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Perestroika was a political movement for reformation within the communist party of the Soviet Union during the 1980's and 1990's and is widely associated with Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev and his glasnost policy reform.
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In Iran, was a United States armed forces operation ordered by U.S. president Jimmy Carter to attempt to end the Iran hostage crisis by rescuing 52 embassy staff held captive at the embassy of the U.S and Tehran
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The game pac man was release
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in Atlanta GA CNN was first air
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Pryor poured 151- proof rum all over himself and lit himself on fire.
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John Lennon was assassination
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The Microsoft Disk Operating System developed for PCs with x86 microprocessors.
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President Ronald Reagan and three others were shot and wounded by John Hinckley Jr. in Washington, D.C., as they were leaving a speaking engagement at the Washington Hilton Hotel.
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Elizabeth Jordan Carr was the first U.S. baby from the in- vitro fertilization procedure and the 15th in the world.
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Michael Jackson song " Thriller " came out
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Nike releases Air 1 Jordan for 65$.
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The song "we are the world" was released as a single, in both 7th and 12th format. The song was the only one released from the we are the world album and became a chart success around the world.
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A sudden surge of power during a reactor systems test destroyed unit 4 of the nuclear power station at Chernobyl, Ukraine, in the former Soviet Union.
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was a public,in which approximately 6.5 million people held hands for 15 minutes in an attempt to form a continuous human chain across the contiguous United States.
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was an American teenager from Kokomo, Indiana who became a national poster child for HIV/AIDS in the United States
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A column of Soviet BTR-80s crossing the Hairatan bridge, the very last to withdraw from Afghanistan. The final and complete withdrawal of Soviet combatant forces from Afghanistan began on 15 May 1988 and ended on 15 February 1989 under the leadership of Colonel-General Boris Gromov.
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Five African American was accused of raping a white woman in central park.
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The first episode of "The Simpsons" was released in 1989
