Steve Jobs (l.) und Bill Gates (hier auf einer Pressekonferenz in New York im Mai 1985) wurden im Laufe des Jahrzehnts zu den wohl größten und zukunftsweisendsten Innovatoren in der modernen amerikanischen Geschichte.
This 08 December,1987 photo shows US President Ronald Reagan (R) with Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev during welcoming ceremonies at the White House on the first day of their summit. Ronald Reagan, an icon to Republicans and a hero to those Americans who remember him as the man who brought down the "Evil Empire," died 05 June 2004 at the age of 93 at his home in Bel Air in southern California, US media reported./ Michai? Gorbaczow i Ronald Reagan
Die Oprah Winfrey Show" startete 1986, wurde 25 Jahre lang ausgestrahlt und war bei weitem die erfolgreichste Talkshow in der amerikanischen Fernsehgeschichte.
Die Oprah Winfrey Show" startete 1986, wurde 25 Jahre lang ausgestrahlt und war bei weitem die erfolgreichste Talkshow in der amerikanischen Fernsehgeschichte.
U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Soviet General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev signing the INF Treaty in the East Room at the White House in 1987. The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF) is a 1987 agreement between the United States and the Soviet Union. The treaty eliminated nuclear and conventional ground-launched ballistic and cruise missiles with intermediate ranges. (Photo by: Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty Images)
US President Ronald Reagan (R) shown in a photo dated 01 June 1988 shaking hands with Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev at St. Catherine's Hall, Kremlin Place prior to their last summit meeting.
Sendungen, die noch heute als absolute Kult-Formate gelten, rückten in dem verrückten Jahrzehnt die Menschen näher zusammen, so auch die US-amerikanische Fernsehserie "Dallas" mit Larry Hagman als John Ross 'J.R.' Ewing.
20th December 1989: Portrait of American author, AIDS campaigner and gay rights activist Larry Kramer, founder of ACT-UP and the Gay Men's Health Crisis group, posing in front of a book shelf in his home, New York City. Kramer is wearing a 'SILENCE = DEATH' T-shirt. (Photo by Sara Krulwich/New York Times Co./Getty Images)
Police officers arrest and drag away a demontrator at an ACT UP (AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power) protest near City Hall, New York, New York, Mzrch 28, 1989. The demonstrator wears a t-shirt that depicts two men kissing along with the phrase 'Read My Lips' and he holds a poster that reads 'The Government Has Blood on It's Hands; One AIDS Death Every Half Hour.' (Photo by Fred W. McDarrah/Getty Images)
Motorized ballistic missile launchers bearing scud a tactical nuclear missiles at a military parade in red square celebrating the anniversary of the great october socialist revolution on november 7, moscow, ussr, early 1980s.
Musikalisch gesehen waren die 80er Jahre einzigartig: Unzählige Hits von damals gelten noch heute als absoluter Kult: Michael Jackson z.B. brachte das meist verkaufte Album aller Zeiten heraus.
GDANSK, POLAND - SEPTEMBER 1983: Leader of the "Solidarity" trade union Lech Walesa delivers a speech at a congress of delegates of "Solidarity" in September 1983, in Gdansk, Poland.