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1982
E.T. Movie Released
Falkland Islands Invaded by Argentina
King Henry VIII's Ship the Mary Rose Raised After 437 Years
Michael Jackson Releases Thriller
Reverend Sun Myung Moon Marries 2,075 Couples at Madison Square Garden
Vietnam War Memorial Opened in Washington, DC -
1983
Cabbage Patch Kids Are Popular
Reagan Announces Defense Plan Called Star Wars
Sally Ride Becomes the First American Woman in Space
Soviets Shoot Down a Korean Airliner
U.S. Embassy in Beirut Bombed -
1984
Huge Poison Gas Leak in Bhopal, India
Indira Gandhi, India's Prime Minister, Killed by Two Bodyguards
PG-13 Movie Rating Created -
1985
Famine in Ethiopia
Hole in the Ozone Layer Discovered
Mikhail Gorbachev Calls for Glasnost and Perestroika
New Coke Hits the Market
Wreck of the Titanic Found -
Space Shuttle Challenger Explodes
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1986
Space Shuttle Challenger Explodes
Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster
Ferdinand Marcos Flees the Philippines
Iran-Contra Scandal Unfolds
U.S. Bombs Libya
U.S.S.R. Launches Mir Space Station -
DNA First Used to Convict Criminals
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West German Pilot Lands Unchallenged in Russia's Red Square
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Klaus Barbie, the Nazi Butcher of Lyons, Sentenced to Life in Prison
DNA First Used to Convict Criminals
Klaus Barbie, the Nazi Butcher of Lyons, Sentenced to Life in Prison
New York Stock Exchange Suffers Huge Drop on "Black Monday"
West German Pilot Lands Unchallenged in Russia's Red Square
1988 -
New York Stock Exchange Suffers Huge Drop on "Black Monday"
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Students Massacred in China's Tiananmen Square
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U.S. Shoots Down Iranian Airliner
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Pan Am Flight 103 Is Bombed Over Lockerbie
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U.S. President Bush Announces That He Doesn't Like Broccoli|
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Exxon Valdez Spills Millions of Gallons of Oil on Coastline
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Berlin Wall Falls
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1980
Failed U.S. Rescue Attempt to Save Hostages in Tehran
John Lennon Assassinated
Mount St. Helens Erupts
Pac-Man Video Game Released
Rubik's Cube Becomes Popular
Ted Turner Establishes CNN -
1981
Assassination Attempt on the Pope
Assassination Attempt on U.S. President Reagan
First Woman Appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court
Millions Watch Royal Wedding on T.V.
New Plague Identified as AIDS
Personal Computers (PC) Introduced by IBM
