
Events 1980s – The Rise and Fall of MTV
The Rise and Fall of MTV Events The Cold War (1947–1991) Invasion of Grenada (1983) – a 1983 US led invasion of Grenada, triggered by a military coup which ousted a brief revolutionary government. Argentina invaded the Falkland Islands, sparking the Falklands War. On 21 December 1988, Pan Am Flight 103 was blown up over the village of Lockerbie, Scotland, while en route from London’s Heathrow Airport to New York’s JFK. The bombing killed all 259 people on board, plus 11 people on the ground. The bombing was and remains the worst terrorist attack on UK soil. A military coup is launched in Suriname on 25 February 1980; the country’s politics are dominated by the military until […]