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Reagan Elected
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Regan Assasination Attempt
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IBM Introduces the 1st Personal Computer
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First Astronaut to fly free of a spacecraft.
Navy Captain Bruce McCandless and Army Lt. Colonel Robert Stewart become the first astronauts to fly free of a spacecraft in orbit during a space shuttle flight that began four days earlier. -
1st Martin Luther King Day
Martin Luther King Day is officially observed for the first time as a federal holiday in the United States. -
Black Monday
Stock Market Crash -
Amnesty Application Deadline for Illegal Aliens
The deadline for amnesty application by illegal aliens is met by 1.4 million, who apply. It is estimated that 71% of those who applied had entered the United States from Mexico. -
The Exxon Valdez crashed into Bligh Reef in Alaska's Prince William Sound
Largest Oil Spill to date in American History -
Berlin Wall Fell
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The Persian Gulf War Began