When did the 80's end.

[Nr1Humanoid]

Literally it ended on new years 89, I know.

Many things are considered pure 80's but at which point in the 90's did everything 80's just, I don't know, fade out.

Whatever definition you wanna use, when did the 80's end?

[Drillbit Taylor]

Nirvana Hitting it big.

[Sir Woodrow]

With the first Gulf War

[wildojinx]

One other factor that most people dont consider, the video game wars of the 90s. Even though the genesis came out in 89, it wasnt until the 90s that video gaming became serious business.

[kidglov3s]

Rambo III. It just wasn't the same after that.

[Dat Dude]

The Bulls beat the Lakers to win their first title. 80's dynasty ends, 90's dynasty begins.

[Seth Drakin of Monster Crap]

The fall of the Berlin Wall

[Deleted]

Andre Agassi shaving his head in late 1994.

[Sir Woodrow]

January 1st 1990

[Back to being Cenanuff]

January 1st, 1991. This goes back to the calendar we use not having a year 0. Every decade begins with a 1 year, and ends with a 0 year, so by that measure, the 80s included all of 1990, the 70s included all of 1980, and so on.

For me, though, the 90s began in October of 1990, when the Reds shocked the world by sweeping the heavily favored As in the World Series.

[Handsome Halfbreed]

I lost interest in GI Joe and began collecting Ninja Turtles in 1990.

[Big DSR Energy]

Oct 13, 2011 16:15:16 GMT -5 Back to being Cenanuff said:

January 1st, 1991. This goes back to the calendar we use not having a year 0. Every decade begins with a 1 year, and ends with a 0 year, so by that measure, the 80s included all of 1990, the 70s included all of 1980, and so on.

For me, though, the 90s began in October of 1990, when the Reds shocked the world by sweeping the heavily favored As in the World Series.

That only works if you're referring to like "the 199th decade" or "the 198th decade". Which we're not. A decade isn't really an "official" block of time that way, like the 20th Century or whatever.

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Oct 13, 2011 14:53:49 GMT -5 Drillbit Taylor said:

Nirvana Hitting it big.

I'd say the grunge movement in general

[lildude8218]

December 1963

[Yami Daimao]

Load up on guns, and bring your friends
It's fun to lose and to pretend

[Unocal 76]

When the LA Lakers and Edmonton Oilers faded away after they were the two premier sports dynasties of the 1980s.

[Viva]

This is a weird thread. I don't know if it's supposed to be 'when the 90's started' for me personally, or what the quintessential moment that the 90's ushered in a new era of culture, or what?

[Goldenbane]

The 80's NEVER ended! It's still here, pulling the strings behind the scenes and manipulating everyone into secretly doing it's bidding! Haw haw haw haw haw haw!!!!

[Deleted]

It depends on what aspect you're referring to. The early '80s seem to have been a lot closer to the '70s than most younger people's idea of what the '80s were, my generation included. It seems to me like people associate the '80s with the aestheic some people called "California cool." You know, the loud, neon colors, surfer lingo, skateboards, and so forth. Bill and Ted, Michelangelo, Bart Simpson, etc.

If that's what you're going for, I'd say "The '80s" truly lasted from about 1987 - 1993, maybe '94. Then grunge had to come along and ruin all the fun.

I actually kind of have a weird theory that the decades peak in the years ending in 7. The '70s with Disco, the '60s with the counter-culture movement, etc.

[Throwback]

when all the neon faded