Not Forgetting..

John Lennon is shot dead by a deranged fan (1980)

Bjorn Borg wins a t Wimbledon for the fifth time (1980)

The WHO declares smallpox eradicated thanks to the vaccine(1980)

Salman Rushdie's Midnight's Children (1981)

Prince Charles and Lady DI's wedding(1981)

Steven Spielberg's ET (1982)

Bill gates, founder of Microsoft, becomes his first microcomputer billionaire(1987)

The Single European Act (1987)

Benazir Bhutto becomes Prime Minister of Pakistan (1988)

Stephen Hawking's A brief History Of Time (1988)