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While free-basing cocaine and drinking 151 proof rum, Comedian Richard Pryor set himself on fire. He survived and continued to do stand-up
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CNN was the first television channel to provide 24 hour news coverage
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Operation Eagle Claw was an ill-fated rescue mission to save 52 hostages in Tehran which ended in 8 servicemen dead and no hostages rescued
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An arcade game created by Toru Iwatani and Published by Namco and Midway Games released by Japan the US
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Former Beatles member shot by obsessed NY fan Mark David Chapman. Lennon died en-route to the hospital
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John Hinckley Jr attempts to assassinate POTUS Ronald Reagan in Washington DC, failing but killing 3 others
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Microsoft released the computer operating system then re-released it in September
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Elizabeth Jordan Carter was the first in-vitro fertilization baby in the US and 15th in the world
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Musical artist Michael Jackson released his "Thriller" album
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It was a charity single recorded by Lionel Richie, Michael Jackson, and Quincy Jones of Unites Society of Artists
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NIKE released the first pair of many at $65
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The Chernobyl disaster was the nuclear disaster in Pripyat, Ukraine
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An event where 6.5 million people held hands for 15 minutes in attempt to create a chain across the nation. some "donated" $10 to save a spot in line
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The Soviets withdrew under the command of Colonel-General Boris Gromov lasting to 2/15/89
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Gorbachev calls for "Glasnost" meaning openness and "Perestroika" political reforms
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The Central Park 5 Case was involved the wrongly conviction of 5 Black and Latino teenagers of assault and rape of a white female jogger in Central Park, NY
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The show debuted on The Tracey Ullman Show April of '87. After 3 seasons, the sketch became a Prime Time series
