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Events That Changed The World 1980-1990

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Petikan dari entri asal -  link : Berikut adalah peristiwa yang telah merubah dunia pada period 1980 hingga 1990. 1983: lanjutan dari penciptaan cell phone telah menghasilkan produk komersil pertama oleh Syarikat Motorola. Cell phone tersebut ialah DynaTAC 8000x dijual pada harga USD4000. 1985: penemuan lapisan Ozon yang berlubang oleh sekumpulan penyelidik British Antartic Survey 1985: Mikhail Gorbachev dipilih sebagai General Secretary of Soviet Union. Beliau kemudiannya mengambil keputusan mengakhiri gabungan USSR. 1989: Berlin Wall dirobohkan. Sempadan yang memisahkan Jerman Barat dengan Jerman Timur mula dibuka pada 9 Nov 1989. 1990: Nelson Mandela dibebas dari penjara. Tarikh bersejarah tersebut ialah 10 Feb 1990. Newhaven Harbour, Edinburgh - - - - -

1980 - Polish Government

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Event that change the world 1980 - Recognition of Solidarity by the Polish Government. Petikan wiki - link : Solidarity emerged on 31 August 1980 at the Gdansk Shipyard when the Communist government of Poland signed the agreement allowing for its existence.  On 17 September 1980, over twenty Inter-factory Founding Committees of independent trade unions merged at the congress into one national organisation, NSZZ Solidarity. Petikan the guardian ( link ): On 22 September 1980, Solidarity, the independent Polish trade union, was formally founded when 36 regional unions united under the name Solidarność. The union emerged from a strike which began in August 1980 at the Lenin shipyard in Gdansk. Led by  Lech Walesa , workers demanded reinstatement of laid off colleagues and wage rises, and over a few days strikes   spread throughout most of Poland. Lech Walesa Way to room - - - - -

1978 - Test Tube Baby

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Event that change the world 1978 - The first test tube baby is born. Petikan wiki - link : Louise Joy Brown (born 25 July 1978) is an English woman who was the first human to have been born after conception by in vitro fertilisation experiment (IVF). Her birth, following a procedure pioneered in Britain, has been lauded among "the most remarkable medical breakthroughs of the 20th Century". Petikan history dot com - link : On July 25, 1978, Louise Joy Brown, the world’s first baby to be conceived via in-vitro fertilization (IVF)  is born at Oldham and District General Hospital in Manchester, England, to parents Lesley and Peter Brown. The healthy baby was delivered shortly before midnight by caesarean section and weighed in at five pounds, 12 ounces. sumber: fb - link Mercure Hotel - The reception counter - - - - -

1976 - Apple Inc Founded

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Event that change the world 1976 - Apple Inc is founded. Petikan wiki - link: Apple Computer Company was founded on April 1, 1976,  by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne as a partnership. The company's first product is the Apple I, a computer designed and hand-built entirely by Wozniak. To finance its creation, Jobs sold his Volkswagen Bus, and Wozniak sold his HP-65 calculator. Crowds at platform - - - - -