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On this day Mt. St. Helens erupted and it was the worst volcanic disaster in U.S. History.
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Pac-Man was released and was a well known game and its still around today.
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First african american women to be crowned Miss. America.
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Apple computers release the Macintosh personal computer.
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The Aids virus was first discovered
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Civil war in Rwanda, they had a conflict with the Central African nation.
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NAFTA is now in effect.
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Thousands of people lost their electricity when the record low temperatures hit the east coast.
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Comet hits Jupiter, created 2000 mile high fireball and leaving black bruises in the clouds.
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8 Federal Marshalls were killed during the bombing of a federal building in Oklahoma city.
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It became the biggest total box-office film ever in history with over $1 billion dollars.
