President Trump on Friday honored members of the 1980 Olympic U.S. men’s hockey team with Congressional Gold Medals. The team triumphed over the Soviet Union in the famous “Miracle on Ice” game in ...

The 1980 US Olympic men’s ice hockey team defied nearly insurmountable odds to defeat the Soviet Union, the world’s largest hockey superpower, propelling them to win a gold medal and the nation’s ...

In 1980 middle-class families lived in a world of Atari consoles, rotary phones and station wagons with wood paneling. The median U.S. household income was $21,020, enough to buy a modest home, a ...

We do these anniversary album retrospectives just about every week. Sometimes we have to reach a little deeper to find a fourth or fifth album that stands the test of time. But that’s certainly not ...

Investors are snapping up gold, pushing the commodity above $4,000 a troy ounce for the first time. WSJ’s David Uberti uses three charts to help explain what’s behind the rush and what could come next ...

A hazy cloud that emerged over the active volcano was the result of high winds rather than a new eruption. By Amy Graff and Soumya Karlamangla On the morning of May 18, 1980, the most destructive ...

Some Pacific Northwesterners woke Tuesday to an unusual sight: A smoky haze shrouded Mount St. Helens, the large, active stratovolcano in Washington state that erupted catastrophically in 1980. But a ...

The destructive eruption in 1980 created a massive debris avalanche. Strong winds across parts of Washington state have kicked up volcanic ash deposited during the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens, ...

Throughout the years, homes have witnessed their fair share of decorative trends. And every decade brings its own look. While there are many outdated ideas we never want to try again, there are some ...

It was a diminished and puzzled Olympic team that left Australian shores in 1980 under a cloak of darkness, some heading off to secret training camps receiving death threats and branded as traitors as ...

For many collectors, the entire 726-card Topps set boils down to a single card: Rickey. On one hand, the Henderson rookie is pretty much a perfect card. Everything about it is great, or as Rickey ...

From chart-topping albums to insanely catchy one-hit wonders, 1980 was a great year for music. The start of a new decade laid the groundwork for artistic shifts, more electronic instrumentation, and ...