1983 she became the first women in space. She completed several missions and retired in 1987. She won many awards, such as the Jefferson Award for Public Service. **Crack Cocaine** From 1985-1900 the crack epidemic drastically increased and more Americans were addicted to cocaine. During 1985 the number of people who admitted using the drug on a regular basis increased from 4.2 million to 5.8 million, according to the Department of Health and Human Service's National Household Survey. During 1985 through 1986 cocaine-related hospital emergencies increased nationwide. They rose by 12 percent, from 23,500 to 26,300 and in 1986 they increased 110 percent from 26,300 to 55,200. **Heavy Metal Suicide** Was all about lawsuits made against the members of Judas Priest, and Ozzy Osborne. According to parents, the lyrics in theirs music contained subliminal messages that caused their children to commit suicide. The judges decided that it was impossible to prove subliminal messages, and they were acquitted on all charges. This is a significant event in the 1980’s because heavy metal was a new thing, and it was causing a lot of controversy. **Wheel of Fortune** The show was created by Merv Griffin, the daytime version of the American game show Wheel of Fortune aired on NBA on January 6th, 1975 to June 30th, 1989. It was seen on CBS from July 17th, 1989, to January 11, 1991, returning to NBC from January 14, 1991, until its final cancellation came on September 20th, 1991. During its strong run, it had several time slots. For seven weeks in 1975-76, it aired in a one-hour format, as NBC tried in vain to copy the success of CBS’s recently-expanded The Price Is Right. **Foreign Debts** The foreign countries were lending out too much money, which lead to a very high inflation rate. Regan ran up trillions of dollars worth of a National debt. Many other countries such as Argentina, Columbia, Mexico, Venezuela, and other Latin American countries as well as Africa were getting pounded because they were still borrowing even thought they had huge debts. **Homeless Vets** When the Vietnam Veterans came back they couldn’t easily make the transition back to a civilian life, which made things difficult on them because they had to depend on Rescue Missions to survive. Rescue missions provide food, clothing, shelter and some education. When they conducted a survey they found that out of 11,000 men 32 percent were homeless Vets, and more than 70 percent served in the war for over 3 years. **AIDS** They were first known as an unnamed disease and in the early 1980 it mostly affected young gay men. Three years later women were also coming in with symptoms. Aids were becoming a major problem and the number of people with aids grew from 225 to 40,000 in the 1980’s. People had to change their life styles to help prevent from getting the deadly disease. **Hypodermics on the Shore** In the 1970s drug abuse increased drastically, especially because class A drugs became used throughout. This also created hygienic problems because poor people couldn’t afford to use a different each time they decided to use the illegal drug so they were infected with diseases. The hypodermics had started to wash up on the New Jersey shore because they were carelessly discarded. **China’s under martial law** Martial law is the system of laws that takes effect when the military takes control of the normal administration of justice. On June 4, 1989 there was a peaceful protest in Tiananmen Square until the military crackdown on the protestors by the People’s Republic of China which left many civilians dead or injured. Following the violence, the government conducted widespread arrests to suppress protesters and their supporters, cracked down on other protests around China, banned the foreign press from the country and strictly controlled coverage of the events in the People’s Republic of China press. The violent suppression of the Tiananmen Square protest caused widespread international condemnation of the People’s Republic of China’s government. **Rock and Rolla cola wars** Two cola companies such as Pepsi Coca-Cola had disputed since the 70’s. Each company has tried to out-do the other by either making new flavors or by getting the popular celebrities at the time to put the company over by doing commercials, but there is still a competition in foreign countries and they are still coming up with new ways and flavors. **Bernie Goetz** Bernie Goetz also known has Bernhard was born on November 7, 1947 was dubbed the “Subway Vigilante” by the New York press. He became a symbol of New Yorkers’ frustrations with a high crime rate when he shot four men intent of robbing him on a Subway trains in Manhattan in 1984. He has a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering and nuclear engineering from New York Uni. At the time of the shooting incident he was self-employed, and running an electronics repair business out of his Greenwich Village department.
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