- For information dealing with this decade in the real world, see Early production history.
Events[]
- The First Gulf War takes place, a conflict between the Sunni Iraq under Saddam Hussein and the Shi'a Iran on a scale not seen since World War II. (Storm Force)
- Century City, Los Angeles is significantly developed in this decade. (Trojan Horse)
- Andre Drazen attends the University of Belgrade and founds Kosovo/1389, a Serb nationalist organization, until its dissolution in 1986. (Findings at CTU)
- Alexi Szudamenko and his family emigrate from Krakow, Poland to Jersey City in the early 80s. (Collateral Damage)
- The first portable predictive roulette computers are introduced in the mid-80s. (Vanishing Point)
- The Atlantic Avenue Tunnel under Brooklyn, New York is rediscovered, after being sealed since 1861. (Operation Hell Gate)
- The Soviet war in Afghanistan takes place. (Operation Hell Gate)
- Khan Ali Kahlil flees the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. (Operation Hell Gate)
- A crack cocaine epidemic sweeps cities throughout the United States. (Trojan Horse)
- A children's campground in the Angeles National Forest is established by the Lions of God Church in South Central Los Angeles and the Baptist Church School of Compton. (Trojan Horse)
- Anh Hsu's village in the Jiangxi province of China gains electricity for the first time. (Vanishing Point)
- Said al Kabbibi earns the moniker "Biohazard Bob" among the intelligence community. (Collateral Damage)
- Rafsanjani was elected President of Iran by the end of this decade. (Veto Power)
- Diana White runs a high class escort service in Los Angeles during the late 80s. ("Day 3: 5:00am-6:00am")
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