1981

Pop Culture: o Prince Charles and Diana Spencer marry on July 29 o August 1, ** The birth of MTV **, the 24 hour-a-day music television station o ** Pac-Man is introduced ** in the US and sparks a huge craze. skittles came out in the US

Current Events:
 * ** Pope shot ** by insane Turk, May 13.
 * The US Agriculture Department trys making ketchup a school lunch vegetable
 * Spain allows legal divorces.
 * ** The first reports of homosexual men dying from a mysterious breakdown of the bodies' immuminzation system. Later it becomes known as Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, aka AIDS and researches learn it can strike anyone. **
 * ** Assasination attempt on Ronald Regean ** on March 30, 1981 by John Hinkley

Medical: o Fruit fly break out in California. **TV and Movies:** o August 1-** MTV **, the 24 hour-a-day music television station
 * The first reports of homosexual men dying due to a mysterious breakdown of the bodies' immuminzation system. Later it becomes known as Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, aka AIDS and researches realize it can strike anyone.

**Radio and Music:** o August 1-** MTV **, the 24 hour-a-day music television station

Art:

Technology and Invention: o ** The 1st launch of a space shuttle **** ( ** Columbia) o ** Pac-Man is introduced ** in the US and sparks a huge craze.

Sports and Leisure :

1981-Jan 1, The Federal Hourly Minimum Wage was raised from $3.10 to $3.35 an hour.