1980 - John Lennon killed
1981 - Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer marry
1982 - First artificial heart made mainly of polyurethane implanted in a human
1982 - Channel 4 is launched
1983 - New very expensive engineering plastics with the potential of surpassing steel launched commercially
1983 - First cordless telephones
1983 - The slim plastic Swatch watch launched
1985 - First cellular mobile phones
1985 - Live Aid Concert
1988 - Triangular recycling symbols relating to plastics introduced
1989 - Tim Berners-Lee launches the World Wide Web
