Soviet Premier Mikhail Gorbachev’s policies of glasnost and perestroika began the end of the Cold War and the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. There were also some disasters this decade, including the eruption of Mount St. Helens, the oil spill of the Exxon Valdez, the Ethiopian famine, a huge poison gas leak in Bhopal, and the scourge of AIDS. Culturally, the 1980s saw the introduction of the mesmerizing Rubik’s Cube, the Pac-Man video game, and Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” video. CNN, the first 24-hour cable news network debuted. One would best remember 1980s as the decade of MTV, Pac-Man, and MASH. While music and entertainment were fantastic over these years, it was also an era of economic development and international relations.
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