Time Magazine’s Person of the Year: 1980 – 1989
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Time Magazine’s Person of the Year: 1980 – 1989

We can tell a lot about a decade by the people (or things in this case) chosen by Time Magazine as their person of the year. It gives us a sense of the important events and societal changes that were going on during the 1980s.   1980 Ronald Reagan (b.1911–d.2004) 1981 Lech Wałęsa (b.1943) 1982 The Computer (first non-human “abstract” chosen) 1983 Ronald Reagan (b.1911–d.2004) (2nd time) & Yuri Andropov...

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