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Gloucester Disco - The 1980s Theme Night

Boy George - Gloucester Disco Have An Extensive 1980’s Archive

Themed Party Night
The 80's

1980's Archive

Overview:

1981
Failed U.S. Rescue Attempt to Save Hostages in Tehran
John Lennon Assassinated
Mount St. Helens Erupts
Rubik's Cube Popular
Ted Turner Establishes CNN
Assassination Attempt on the Pope
Assassination Attempt on U.S. President Reagan
First Woman Appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court
Millions Watch Royal Wedding on T.V.
New Plague Identified as AIDS
Pac-Man is Extremely Popular
Personal Computers (PC) Introduced by IBM

1982
E.T. Movie Released
Falkland Islands Invaded by Argentina
King Henry VIII's Ship the Mary Rose Raised After 437 Years
Michael Jackson Releases Thriller
Reverend Sun Myung Moon Marries 2,075 Couples at Madison Square Garden

1983
Cabbage Patch Kids are Popular
Reagan Announces Defense Plan Called Star Wars
Sally Ride Becomes the First American Woman in Space
Soviets Shoot Down a Korean Airliner
U.S. Embassy in Beirut Bombed

1984
Huge Poison Gas Leak in Bhopal, India
Indira Gandhi, India's Prime Minister, Killed by Two Bodyguards
PG-13 Movie Rating Created
Vietnam War Memorial Opened in Washington, DC

1985
Famine in Ethiopia
Hole in the Ozone Layer Discovered
Mikhail Gorbachev Calls for Glasnost and Perestroika
New Coke Hits the Market
Wreck of the Titanic Found

1986
Challenger Space Shuttle Explodes
Chernobyl Nuclear Accident
Ferdinand Marcos Flees the Philippines
Iran-Contra Scandal Unfolds
U.S. Bombs Libya
U.S.S.R. Launches Mir Space Station

1987
DNA First Used to Convict Criminals
Klaus Barbie, the Nazi Butcher of Lyons, Sentenced to Life in Prison
New York Stock Exchange Suffers Huge Drop on "Black Monday"
West German Pilot Lands Unchallenged in Russia's Red Square

1988
Pan Am Flight 103 Is Bombed Over Lockerbie
U.S. Shoots Down Iranian Airliner

1989
Berlin Wall Falls
Exxon Valdez Spills Millions of Gallons of Oil on Coastline
Students Massacred in China's Tiananmen Square
U.S. President Bush Announces That He Doesn't Like Broccoli

Party Ideas:

Invitations:
One of the most important things about organising a party is the invitation. It’s the window to your party and sets the whole mood. It needs to be novel, eye catching and full of content relevant to your party.

Search the internet for images from the 80's:
Madonna, Pacman, Boy George, Duran Duran and create a border for the flyer or invite.

Try wording the invite with song snipits of the era:

“Tonight were gonna party like it's 1985” (Prince's 1999)

Youre Invited To Joe Smiths
”Just can't get enough of the 80'S” Birthday Party (Depeche Mode)

When
November 22nd “At like 8PM” (Girl Talk)

Where
“Our house in the middle of our street” (Madness)

Post images on the walls of scenes from the 80’s
and, if you can, find large cutouts
of famous people. (Try Ebay)

Scatter a few Rubik's Cubes around (Try Ebay)
Research 80's drinks on the Internet.