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73 seconds after takeoff the challenger exploded in mid-air
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United States bombed Libya because of their support of the terrorist attacks on US
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Worst nuclear accident ever occurs at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant
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Fujifilm developed their Quicksnap line and thus the first disposable camera was created.
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The Simpsons are first seen on the Tracey Ullman Show
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An 18 month old girl fell into a well in her aunts backyard. After 58 hours she was rescued
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Armed conflict over border disputes as well Iraq wanting to be the dominant persian state
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The Compton gangsta rap group NWA rose to fame between 1986-1991
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President Reagan decides to tear down the new U.S. Embassy in Moscow because of Soviet listening devices in the building
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Republican George Bush wins the electoral and popular over Democrat Michael Dukakis
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On December 21, 1988 Pan Am Flight 103 exploded over Lockerbie, Scotland killing 259 people on the plane and 11 on the ground.
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The Exxon Valdez ran aground Prince William Sound and spilled millions of oil into the ocean.
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First black and white gameboy released in Japan.
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The Berlin Wall was demolished as a sign of East Germany's communist government folding
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In February of 1990 the communist party of Soviet Union dissolved
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Iraq invaded Kuwait with intentions to annex it, but the US and Saudi Arabia stepped in to prevent that from happening.