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General
- The Public Debt, Annual, 1950-2000
- History of the Eighties [Banking History from the Federal Deposit Insurance Commission]
- Herblock's Political cartoons of the 1980's
- American Cultural History 1980-1989
- Checking in on Middletown, from PBS {reappraisal of Muncie IN]
- Broad Street Boston 1980s urban scene
- 1980s History Books a powells.com bookstore partner
1980
- Events of 1980, from Wikipedia
- The Depository Institutions Deregulatory and Monetary Control Act of 1980
- Presidency of James Earl Carter 1977-1981
- Iranian Prisoners Rescue Attempt - Desert One, Iran April 1980
- The Miami Riot 17 May
- Shooting of John Lennon 8 December BBC
- The Election of 1980

Presidency of Ronald Reagan 1981-1989
- Presidency of Ronald Reagan 1981-1989
- Reagan's America, by Lloyd DeMause (illustrated HTML at psychohistory.com)
- 1981
  - Events of 1981, from Wikipedia
  - Reagan Assassination Attempt 1981
  - The Pressures of PATCO: Strikes and Stress in the 1980s, by Rebecca Pels, from Essays in History (1995)
  - Star Wars 1980-1988
- 1982
  - Events of 1982, from Wikipedia
  - The John Hinckley Trial
- 1983
  - Events of 1983, from Wikipedia
  - Martin Luther King's Birthday Declared National Holiday 19 October
  - USMC in Lebanon: Bombing of Marine Headquarters in Beirut 23 October
  - 23 October-December 1983, The Invasion of Grenada
  - The Iran/Contra Affair 1983-1988
    - Iran-Contra, from Real History Archives
    - The Iran-Contra Scandal: The Declassified History
    - Iran/Contra Affair 1983-1988
    - Oliver North and Iran-Contra: American Governmental Stupidity
- 1984
  - Events of 1984, from Wikipedia
  - Atlas of the Election of 1984, by David Leip
  - The Trial of Bernhard Goetz [the limits of self-defense]
- 1985
  - Events of 1985, from Wikipedia
  - 1985-1987 The New Salem Trials - Children Abuse Hysteria
    [Given the length of this event, its main points have been collected here]
- 1986
  - Events of 1986, from Wikipedia
  - The Challenger Tragedy, 28 January
    - The Challenger Mission, 51-L, from NASA
    - Voyage Into History: Challenger's Final Flight, from CBS
    - Report of the Presidential Commission on the Space Shuttle Challenger Accident
  - The Ford Taurus, "Hot" Car of 1986
  - Sanctions Placed on South Africa
  - Executive Summary, Independent Counsel's Report on the Uran-Contra Affair
  - Final Report of the Independent Counsel for Iran/Contra Matters
- 1987
  - Events of 1987, from Wikipedia
  - Postmodern Procreation: A Cultural Account of Assisted Reproduction
  - Iran Contra Hearings 1987-1988
  - Washington Journal, "Of TV, Big Shots and Ollie's Gate," by Dale Russakoff
- 1988
  - Events of 1988, from Wikipedia
  - An Insider's View of the Election [1988]
  - The Atla s of the Election of 1988, by David Leib
Presidency of George Bush 1989-1993
- Presidency of George Bush 1989-1993
- The Bush Presidency: Ten Intimate Perspectives of George Bush, ed. by Kenneth W. Thompson [frame- and cookie-dependent page images at Electric Press]
- 1989
  - Events of 1989, from Wikipedia
  - Oil Spill by the Exxon Valdez 24 March, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
  - Resignation of Speaker of the House Jim Wright 31 May
  - San Francisco Earthquake 17 October
  - Invasion of Panama 20 December
  - Disintegration of the Soviet Union
- War in Iraq, No. 1
  - Operation Desert Storm NSA Archive
  - Fratricide at Umm Hajul. A Desert Storm Friendly Fire Incident and Efforts to Cover it Up.
- History of the Web
- The Internet Worm of 1988

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