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The Information Age

The Information Age. The Impact of 1980-1984 By Ray Walker. The Information Age – The radical changes in the technology of communication and the ways we receive and process information (Fiero 127). The key points that I will addressing are: Cinema International Events National Events

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The Information Age

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  1. The Information Age The Impact of 1980-1984 By Ray Walker

  2. The Information Age – The radical changes in the technology of communication and the ways we receive and process information (Fiero 127).

  3. The key points that I will addressing are: Cinema International Events National Events Science Sports Technology

  4. (northbynorthwestern.com) First commercial cellular (wireless) phones produced - 1983 (Fiero 127).

  5. Ronald Reagan was elected President -1981 (http://www.whitehouse.gov). (warhistorian.wordpress.com)

  6. (gereports.com) First commercial use of MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) -1983 (Fiero 129)

  7. (xtimeline.com) Sandra Day O’ Conner first woman appoint to the U.S. Supreme Court 1981 (Rosenberg First Woman Appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court)

  8. (vintage-computer.com) Personal computers introduced by IBM - 1981 (Bellis -The History of the IBM PC - International Business Machines)

  9. (silvercreek.wclark.k12.in.us) Sally Ride become the first American women in space – 1983 (First Women In Space - 1)

  10. E.T. Movie Released 1982 (Rosenberg 1) (icollectmedia.com)

  11. (http://novaonline.nvcc.edu/eli/evans/his135/events/ali98.htm)(http://novaonline.nvcc.edu/eli/evans/his135/events/ali98.htm) Muhammad Ali retires from boxing -1981(Muhammad Ali)

  12. (https://sites.google.com/site/indianoceanconflicts/the-tanker-war-1980-1989)(https://sites.google.com/site/indianoceanconflicts/the-tanker-war-1980-1989) The Tanker War between Iran and Iraq – 1981 (The Tanker War 1)

  13. (guardian.co.uk) Huge poison gas leak in Bhopal India – 1984 (Rosenberg 1)

  14. (answers.com) The hepatitis-B vaccine invented – 1980 (Vaccine Against Viral Hepatitis)

  15. SUMMARY 1980-1984 Cinema - ET Movie International Events – Tanker War, Gas Leak in Bhopal, India National Events – President Reagan, Sandra Day O’Connor Science – MRI, Sally Ride, Hepatitis B vaccine Sports – Muhammad Ali Technology – Cell phone, Personal Computers

  16. Works Cited Bellis, Mary. "History of Computers - The IBM PC." Inventors. Web. 16 July 2011. <http://inventors.about.com/library/weekly/aa031599.htm>. "E.T. Movie Released." 20th Century History. Jennifer Rosenberg, 2011. Web. 16 July 2011. <http://history1900s.about.com/od/1980s/qt/ETmovie.htm>. Fiero, Gloria K. The Humanistic Tradition. Boston: McGraw-Hill, 2011. Print. "First Woman on the Supreme Court of the United States." 20th Century History. Jennifer Rosenberg. Web. 16 July 2011. <http://history1900s.about.com/od/1980s/qt/firstwomansupreme.htm>. "Muhammad Ali." Nova Online Home Page. 2011. 16 July 2011 http://novaonline.nvcc.edu/eli/evans/his135/events/ali98.htm "Poison Gas Leak in Bhopal India." 20th Century History. Jennifer Rosenberg, 2011. Web. 16 July 2011. <http://history1900s.about.com/od/1980s/qt/bhopal.htm>. "Sally Kristen Ride | First American Woman in Space." Lucidcafé Interactive Café and Information Resource. 1995-2011. Web. 16 July 2011. http://www.lucidcafe.com/library/96may/ride.html "The Tanker War." http://sites.google.com/site/indianoceanconflicts/the-tanker-war 1980-1989-. 7 July 2011. "Vaccine Against Viral Hepatitis - Baruch Blumberg - Hepatitis." Inventors. Mary Bellis,, 2011. Web. 16 July 2011. http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blhepatitis.htm

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