Global Events (1980-1984)| Lexual Does The 80s #1

What are global events that occurred in the 1980s and influenced pop culture and politics? Who were important world leaders from the 1980s? Were any of the world leaders even close to perfect? Before you answer, come back for global events part 2 in episode 7! This is a massive first episode, establishing a lot of context for future episodes based in America. [Indira Gandhi, India, Bhopal, Margaret Thatcher, Milk Snatcher, Tory, Britain, Labor, Deng Xiaoping, Fidel Castro, Cuba, Mariel Port, USSR, Soviets, Grenada, Robert Mugabe, Princess Diana, United Kingdom, Queen Elizabeth Assassination Attempt, Tom Brokaw, PW Botha, Nelson Mandela, Apartheid, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Tricameral Parliamentary System]

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0:00-1:00 Intro
1:01-3:00 The People's Wedding
3:02-3:38 General Worldwide Happenings
3:39-5:33 Indira Gandhi and India
5:34-7:06 Ethiopia and Poverty Porn
7:07-9:32 Lebanese Civil War, Palestine, Israel
9:33-11:03 Iraq and Iran
11:04-12:51 Saudi Arabia and Middle-East Complications
12:52-15:14 South Korea and The Gwangju Massacre
15:15-21:57 Changes in China
21:58-26:12 The UK, Thatcherism, and the IRA
26:13-28:48 Zimbabwe and Robert Mugabe
28:49-32:22 South African Apartheid and Nelson Mandela
32:23-38:51 Cuba, Angola, Mariel Boatlift
38:52- 44:21 Grenada and Maurice Bishop
44:22 -45:59 Nicaragua
46:00-49:28 Central America and 'Low Intensity' Warfare
49:29-51:25 Liberia's Coup
51:26-54:19 Reagan and the USSR
54:20-57:00 The Day After and Red Dawn
57:01- 59:49 Nuclear Winter or Detente?
59:50 - 1:01:41 AIDS Crisis Begins to Explode
1:01:42 - 1:02:58 Conclusion
1:02:59- 1:03:30 Credits and Patreon

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