Sony launches the Walkman - Mount St. Helens erupts - Launch of the first US Space Shuttle - ET is a smash hit - Pioneer 10 crosses the orbit of Neptune - The Berlin Wall is opened...

1980 - Paul Fisher was selected Small Business Person of the Year for the State of Nevada

1983 - Fisher Space Pen is used by Ronald Reagan to sign the Proclamation inaugurating the Air and Space Bicentennial Year to celebrate Man's first flight in a hot air balloon near Paris France

1985 - Fisher Space pen Co. produces the Stowaway pen line manufactured using genuine gold from the treasure recovered from the 1622 Spanish Galleon - Nuestra Señora de Atocha