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USA upsets the Soviets in the Winter Olympics.
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President Jimmy Carter votes to withdraw American Olympic athletes from the Moscow Olympic games.
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Ronald Reagan withstands an assassination attempt. Was shot in the chest.
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North Carolina State upsets Houston in 1983 NCAA Final.
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Sally Ride becomes the first female American astronaut to go in space.
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Martin Luther King day is first observed.
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Michael Jordan's buzzer beater against Craig Ehlo
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Pete Rose gets banned from MLB for life.
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The Berlin Wall falls.
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Died in a basketball during the WCC tournament.
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Magic announces his retirement due to HIV.
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The Cold War ends after 40+ years of fighting.
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Scored a buzzer beater to win the East Regional Final for Duke.
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Won there Olympic games by an Average of 44 points. Featured 11 Hall of Famers.
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Michael Jordan walks away to fulfill his late father's wishes to play baseball.
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OJ Doesn't get convicted after killing his girlfriend.
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MLB players went on strike, and cancelled the whole season and the world series was cancelled for the first time since 1904.
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Calripken breaks record for consecutive games played in MLB history. 2,131st game in a row.
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Mike Tyson bit off Evander Holyfield's ear during a boxing match.
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MJ scores over Byron Russel to win the 1998 finals in game 6.
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Mark McGwire beat the single season home run record with 62 home runs.
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Lance Armstrong won his first Tour De France even though he had a 50% chance of dying.