The '80s Greatest

The decade begins with a miraculous hockey game at the Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, N.Y., during which the United States wins the game in a major upset against the Soviet Union.

In the 1980s, entrepreneurs do what they love, turning passion into profit.

In the 1980s, family values undergo a huge makeover, despite the protestations of President Reagan.

A generation of young people, determined to express themselves by breaking all the rules, takes on conservative America in the ultimate pop culture clash.

In the 1980s, a stratospheric rise of cable TV is helped by game changers MTV and CNN.

A boom in credit cards sparks a spending frenzy; brands battle to appeal to a new breed of shopper, and they'll stop at nothing to make a sale.