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Superbowl XX: Chicago Bears beat NE Patriots, 46-10 in New Orleans Superbowl MVP: Richard Dent, Chicago, DE
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Pixar animation company opens
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The Soviet Union launches the Mir space station.
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the US national debt reaches $2,000,000,000,000
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4th reactor at Chernobyl USSR explodes, 31 die
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Top gun premieres in theaters.
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President Reagan presided over relighting of renovated Statue of Liberty
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Redwall book by Brian Jacques is published in the United Kingdom
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'The Oprah Winfrey Show' is first broadcast nationally.
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RUN-DMC is 1st rap group to hit top 10 (Raisin' Hell)
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Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Elie Wiesel (against violence/racism)