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•Cabbage Patch kids are released,•The final episode of M*A*S*H airs, advertising cost more than during the Super Bowl that year, and surpassing the record Dallas set for most viewers.
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Time Line of Events
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The Beatles Music of This Centruy
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SynopsisThe Act of The Heart
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The microprocessor was introduced which was the foundation of all computers. Then floppy Disk Drives and Pocket Calculators were invented.
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There was a great deal of inflation that had happened during this time peroid. Printing MONEY$$$$
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President Nixion Resigns from his presidency.
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Summer Olympics in Moscow
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American comedy film directed by Herbert Ross and produced by Ray Stark, released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.Based on the play of the same name by Neil Simon.
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Merchant Ivory Film, directed by James Ivory,produced by Ismail Merchant.
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ESPN started as an alternative to standard television news broadcasts and the information found in "Sports" sections of newspapers.
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Ronald Reagan was elected as President of the United States. Hereafter, he held the position till January 1989.
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70's & 80'sThe Shah flees Iran
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Great Britian and Agentina are waring then Agentina invaded Falkland Islands.
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The virus behind AIDS, i.e., HIV -- Human Immunodeficiency Virus -- was discovered by French scientist Dr. Luc Montagnier. Did you know? AIDS cases were first found in homosexuals; as a result it came to be known as Gay syndrome or GRID earlier, which stood for Gay-Related Immune Deficiency.
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Prozac, the drug that helped thousands battle depression, became available as a prescription drug.The Dr.Ben Carson of "Gifted Hands" For the first time ever, two occipital craniopagus twins were separated.
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On October 19 -- the 'Black Monday', the global stock market crashed, starting from Hong Kong, Europe, America, and so on.
The Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty was signed between the US and the USSR at Washington D.C. on December 8. Hereby, neither of the nations could use nuclear or mid-range weaponry. DETANT... -
T!M!N!T!!Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The super hit game developed by Konami for the Nintendo Entertainment System was launched during this year.
