1976 - 1986
July 4, 1976: United States Bicentennial.
May 25, 1977: Star Wars premiers.
August 16, 1977: Elvis Presley dies.
November 18, 1978: The Jonestown Massacre.
March 28, 1979: Three Mile Island Accident.
October 17, 1979: The U.S. Department of Education was established.
November 4, 1979: The Iranian Hostage Crisis.
April 4, 1980: The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services was established.
May 18, 1980: The eruption of Mount St. Helens in Washington.
June 1, 1980: CNN is founded.
December 1, 1980: John Lennon was assassinated outside The Dakota in NYC.
April 12, 1981: STS-1: The Space Shuttle Columbia was launched, being the first flight of NASA's Space Shuttle program.
August 1, 1981: MTV, the first 24-hour cable network dedicated to airing music videos, was launched.
April 23, 1984: U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, Margaret Heckler, announces Dr. Robert Gallo and fellow NCI researchers' discovery of HTLV-III as the virus that causes AIDS.
January 20, 1986: The first Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is observed.
January 28, 1986: The Challenger Disaster.
May 25, 1977: Star Wars premiers.
August 16, 1977: Elvis Presley dies.
November 18, 1978: The Jonestown Massacre.
March 28, 1979: Three Mile Island Accident.
October 17, 1979: The U.S. Department of Education was established.
November 4, 1979: The Iranian Hostage Crisis.
April 4, 1980: The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services was established.
May 18, 1980: The eruption of Mount St. Helens in Washington.
June 1, 1980: CNN is founded.
December 1, 1980: John Lennon was assassinated outside The Dakota in NYC.
April 12, 1981: STS-1: The Space Shuttle Columbia was launched, being the first flight of NASA's Space Shuttle program.
August 1, 1981: MTV, the first 24-hour cable network dedicated to airing music videos, was launched.
April 23, 1984: U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, Margaret Heckler, announces Dr. Robert Gallo and fellow NCI researchers' discovery of HTLV-III as the virus that causes AIDS.
January 20, 1986: The first Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is observed.
January 28, 1986: The Challenger Disaster.
