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__**Wheel Of Fortune **__ The show originally started in 1952, but that show was really different to the game show that we know of today. To get onto the show you had to do a good deed and you would have to answer questions to win money. Over the years the show changed it's rules and in 1983 Pat Sajak, the host that we have today started hosting. Also, in 1982 Vanna White began her letter-turning career.

She started off as a doctor with a Ph.D and then heard about how NASA was looking for astronauts. She was one of the 35 people to be accepted. After extensive training, in 1983 she became the first American women in space. She completed several missions and retired in 1987. She has received many awards, such as the Jefferson Award for Public Service.
 * __[[image:SallyRide.gif width="86" height="108" align="left"]] Sally Ride  __**

In late 1985 the families of two men sued the heavy metal band, Judas Priest, for their music being the blame of the death of their sons. They accused their music to have subliminal messages, such as "Do it," that told the men to kill themselves. Other incidents were after three different people committed suicide after supposedly listening to Ozzy Osbourne's album "Suicide Solution". Many fighted against the idea and said that the men already had problems with their lives and it wasn't the music's fault.
 * __Heavy Metal Suicide[[image:Ozzy_Osbourne_-_Philadelphia_89.jpg width="134" height="132" align="right"]][[image:judaspriest.jpg width="138" height="134" align="right"]]__**
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Foreign Debts__** The Countries were lending out too much money which lead to a high inflation rate. Regan ran up trillions of dollars worth of National debt. Many other countries such as Argentina, Colombia, Mexico, Venezuela, other Latin American countries as well as Africa were getting into trouble with borrowing money causing huge debts.

Many Vietnam Veterans couldn’t easily make the transition back to a civilian life which made many of them 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.
 * __Homeless Vets__**

AIDS__** In 1981 doctors in New York, Los Angeles, and San Francisco started noticing patients that were dying because their immune system started becoming weak and inoperable, making them more susceptable to viruses and infections. Later on they found out AIDS was caused by sexual intercourse, contact with infected blood or bodily fluids, or by birth from someone with the virus. At first many people started calling the AIDS virus "Gay Men's Disease," because many gay men were getting it. Overtime people started realizing that not only gay men were infected with the virus. They have yet to find a cure for AIDS or HIV, but people are now undergoing safer precautions, such as safe sex and being more cautious with needles and open wounds.
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In the 1980's smoking crack became one of the deadliest and common drugs used. Crack is the form of cocaine in a rock and can be smoked. It was used so much more in the 80's because it was a lot cheaper than pricey cocaine and it's high didn't last as long which left the user wanting more.
 * __[[image:crack.jpg width="117" height="126" align="right"]]Crack__**

__**Bernie Goetz**__ Bernie Goetz was a racist man who overreacted when he was “shaken down” for $5 on a New York subway. He ended up shooting the 4 black teens who tried to hassle him for the money. One boy, Darrell Cabey, was left paralyzed after the incident. He was shot twice and when Goetz delivered the 2nd paralyzing shot he said “You don't look too bad, here's another." Goetz didn’t seem guilty at all during testimony and almost 12 years Cabey was granted over $43 million in damages which he wasn’t likely to see (since Goetz was poor).

__**Hypodermics on the shore**__ In the 1970s drug abuse increased, especially because heroin became widely used. This also created hygienic problems, because poor people often used the same needle and so they were infected with diseases. The Hypodermics had started to wash up on the New Jersey shore because they were carelessly discarded.

Martial law is the system of laws that takes effect when the military taks 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. The two cola companies, Pepsi and Coca-Cola, have disputed since the 70's. Each company has tried to out-do the other by either making different flavors or by getting bigger celebrities to play in their commercials. There is still competition in foreign countries and they are still coming up with new flavors.
 * __China's Under Martial Law__**
 * __Rock and Roller Cola Wars[[image:pepsivscola.jpg width="141" height="114" align="right"]]__**