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Assassination Attempt towards the Pope
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Assassination Attempt on U.S. President Ronald Reagan
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First Woman Appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court
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Millions watched the royal wedding on T.V.
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New Plague Identified as AIDS
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(PC) Introduced by IBM
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King Henry VIII's ship the Mary Rose raised after 437 years
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the movie E.T. is released
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Falkland Islands were invaded by Argentina
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Michael Jackson releases thriller
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Reverend Sun Myung Moon Marries 2,075 Couples at Madison Square Garden
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Vietnam War Memorial opened in Washington, DC
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The Cabbage Patch Kids became popular
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Reagan announces defense plan called Star Wars
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Sally Ride becomes the first American woman in space
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Soviets Shoot Down a Korean Airliner
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U.S. Embassy in Beirut Bombed
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Huge poison gas leak in Bhopal, India
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Indira Gandhi, India's Prime Minister, Killed by Two Bodyguards
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PG-13 Movie Rating Created
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Famine in Ethiopia
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Hole in the Oozone layer disocovered
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Mikhail Gorbachev Calls for Glasnost and Perestroika
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New Coke Hits the Market
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Wreck of the Titanic Found
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The Challenger explodes
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Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster
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Ferdinand Marcos Flees the Philippines
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Iran-Contra Scandal Unfolds
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U.S. Bombs Libya
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U.S.S.R. Launches Mir Space Station
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DNA First Used to convcit criminals
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Klaus Barbie, the Nazi Butcher of Lyons, Sentenced to Life in Prison
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New York Stock Exchange Suffers Huge Drop on "Black Monday"
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West German Pilot Lands Unchallenged in Russia's Red Square
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Pan Am Flight 103 Is Bombed Over Lockerbie
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U.S. Shoots Down Iranian Airliner
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Berlin Wall Fell
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Exxon Valdez Spills Millions of Gallons of Oil on Coastline
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Students Massacred in China's Tiananmen Square
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U.S. President Bush Announces That He Doesn't Like Broccoli