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Mt. St. Helens
The most detructive, volcanic eruption in US History -
Pac-man
Pac-man video game released -
John Lennon
John Lennon assassinated in New York City -
AIDS
Discovery of AIDS -
MTV premieres
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Ozzy Osbourne
Ozzy Ozbourne bites the head off of a bat -
ET
ET movie released -
CD
Release of CDs -
Sally Ride
First American women in space -
Grenada
Invasion of Grenada to help liberate the country -
Sixteen Candles
Sixteen Candles movie released -
PG-13 Movies
PG-13 movie ratings created -
Bhopal India Gas leak
Huge posionous gas leaked in Bhopal, India -
Hole in Ozone
The hole in the Ozone discovered -
Crack
Crack epicdemic ruins lives -
Wrek of Titanic
The Titanic wrek founded -
US bombs Libya
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Space Shuttle Challenger
The Space Shuttle, Challenger, explodes. All seven members of the crew dies -
Chernobyl
The Chernobyl nuclear accident occurs -
DNA
DNA first used to convict criminals -
Klaus Barbie
Nazi butcher of Lyons is sentenced to life in prison -
Black Monday
New York Stock Exchange suffers a huge drop -
Iran and Iraq
Iran and Iraq war ends -
Summer Olympics
The Summer Olypics were held in Seoul, South Korea -
Pan Am Flight 103
The Pan Am Flight 103 was bombed over Lockerbie, Scotland -
World Wide Web
Tim Berners-Lee created the World Wide Web -
Tiananmen Square Protests
A student-led protest for a change of government that ended in students being killed by the government -
Berlin Wall
The Belin Wall fell
