Mr T A-Team: 7 Reasons BA Baracus Owned the 1980s
How Laurence Tureaud became Mr. T — Rocky III, The A-Team, the mohawk, the gold chains, and the cultural takeover of the 1980s.
How Laurence Tureaud became Mr. T — Rocky III, The A-Team, the mohawk, the gold chains, and the cultural takeover of the 1980s.
Forty years later, the 80s refuse to take the hint. From MTV to Stranger Things, here’s why this decade became forever.
On March 14, 1982, four teenagers took the stage at Radio City in Anaheim, California for Metallica’s very first live show. With broken guitar strings, a setlist packed with NWOBHM covers, and about 200 friends in the audience, nobody knew they were witnessing the birth of the biggest metal band in history.
On March 13, 1986, cosmonauts Leonid Kizim and Vladimir Solovyev launched aboard Soyuz T-15 to become the first crew of the Mir space station — beginning 15 years of continuous human habitation in orbit and changing space exploration forever.