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Newsmakers of the 1980's

Rubix Cubes, breakdancers, California Rasins, the eighties were a wild ride. Here are some of the people who made the decade like totally tubular.
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Last updated: September 22, 2015
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Newsman who's nightly reports on the Iran-Hostage crisis lead to a late night news program which he anchored for twenty-five years.
Ted Koppel
First U.S. President to have also served as president of a labor union.
Ronald Reagan
Secretary of State who claimed that "I am in control here" while the president was in the hospital.
Alexander Haig
On December 9, 1984, he performed with his brothers for the last time at Dodgers Stadium. Seventeen years would pass before they performed together again.
Michael Jackson
Vice Presidential running mate and the first woman on a major party ticket.
Geraldine Ferraro
The only person thus far to host "Saturday Night Live" while still a cast member.
Eddie Murphy
American gymnast who won one gold medal plus two silver and bronze medals at the 1984 Olympic Games.
Mary Lou Retton
Filmmaker responsible for five of the ten highest grossing films of the decade and he didn't direct any of them.
George Lucas
Earns $310 million when his company goes public in 1986. In twenty years he'll be worth 165 times that.
Bill Gates
One month after his NBA debut he made the cover of "Sports Illustrated" with the headline "A Star Is Born".
Michael Jordan
The first theatrical composer to ever have three shows running simultaneously in both London and New York.
Andrew Lloyd Webber
Soviet Premiere responsible for both "Glasnost" and "Perestroika".
Mikhail Gorbachev
Had his own prime-time action series when he tagged teamed with Hulk Hogan in the first "Wrestlemania".
Mr. T
Her eponymous 1985 debut album spun off three number-one hits.
Whitney Houston
Prolific videogame character who played the villain for the first (and we can assume only) time in "Donkey Kong, Jr.".
Mario
Had the number one TV show in the country for five seasons. The fact that he played an OBGYN is kind of unsettling today.
Bill Cosby
After losing the Oscar six times he decided to stay home instead of attend the 1987 ceremony. He was therefore not present when he finally did win.
Paul Newman
Her sketch-comedy show introduced the world to "The Simpsons".
Tracy Ullman
Heavily made up lead singer of Twisted Sister.
Dee Snider
New York based filmmaker who caused plenty of controversy with his third "joint" "Do The Right Thing".
Spike Lee
Military leader of Panama who was charged with drug trafficking and taken prisoner in 1989.
Manuel Noriega
Between 1984 and 1989 he wrote and directed seven films, all of which were at least partially set in the greater Chicago area.
John Hughes
At twenty years, four months and twenty-two days, he became the youngest heavyweight champion of the world.
Mike Tyson
He ended his nineteen year stint as the anchor of the "CBS Evening News" in 1981.
Walter Cronkite
Bull terrier who starred in a much criticized ad campaign for Bud Light.
Spuds MacKenzie
migjacker
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Level 86
Sep 22, 2015
If you accept plain surname for answer, you shoul do that in all questions. Now it is mixed (e.g.Reagan is accepted but Tyson is not) and that is misleading.
NCsupercade
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Sep 24, 2015
Please forgive me for the inconsistencies, typos and misspellings. Some were the fault of autocorrect, some the fault of the odd "check type-ins" app, some (most) by my own negligence.

I have made the corrections. Thank you for the feedback. Feel free to retake the quiz and pass it on.

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