Some Pacific Northwesterners woke Tuesday to an unusual sight: A smoky haze shrouded Mount St. Helens, the large, active stratovolcano in Washington state that erupted catastrophically in 1980. But a ...
From the October 1979 issue of Car and Driver. It's not gas distress that makes Ponti­ac's bird of performance burp fire all over the Trans Am's hood. It's a turbo­charger, installed by Pontiac to ...
Back: Debra Simons, Melissa Walstroom, Carol Van Wyk, Ivy Thomas, Sonja Few, Joycelyn Parsad and Yvonne Abrahams Johanner. Front: Margaret Crowder and Delia Ramagoshi. Former students of the Oosrand ...
1980 marked some major turning points for live rock music, as the biggest bands of the '70s entered the new decade with new lineups, new musical directions and in the case of both Queen and ZZ Top, ...
As inflation continues to take a toll on the average price of goods — from gas, to groceries, and even household costs like rent — it’s not surprising that people are feeling nostalgic for times in ...
As part of MotorTrend ’s 75th anniversary, we're looking back at some of history’s most significant cars. A complete list would fill a book, so for each decade we've selected five notable cars that ...
Clashes during President Yoon Suk Yeol’s brief imposition of martial law echoed the military’s actions during an earlier political crisis that lasted longer and turned deadly. By Mike Ives When South ...
Crews clean up the Titan II missile silo in Damascus following a 1980 explosion. This story, published in the January 1981 issue, serves as a reminder of the perils of the nuclear age. John Stacks ...
Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! An introduction to the 1980 presidential election is featured including remarks from president-elect Ronald Reagan. In the 1980 presidential election ...
The ‘80s were a time when everything was bigger and brighter: Hair was high; fashion was loud; even the slang was outrageous … or should we say, bodacious? Here are a few ‘80s slang terms—which were ...
The summer of 1980 was one for the record books when it came to extreme heat. Nearly 400 Missourians died from the high temperatures during the three-month heat wave. In addition to the lives lost, ...
What are the best rock songs of the 1980s? It was a decade that saw quite a bit of change as acts moved beyond the catchy guitar riffs of the '70s to show more technical prowess and a broader range of ...