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Comedian Richard Pryor
While free-basing cocaine and drinking 151 proof rum, Comedian Richard Pryor set himself on fire. He survived and continued to do stand-up -
CNN
CNN was the first television channel to provide 24 hour news coverage -
US attempt at rescue of Hostages in Tehran
Operation Eagle Claw was an ill-fated rescue mission to save 52 hostages in Tehran which ended in 8 servicemen dead and no hostages rescued -
Pac-Man
An arcade game created by Toru Iwatani and Published by Namco and Midway Games released by Japan the US -
Death of John Lennon
Former Beatles member shot by obsessed NY fan Mark David Chapman. Lennon died en-route to the hospital -
Assassination Attempt on Reagan
John Hinckley Jr attempts to assassinate POTUS Ronald Reagan in Washington DC, failing but killing 3 others -
MS-DOS Released
Microsoft released the computer operating system then re-released it in September -
First U.S. IVF baby
Elizabeth Jordan Carter was the first in-vitro fertilization baby in the US and 15th in the world -
Michael Jackson “Thriller”
Musical artist Michael Jackson released his "Thriller" album -
“We Are the World”
It was a charity single recorded by Lionel Richie, Michael Jackson, and Quincy Jones of Unites Society of Artists -
NIKE releases Air Jordan 1
NIKE released the first pair of many at $65 -
Chernobyl
The Chernobyl disaster was the nuclear disaster in Pripyat, Ukraine -
Hands Across America
An event where 6.5 million people held hands for 15 minutes in attempt to create a chain across the nation. some "donated" $10 to save a spot in line -
Soviet Troops withdraw from Afghanistan
The Soviets withdrew under the command of Colonel-General Boris Gromov lasting to 2/15/89 -
Gorbachev calls for “Glasnost” and “Perestroika”
Gorbachev calls for "Glasnost" meaning openness and "Perestroika" political reforms -
The Central Park 5
The Central Park 5 Case was involved the wrongly conviction of 5 Black and Latino teenagers of assault and rape of a white female jogger in Central Park, NY -
Simpsons Debut
The show debuted on The Tracey Ullman Show April of '87. After 3 seasons, the sketch became a Prime Time series
