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2 unusual facts about early 1980s recession


Burger King v. Rudzewicz

Due to an economic downturn, the defendants were unable to make their monthly payments to Burger King, prompting the Florida-based corporation to file a lawsuit in Florida for breach of contract and infringement of Burger King's trademarks and service marks through the defendants' unauthorized operation as a Burger King restaurant after the defendants received notice to vacate the premises.

Recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches introduced 1980–1981

For example, in one episode he tells his viewers that their hopes and dreams are pointless because its impossible to find a job in the current economy and another episode contains a Neighborhood of Make-Believe segment in which a puppet Ronald Reagan (who Robinson consistently blames for his lack of a job and dire financial situation) tells all the neighborhood's hand puppets that he can't do anything to help them out of poverty in a very dismissing manner.


Duluth Air Defense Sector

The SAGE building was remodeled and, in 1985, given to the University of Minnesota Duluth to house the Natural Resources Research Institute signed into legislation to address the struggling economy during the early 1980s recession.


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