1983

Have you ever wonder when cell phones came out and what they look like. Will I can tell you they look nothing like they do now. They were huge and first came out in 1983 by the company motoral.

1982 first artificial human heart transplant

Dr. Barney Clark and the Jarvik-7

The Very first artificial human heart was transplanted in 1982. The term "artificial heart" has often inaccurately been used to describe ventricular assist devices also known as VADs, which are pumps that assist the heart but do not replace it. An artificial heart is also distinct from a cardiopulmonary bypass machine also known as CPB, which is an external device used to provide the functions of both the heart and lungs. CPBs are only used for a few hours at a time, most commonly during heart surgery. Artificial hearts date back to the mid-1950s. Although Dr. Paul Winchell first requested the patent of an artificial heart, it was designed by Robert Jarvik a physician. He called it the Jarvik 7.

In 1982, a Seattle dentist, Dr. Barney Clark, at the age 61, was the first person to receive the heart transplant with the Jarvik 7. An artificial heart is intended to last a lifetime. The surgery was performed by William De Vries, an American surgeon.

"It has been hard, but the heart itself has pumped right along." Quoted the patient Barney Clark.

Creator of the Jarvik-7, Dr. Robert Jarvik is now working on the Jarvik 2000, a thumb-sized heart pump. "This came from the understanding that people want a normal life and just being alive is not good enough." Quoted Dr. Robert Jarvik.

The surgery was performed in Salt Lake City at the Utah Medical Center in 1982. Clark's new heart, known as a Jarvik-7, kept him alive for 112 days after the operation. Surgeons placed the new heart in Clark's chest. But in order for it to work, it had to be constantly supplied with compressed air from a large pump at the patients bedside also the replacing of an organ such as the heart with a human-made copy, is extremely hard. In 1990, officials decided that operations of this type would stop until an improved artificial heart could be developed.

1981- air traffic strike

On August 3, 1981 nearly 13,000 of the 17,500 members of the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization (PATCO) walked off the job, hoping to disrupt the nation's transportation system to the extent that the federal government would accede to its demands for higher wages, a shorter work week, and better retirement benefits. At a press conference in the White House Rose Garden that same day, President Reagan responded with a stern ultimatum: The strikers were to return to work within 48 hours or face termination. As federal employees the controllers were violating the no-strike clause of their employment contracts. In 1955 Congress had made such strikes a crime punishable by a fine or one year of incarceration -- a law upheld by the Supreme Court in 1971. Nevertheless, 22 unauthorized strikes had occurred in recent years -- by postal workers, Government Printing Office and Library of Congress employees, and by air traffic controllers who staged "sick-outs" in 1969 and 1970.
The controllers argued that they deserved these higher wages due to the highly stressful nature of their very important work. The federal government balked at these budget-busting demands of more money for less work, well aware that other federal employees were likely to take action to improve their lot if PATCO succeeded. The FAA made a $40 million counteroffer which included a shorter work week and a 10 percent pay hike for night shifts and those controllers who doubled as instructors. Nonetheless, 95 percent of PATCO's membership rejected the final settlement. The FAA began work on a contingency plan that would go into effect if a strike occurred.
Designed to take place during the busiest time of the year for airlines, the strike threatened major carriers like Braniff, Eastern, American and TWA, who reported losses of $30 million a day during the strike. These companies had been counting on a summer surge in business to offset losses due to fare and route deregulation which had spurred the growth of new, smaller carriers that effectively competed with the giants. Concern grew regarding the extent to which the strike would impact business and the economy. Airlines employed 340,000 people and revenue losses due to the strike forced some to resort to layoffs and management wage cuts. The fresh fruit, fresh flower and fresh fish markets depended on swift air transport, as did other industry in need of spare parts, health care services for blood supplies, and the financial system for paper fund transfers. But other businesses prospered thanks to the strike -- among them Trailways and Greyhound, the Amtrak rail service, and car rental agencies, as travelers sought alternate means of transportation.
To the chagrin of the PATCO strikers, and the surprise of nearly everyone else, the FAA's contingency plan functioned smoothly, minimizing the strike's effects. Approximately 3,000 supervisors joined 2,000 non-striking controllers and 900 military controllers in manning airport towers. The FAA ordered airlines at major airports to reduce scheduled flights by 50 percent during peak hours for safety reasons. Nearly 60 small airport towers were scheduled to be shut down indefinitely. Air Line Pilots Association members diminished the risk of an "aluminum shower," as controllers euphemistically called an air accident. Before long, about 80 percent of airline flights were operating as scheduled, while air freight remained virtually unaffected.

Reagan stressed that he derived no satisfaction from sacking the controllers. He pointed out that he was the first president to be a lifetime member of the AFL-CIO. And he was aware that PATCO had been one of the few unions to support his presidential bid. "I supported unions and the rights of workers to organize and bargain collectively," he wrote in his memoirs, " but no president could tolerate an illegal strike by Federal employees."

1980 election

1980 was the year ronald reagan was elected president. After compaiging against Jimmy Carter. Ronald won by a landslide. Republicans won control for the first time in 28 years. The populary was called the "reagan revolution." He had 489 electoral votes where jimmy only had 49 votes. One of Ronald Reagan famous quotes is "Government is not the solution for our problems, government is the problem."

1979 MAsh

MASH IS A SHOW I WOULD WATCH WITH MY GRANDPA PETER BEFORE HE DIED AND HE WOULD TELL ME STORIES THAT THE SHOW WOULD REMIND HIM OF. THIS SHOW BEGAN IN 79 AND MY GRANDPA SAID IT WAS POPULAR BECAUSE IT WAS THE END OF THE WAR AND HERE WAS A SHOW SHOWING WHAT IT WAS LIKE DURING WAR. I REALLY LIKE THIS SHOW BECAUSE IT BROUGHT ME AND MY GRANDPA REALLY CLOSE.

1978-grease

Grease is a 1978 American musical film directed by Randal Kleiser and based on Jim Jacobs' and Warren Casey's musical, of the same name. The star of the show was John trevolta and Olivia Newton John which was a little austrailan girl.

1977-apple computer 2 on sale

Released: April 1977

Price:US $1298 with 4K RAM
US $2638 with 48K RAM

CPU:MOS 6502, 1.0 MHz

RAM:4K min, 48K max

Display:280 X 192, 40 X 24 text
6 colors maximum

Ports:composite video output
cassette interface
8 internal expansion slots

Storage:generic cassette drive
external 143K floppy (1978)

OS:Woz Integer BASIC in ROM

1976 election

Gerald Ford and Jimmy carter campaign against each other in the 1976 presidential election. Was followed after president Richard Nixon resigned after the Watergate scandal. President Gerald Ford, the Republican candidate, against the relatively unknown former governor of Georgia, Jimmy Carter, the Democratic candidate. Ford was saddled with a slow economy and paid a political price for his pardon of Nixon. Carter ran as a Washington outsider and won a narrow victory. He was the first president elected from the Deep South.

1975-Patti Hearst

Patti Hearst Becomes Most Wanted and is Arrested for armed robbery. this girl was a rich girl that is believed to have been kidnapped then brainwashed to join the sides of the group that has kidnapped her.

they also had covers in maganize of warnings.

1974-calculators

Have you ever wonder when everyone started getting a calculator for math or bills. Will calculators started showing up in stores in 1974. They were called pocket calculators. These calculators were not as advanced as the ones we have today. they only show the simple things like plus, mineces, multiplication, and division.

1973- world trade center

World Trade Center in New York becomes the tallest building in the world. The original World Trade Center was designed by Minoru Yamasaki in the early 1960s. Groundbreaking for the World Trade Center took place on August 5, 1966. The North Tower was completed in December 1970 and the South Tower was finished in July 1971. The Tower was also know as the twin towers. But was attacked in September 11 2001. Both buildings collapsed within two hours, destroying nearby buildings and damaging others. At 8:46 a.m., American Airlines Flight 11 was crashed into the World Trade Center's North Tower, followed by United Airlines Flight 175 which hit the South Tower at 9:03 a.m. 2,973 victims and the 19 hijackers died as a result of these attacks.

family photos

The life in Kansas

A friend of my grand-pa and grand-ma was trying to learn to be a professional photographer so he got them to pose for him for practice. These were taken in a park in Wichita, Kansas about 1973. Grandma was having trouble making grandpa behave.

In June of 1978 grand-pa and grand-ma graduated from college. It took them 10 years going to night school to finish their degrees. Grand-ma got a degree in Sociology and Grand-pa got two degrees, one in Industrial Safety and one in Business. They graduated from Kansas Newman College in Wichita, Kansas. They used their GI Bill to attend school and Grand-ma completed her last year in a Bootstrap program that guaranteed her a commission in the Air Force when she completed her schooling.

1972 election

The United States presidential election of 1972 was the 47th election. It was held on November 7, 1972. The Democratic party eventually was won by Senator George McGovern, who ran an anti-war campaign against Republican President Richard Nixon.
Emphasizing a good economy and his successes in the ending of American involvement in Vietnam and establishing relations with China.
Nixon won the election in a massive landslide.He won with a 23.2% of victory in the popular vote and received almost 18 million more popular votes than McGovern.

1971- love story

Love Story

the love story of oliver and jenny. Jenny is very ill and dies. famous line from the movie was " love means never having to say you're sorry." It had every girl bawling and every guy feeling sensative. Was a best seller book then made into a movie.

1971 graduation

Airman Basic Shelley A. McCracken graduating from the Pharmacy Specialist School at Sheppherd Air Force Base, Wichita Falls, Texas in September1971. The uniform she is wearing was her favorite uniform but it is now obsolete. After she graduated she was stationed at McConnell Air Force Base, Wichita, Kansas.

1970- the bradey bunch

The Bradey Bunch

is a fun comedy about a family. I have had many great reports about the bradey bunch. My grandma said she loved watching the show durning her free time. so please enjoy this show that i have placed below.

1969- chitty chitty bang bang

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
chitty chitty bang bang was one of the most popular kids move in the 1969. kids today still watch it. This movie was full of excitement and a thrilling adventure. with flying cars, kings, toymaker, and a evil guy who catches kids for a living.

1968 election

In 1968 their was a election against Richard Nixon and Humphrey. It was a hard time between the assassination of civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. , all the race riots going on and violent confrontation between police ad anti-war protesters. On November 5, 1968, the vice president Richard Nixon won the election over the vice president Hubert Humphrey. Nixon ran a campaign that promised to restore "law and order".The 1968 election was also the last election in which two opposing candidates were vice presidents.

1967

The first super ball was played between Green Bay Packers

and the Kansas City Chiefs. On January 15, 1967. The score was 35- 10.

January 15 1967

1966- I'm a Believer by the Monkees

Popular Song
I'm a Believer by The Monkees

This song was first heard in the movie Shrek. The song was originally composed by Neil Diamond and recorded by the band 'The Monkees' in 1966 with the lead vocals by Micky Dolenz.

tornado breakout 1965

Social Studiews

Dr. Martin luther king Jr. 1965

On Sunday March 7, 1965, martin luther king Jr. leads about six hundred people on a fifty-four mile march from Selma, Alabama to the state capitol in Montgomery. They were demonstrating for African American voting rights.

"when you pray, move your feet."

1964 election

The United States presidential election of 1964 was the sixth-most lopsided presidential election in the history of the United States. President Lyndon B. Johnson had come to office less than a year earlier following the assassination of his predecessor, John F. Kennedy. Johnson also successfully painted his opponent, Republican Senator Barry Goldwater of Arizona, as a right-wing legislator who wanted to abolish the social welfare programs created in the 1930s. LBJ advocated more programs. He included three: Medicare, Medicaid, and the War on Poverty. With these factors working for him, Johnson easily won the Presidency, carrying 44 of the 50 states and the District of Columbia. Johnson won 61.1% of the national popular vote, which remains the highest popular-vote percentage won by a U.S. presidential candidate since 1820. The election is also remembered due to Goldwater's status as a pioneer in the modern conservative movement.

JFK Assassination

November 22, 1963, In Dallas Texas

interview Mike McCracken:

1. QUESTION:

• what were you doing?-I was going to school in garfield elementry billings, Mt.
  
  
• how old were you?-i was about 9 years old.



• how did you feel?-I was surprised that he was killed.



• what was the reaction to the people around you?-they were upset and crying my friends and teachers were quite in a shock.
  
  

2. QUESTION:

• do you think their were others involved?- I believe their was only one shooter. I also believe thier was more to the plot.
  
  
• Who do you think was involved and why?-I belive it was the cubans because of the missel crises that was going on.
  
  
• do you think all the information has been reveled and given to the public?- I believe most of the information has been reveled.
  
  
• one gun man addition to oswald or you think oswald was not involved?- I believe it was a lone shooter but a plot because secret service left him exposed.
  
  
• do you think it was a cover-up?- I am undecided I really am not sure.

1963

The Beatles Just released the album Please Please Me. It was released on January 11 1963.Please Please Me is the debut album by English rock band The Beatles. "Please Please Me" is the number one on most lists but only number two on Record Retailer and "Love Me Do" it is number 17.

1962 movie

the music man was a wonderful musical popular in the 1960 and still people young and old watch it today. I have watch that movie since I was little. I would be running around singing and dancing to the songs as the movie was playing because I have watched so many times.

1961- the space flight

Yuri GagarinЮрий Гагар

In 1961 their was a space war against Russia and the United States.They were fighting over trying to have the first man in space. The United States loss the race to get the first man in space. We did not get man in space till April 12 1961.Yuri Gagarin was the man that got to go to space first.

1960 election

John F. Kennedy VS. Nixon

This election John F. Kennedy won. I believe he won because he was funny and handsome which was the real reason he won. Wherefore Nixon was old serious and seemed very bland. This was the closes election their ever was. They were in a middle of a war and John F. Kennedy had no experience. Were Nixon had many experiences and was a war hero. I believe Nixon should of won because of all his experiences. Who do you think should of won?

Hippie year

I interviewed my grandma who actually lived in the hippie stage and had a friend that was a hippie. She was not a hippie. Hippies have a lot of bright colors and songs about love and peace they also had long hair. They were living in comunes and took lsd drugs that would made you hallucinate.

I once had a friend who overdosed on lsd. He had no ideal were he was or even who he was. It was kind of scary to watch. A place called "Ash Berry" was a big place to go in San Francisco. They would call these places love inns. They also would sit in parks and sing songs trying to encourage other people to join. Thier motto was "Don't trust anyone over the age 30 some even 20." Kids would run away from home because parents would not approve and since the vietam war was going on they would have people go around to collect people and they would not want to go.

1959 barbie doll launch.

Barbie Doll Launch

i chose barbie dolls because my grandma collects barbie dolls. They have had barbie dolls for a long time but they did not start selling till 1959. Being called the barbie doll launch.

1958 video game

In 1958 the first video game was invented by William Higinbotham. He chose his fist game on tennis. Ever since then video games have become more of a variety.