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Cable News Network is an American news-based pay television channel.
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"Operation Eagle Claw", Pres. Carter ordered a US armed forces operation to attempt to end the Iran hostage crisis by rescuing 52 embassy staff held captive.
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An arcade game designed by Toru Iwatani and published by Namco in the 80s. Involves the titular character in a enclosed maze filled with individual dots or pellets
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Comedian Richard Pryor sets himself on fire while free-basing cocaine and drinking 151-proof rum.
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Famous English musician John Lennon, formerly of the Beatles, was shot and killed in the archway of the Dakota, his residence in NY.
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An operating system developed for PCs with x86 microprocessors. It is a command-line-based system,
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Pres. Reagan and three others were shot and wounded by John Hinckley Jr. in Washington, D.C., as they were leaving a speaking engagement at the Washington Hilton Hotel.
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Elizabeth Jordan Carr is the US first baby born from the in-vitro fertilization procedure and the 15th in the world.
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"Thriller" is a song recorded by American singer Michael Jackson and produced by Quincy Jones. It was released as the seventh and final single from Jackson's album
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The Air Jordan 1 was the first ever Air Jordan sneaker
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a charity single originally recorded by the super group United Support of Artists (USA) for Africa.
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An American teenager from Kokomo, Indiana, became a national poster child for HIV/AIDS in the U.S. after failing to be re-admitted to school.
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A catastrophic nuclear accident that occurred in the No. 4 nuclear reactor of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant
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A public event, in which approx. 6.5 million people held hands for 15 minutes to form a continuous human chain across the contiguous United States.
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The shorts became a part of The Tracey Ullman Show, became Fox's first series to land in the Top 30 ratings.
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1989 case of five teenagers who were wrongfully convicted for raping a woman. After spending 6-13 years in prison, a serial rapist confesses to the crime.
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The final and complete withdrawal of Soviet combatant forces from Afghanistan
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It was a political movement for reformation within the Communist Party of the Soviet Union during the 1980s and 1990s.