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On this early morning in 1980 Mt.Saint Helens erupted and was one of the worst eruptions in U.S. history.
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Pacman was released in Japan then in the U.S. It became a big success.
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John Lennon was shot four times by a crazed fan just outside of his NYC apartment building.
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John Hinckley Jr. shot at President Reagan and hit him with a bullet in the lung.
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Pope John Paul II was shot 3 times while riding in a convertible around St. Peters Square.
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On July 29, 1981, Lady Diana Spencer (20 years old) married Prince Charles (32 years old) at St. Paul's Cathedral.
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The E.T. movie was realeased 1982 and the weekend it was realesed in theatres it grossed 11.9 million dollars!
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In October 1982 the compact disc or CD was commercially released.
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On November 30, 1982, 24-year-old singer Michael Jackson released his album Thriller.
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On this date Sally Ride rode on the Challenger and launched from the Kennedy Space Center.
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On this date, the company Coca Cola introduced a new sweeter recipe that would replace the other 99 year old recipe.
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Dr. Robert Ballard found the Titanic on an expedition two miles below the ocean’s surface by using an unmanned submersible called Argo.
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The space shutttle Challenger launched from the Kennedy Space Center and exploded 73 seconds into takeoff. One of the members aboard was Christa McAuliffe from New Hampshire.
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Pan Am flight 103 exploded over lockerbie, Scotland. This tradgic event ended up killing 259 people as well as 11 on the ground.
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On this date the Berlin Wall fell.
