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Operation Eagle Claw
US attempt at rescue of Hostages in Tehran. 52 embassy staff held captive at the Embassy of the United States. -
Pac-Man
Arcade game designed by Toru Iwatani. Initially released in Japan as PUCK-MAN. -
CNN
Cable News Network. Founder was Ted Turner. Invested $20 million into the network. -
Comedian Richard Pryor
Set himself on fire while free-basing cocaine and drinking 151-proof rum, ran down his street in North ridge, Calif., until subdued by police. -
Death of John Lennon
John Lennon a former musician of the Beatles was shot and killed in the archway of the Dakota, his residence in New York city. -
MS-DOS released
First version of Microsoft was released. -
Assassination Attempt on Reagan
John Hinckley Jr. President Ronald Reagan and three others were shot and wounded at the Washington Hilton Hotel. -
Elizabeth Jordan Carr
United States' first baby born from the in-vitro fertilization procedure and the 15th in the world. -
Michael Jackson “Thriller”
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“We Are the World”
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NIKE releases Air Jordan 1
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Ryan White
Teenage boy who was not let back into school after being diagnosed with HIV/AIDs. Died at age 18 on April 8, 1990 -
Gorbachev calls for “Glasnost” and “Perestroika”
political movement for reformation within the Communist Party of the Soviet Union -
Chernobyl
Catastrophic nuclear accident that occurred in the No. 4 nuclear reactor of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant -
Hands Across America
Approximately 6.5 million people held hands for fifteen minutes to form a human chain around the U.S. Many people donated 10 dollars to earn a place in the chain -
Simpsons Debut
The family debuted as shorts on The Tracey Ullman Show -
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Soviet Troops withdeaw from Afghanistan
The final and complete withdrawal of Soviet combatant forces from Afghanistan. -
The Central Park Five
5 men convicted of raping a woman. After spending years in prison a serial rapist confessed to the crime.
