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1980's Timeline
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Embargo on the Soviet Union
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Ted Turner Establishes CNN
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Assassination Attempt on the Pope
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New Plague Identified as AIDS
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Vietnam Veterans Memorial Commissioned
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Falkland Islands Invaded by Argentina
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U.S. Embassy in Beirut Bombed
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Soviets Shoot Down a Korean Airliner
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PG-13 Movie Rating Created
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Huge Poison Gas Leak in Bhopal, India
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Famine in Ethiopia
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A Hole in the Ozone Layer was Discovered
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U.S.S.R. Launches Mir Space Station
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The US bombs Libya
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West German Pilot Lands Unchallenged in Russia's Red Square
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Massive Decommission of Nuclear Weapons
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Immigration Amnesty Issued
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Pan Am Crash in Lockerbie, Scotland
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Students Massacred in China's Tiananmen Square, along with Protests
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Berlin Wall Falls