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Assassination attempt on the pope.
Assassination attempt on U.S president Reagan.
First women appointed to the U.S supreme court. -
King Henry VIII's ship the Mary Rose raised after 437 years.
Veitnam War memorial opened in Washington D.C. -
Soviets shoot down a Korean Airliner
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Huge poison gas leak in Bhopal, India.
Indira Gandhi, india's prime minister, killed by two body guards. -
Wreck of the titanic found.
New coke hits the markets.
Famine in Ethiopia. -
Challenge space shuttle explodes.
Chernobyl nuclear accident.
U.S bomb Libya.
U.S.S.R launches Mir space station. -
DNA first used to convict criminals.
West german pilot lands unchallenged in Russia's red Square.