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•Hurricane Allen
Devastated Haiti, Jamaica, Mexico, Texas, and St. Lucia, killing 270 people -
Iran-Iraq war began
also widely known as the First Persian Gulf war -
•John Lennon Assassinated
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Ronald Reagan became president
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•Assassination Attempt on the Pope
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Canada gained complete independence
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•Vietnam War Memorial Opened in Washington, DC
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Earthquake hit Yemen
1,500 people lost their lives -
Hindu-Muslim riots in Assam, India
Claimed 1,500 lives. -
U.S. embassy in Beirut, Lebanon was bombed.
Sixty-three people, including the CIA's Middle East director, were killed, and 120 were injured in a 400-pound suicide truck-bomb attack. -
•Indira Gandhi, India's Prime Minister, assassinated
Was killed by two of her bodyguards. -
volcanic eruption in Columbia
total of 25,000 people died -
The Swedish Prime Minister, Olof Palme was shot dead
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•U.S. Bombs Libya
There were reportedly 40 Libyan casualties and one US plane shot down killing two airmen. -
Lake Nyos in Cameroon released toxic gas
killing 1,500 people -
'Black Monday'
the global stock market crashed, starting from Hong Kong, Europe, America, and so on. -
Typhoon Nina
devastated Philippines, submerging 14 islands and killing 1,000 people. -
•U.S. Shoots Down Iranian Airliner
The aircraft, which had been flying in Iranian airspace over Iran's territorial waters in the Persian Gulf on its usual flight path, was destroyed. -
George H. W. Bush was elected as President
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•Berlin Wall Falls
