This is a timeline of events that occurred during the 1980s.
Undated events[]
- LexCorp Research Park is built.[1]
1980[]
- Pete Ross is born in Smallville.[2]
January[]
3rd[]
- "People Who Died" is released by The Jim Carroll Band.[3]
February[]
- The Bourne Identity is published, featuring the first appearance of Jason Bourne.[4][5]
29th[]
- Kal-El is born to Jor-El and Lara Lor-Van, the first Kryptonian of natural birth in centuries.[6][7]
- Jor-El discovers that the Kryptonian Law Council's decision to mine Krypton's core has destabilized the planet, which will soon implode.[6]
- Battle of Krypton: General Dru-Zod attempts a coup d'état in Kandor on planet Krypton.[6][7]
- Attack on the Council of Five: General Zod and the Sword of Rao arrive and conquer the legislation chamber where Jor-El is in session with them.[6][7]
- Attack on the House of El Citadel: The Sword of Rao attacks the House of El Citadel in search of the growth codex.[6][7]
- The infant Kal-El is successfully sent to Earth using a spaceship with a phantom drive.[6][7]
- The Kryptonian Law Council sentence the remaining members of the Sword of Rao to 300 cycles of somatic reconditioning in the Phantom Zone.[6][7]
Krypton explodes.
- Destruction of Krypton: Krypton implodes, killing the Kryptonian race. Kryptonians are now an endangered species.[6][7]
- Lor-Em, Lara Lor-Van, Kelex and Kelor die in the process.[6]
March[]
1st[]
- General Zod and the Sword of Rao are released from the Phantom Zone after Krypton implodes. The Black Zero is retrofitted to enable Zod to traverse the cosmos.[6][7]
14th[]
18th[]
- Tamara de Lempicka dies.[8][9]
28th[]
April[]
5th[]
- Eliza Kent dies.[10]
May[]
21st[]
- The film Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back is released, featuring the character Yoda.[4][11]
June[]
1st[]
The Kents find Kal-El.
17th[]
18th[]
- Jonathan and Martha Kent discover Kal-El's starcraft on their farm containing Kal-El who they take in and name Clark.[6][7][13]
July–December[]
- A few months after the boy's arrival on the Kent farm, Lana Lang is born to Sarah Lang.[14]
August[]
29th[]
- Jonathan Kent and Martha Kent bring a six-month-old Clark Kent to the doctor. Believing Clark to be suffering from colic, the doctor administers a hearing test, and Clark proceeds to scream so loud that he blows out the glass elements not just in the doctor's office, but in the windshields and storefront windows across town.[15]
September[]
15th[]
- "Hit Me With Your Best Shot" is released by Pat Benatar.[16]
1981[]
February[]
26th[]
- "11th Street Kids" is released by Hanoi Rocks.[17]
April[]
10th[]
May[]
- Jonathan Kent and Martha Kent bring a six-month-old Clark to the doctor. Believing Clark to be suffering from colic, the doctor administers a hearing test, and Clark proceeds to scream so loud that he blows out the glass elements not just in the doctor's office, but in the windshields and storefront windows across town.[19]
June[]
- The Mask of Zorro is re-released in the American theaters.[18]
3rd[]
- Chato Santana is born.[20][21]
26th[]
The Waynes after leaving the theatre.
- Murder of Thomas and Martha Wayne: Thomas, Martha and Bruce Wayne have a family night out at the Aragon Theatre. After leaving the cinema function, they go through a dark alley where are stopped by Joe Chill, who threatens them with his gun. Thomas tries to defend his family but Chill quickly shots and wounds him fatally. Martha tries to wrestle the gun, but the burgal shots her and destroys her pearl necklase. While Bruce screams in horror, dying Thomas calls Martha with his last whisper.[18][22]
29th[]
The funeral of the Waynes.
- During the funeral for Thomas and Martha Wayne at the Wayne Mausoleum, Bruce breaks away from the crowd and runs into a forest. There, he stumbles across a decrepit area of the estate and falls into a cavern filled with numerous bats who surrounded him in fear.[18]
July[]
9th[]
- The videogame Donkey Kong is released[4][23], featuring the first appearance of Mario.[24]
September[]
26th[]
- Serena Williams is born.[8][25]
November[]
5th[]
- "Super Freak" is released by Rick James.[20]
13th[]
1982[]
- Cobra Commander makes his first appearance.[4][17]
- Christopher Smith is born.[27] From the point of his birth his father begins training to become a killer.[3]
January[]
- "Fallen Star" is released by Hanoi Rocks.[17]
15th[]
- Richard John Grayson is born[28]
May[]
17th[]
- The Washington Times is founded.[4][23][29]
June[]
6th[]
- S.T.A.R. Labs acquire and begin to test one of the three Mother Boxes left after Steppenwolf invaded.[18]
8th[]
- "Eye of the Tiger" is released by Survivor.[11]
11th[]
- The film E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial is released.[4][26]
October[]
4th[]
- "Do You Really Want to Hurt Me" is released by Culture Club.[11]
November[]
7th[]
- Lynn Crosby is born.[11]
December[]
13th[]
- Olive Garden is founded.[16][4]
1983[]
- Clark Kent meets Lana Lang for the first time at Kent Farm.[14]
- The Red Hot Chili Peppers are formed.[4][19]
- Optimus Prime makes its first appearance.[4][17]
March[]
18th[]
- This date was featured on an advertisement in Washington, D.C. in 1984.[23]
April[]
4th[]
- The videogame Mario Bros. is released, featuring the first appearance of Luigi.[4][24]
June[]
6th[]
24th[]
- The film Porky's II: The Next Day is released.[4][26]
July[]
1st[]
September[]
12th[]
- Inspector Gadget begins airing.[3][4]
14th[]
- Amy Winehouse is born.[8][17]
November[]
8th[]
- Larry Flynt is removed and arrested after shouting obscenity from the back of a court room.[23][29]
9th[]
A issue of The Washington Times.
- A issue of The Washington Times is released.[23][29]
14th[]
- The novel Pet Sematary is published by Stephen King.[10]
21st[]
- Larry Flynt is ordered to return for a hearing in this date.[23][29]
1984[]
- Lex Luthor is born.[31]
- Metropolis Metrocab is established.[9]
Early[]
- Barbara Minerva becomes friend of Leon.[32]
February[]
23rd[]
- Christopher Weiss is born.[20]
June[]
21st[]
22nd[]
- The film The Karate Kid is released, featuring the figure of Cobra Kai.[4][33][34]
29th[]
- Raid of the Noble Diamond: A group of gunmen break into the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History to steal the famous Noble Diamond, but are thwarted by Wonder Woman and later arrested by the Metropolitan Police Department.[35][36]
July[]
- A issue of Pro Wrestling Illustrated is published.[23]
1st[]
- Heist at Southfields Mall: Wonder Woman prevents a mall robbery in Virginia on her way to work. The follow-up investigation uncovers the Dreamstone.[23]
- A special exhibit of uncut gems is shown in the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History.[35]
2nd[]
- Diana Prince and Barbara Minerva meet at work and become fast friends.[23]
- Unbeknownst to them, Diana makes a wish on the Dreamstone and Steve Trevor is resurrected.[23]
3rd[]
- The Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History holds a quarterly fundraising gala, where Steve Trevor finds Diana Prince.[23]
4th[]
Wonder Woman and Steve Trevor while flying with the Invisible Jet.
- Black Gold Cooperative's oil fields strike oil, garnering a huge surge of attention from investors and pushing Max Lord's business plans forward.[23]
- The Celebrations of 4th of July occour.[23]
- During 4th of July celebrations in Washington, D.C., Steve Trevor and Diana Prince steal a tactical jet from the National Air and Space Museum and fly to Egypt.[23]
5th[]
- A divine wall appears near Cairo, preventing many people from obtaining fresh water.[23]
- Chase towards Cairo: Wonder Woman chases down Max Lord in Egypt, but loses him in Cairo. He goes on to accumulate over 50% of the world's oil lands shortly after.[23]
6th[]
Wonder Woman faces Cheetah.
- Showdown at the White House: Max Lord meets with the President of the United States at the White House. Wonder Woman breaks in to take the Dreamstone from him, but is held off by White House security and Barbara Minerva, allowing Lord to escape.[23]
- Maxwell Lord uses the U.S. government's secret particle beam technology to indirectly touch the people of the world, simultaneously overriding local television signals to display his message across the world. He grants wishes across the world, taking lifeforce and power from the people for himself and Barbara.[23]
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Wonder Woman faces again Cheetah.
- Confrontation at the Atmospheric Scatter Satellite: In Washington D.C., Wonder Woman faces off against the supervillains Cheetah and Maxwell. She defeats Cheetah before convincing Maxwell and the world's citizens to renounce their wishes, preventing a nuclear war and reversing the chaos caused by the Dreamstone.[23]
- Diana Prince is scheduled to give a second tour to Jazz, Teo, and Teo's friend after their tour the previous week.[35]
27th[]
- The film Purple Rain, based upon the Prince album of the same name, is released.[10]
- Khloé Kardashian is born.[8][17]
August[]
- Two Steps from the Move is released by Hanoi Rocks.[30][4]
September[]
10th[]
October[]
26th[]
- The film is The Terminator released.[4][37]
December[]
- Diana participates in a winter festival and happens to bump into Steve Trevor's host.[23]
- Hallelujah is released by Leonard Cohen.[38]
1985[]
- "Summertime Girls" is released by Y & T.[30]
- Around this year Kord Industries are founded.[39]
April[]
- Betty Harkness starts a relationship with W. W. Wiggins, in Australia.[20]
May[]
28th[]
June[]
7th[]
- The film The Goonies is released, featuring the first appearance of Sloth.[4][41]
August[]
14th[]
- Gale Sondergaard dies.[8][18]
September[]
12th[]
- Digger Harkness is born at Kurrumburra, Australia.[20]
13th[]
- The videogame Super Mario Bros. is released, featuring the first appearance of Princess Peach.[4][24]
15th[]
26th[]
27th[]
Atlanna and Thomas Curry have their first "approach".
- Hurricane Gloria reaches Amnesty Bay, Maine.[33]
- Atlanna escapes and eventually washes ashore in Amnesty Bay, Maine, where she's found by Thomas Curry.[33]
28th[]
- Thomas Curry and Atlanna fall in love.[33]
30th[]
- "Home Sweet Home" is released by Mötley Crüe.[27]
October[]
2nd[]
10th[]
- Orson Welles dies.[8][9]
November[]
18th[]
December[]
- Thomas Curry shows the falling snow to Atlanna for the first time.[33]
9th[]
- One of the A.R.G.U.S. files on Digger Harkness wrongly claims that he is born on this date.[43]
1986[]
- Mera, princess of the Kingdom of Xebel, is born.[40]
- Helena Bertinelli is born.[44]
- According to the Daily Planet this is Clark Kent's birth year.[18][45]
- The videogame Rampage is released.[4][23]
January[]
An infant Arthur Curry held by his parents.
- A destructive hurricane named Arthur occurs.[33]
29th[]
- Arthur Curry is born.[33]
February[]
- A photo of Atlanna, Arthur and Thomas Curry all together is taken. It is later contained in Arthur's Guide to Atlantis.[40]
1st[]
- Inspector Gadget ends airing.[3][4]
Spring[]
- Clark Kent discovers his X-ray vision abilities.[14]
March[]
16th[]
- Tatsu Hikari is born.[21]
June[]
3rd[]
- During his 18th==== birthday Waylon Jones kills his abusing aunt.[46]
October[]
24th[]
- Aubrey Drake Graham, later known as Drake, is born.[8][17]
November[]
10th[]
- Aaron Crow is born.[8][47][48]
December[]
12th[]
- The film Three Amigos is released.[4][26]
1987[]
- Marilyn Batson is born.[11][49]
- Dinah Lance is born.[50]
- The nuclear plant of Pozharnov melts, leading to the slow decay of the city.[10]
February[]
9th[]
- Micheal B. Jordan is born.[8][17]
April[]
7th[]
- Waylon Jones is arrested for assault. He is given a sentence of 10 years and 2 months.[51]
August[]
10th[]
June Moone is born in Washington D.C.[52][20]
30th[]
September[]
6th[]
- A library copy of The Mistery of Atlantis is gained by Rose Peules.[40]
November[]
1988[]
Clark Kent while playing in Kent farm.
- Meridian Collection is established.[11]
- "How Come It Never Rains" is released by The Dogs D'Amour.[17]
June[]
- "I Hate Myself for Loving You" is released by Joan Jett and the Blackhearts.[16]
September[]
1st[]
- Clark Kent's superpowers emerge while in class during the first day of school, and his mother soon arrives to console him.[6]
September–October[]
- Whitney Fordham begins bullying Clark Kent at school.[14]
1989[]
- Chato Santana reads his very first pirate story.[53]
- "7 O'Clock" is released by The Quireboys.[30]
January[]
Atlanna is found by the Atlantean Elite forces.
- Attack on the Lighthouse: Elite Atlantean soldiers attack the lighthouse due to Atlanna's abandonment of her people, but she and her fiancé Thomas Curry manage to defeat them.[33]
- Atlanna is forced to leave Thomas Curry and their son to go to the Kingdom of Atlantis.[33][54]
- Arthur Curry has his last memories about his mother.[33][54]
- Orm Marius is conceived by Atlanna and Orvax.[33]
February[]
7th[]
- "She's a Mystery to Me" is released by Roy Orbison.[33]
24th[]
- The film The Toxic Avenger Part II is released.[4][55]
April[]
17th[]
- "Hey" is released by The Pixies.[3]
August[]
28th[]
- Wake Me When It's Over is released by Faster Pussycat.[30][4]
September[]
- Clark Kent's superpowers emerge while in class one day, and his mother soon arrives to console him.[6]
October[]
- Harley Quinzel is conceived by a man and an unknown woman.[16]
5th[]
- Leather Boyz with Electric Toyz is released by Pretty Boy Floyd.[4][30]
December[]
13th[]
- Taylor Swift is born.[8][56]
References[]
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