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John Lennon Assassinated
John Lennon was a musician part of the Beatles. He was shot seven times and bled to death. Mark David Chapman, the shooter, was a Honolulu security guard killed him being inspired by Catcher in the Rye. -
Reagan Attempted Assassination
While at a speaking arrangement at Washington Hilton Hotel John Hinckley Jr.shot and injured Reagan and three others. Hinckly was found to be mentally unstable and therefore not guilty. -
Assassination attempt of the Pope
Pope John Paul the second in St. Peter's Square in Vatican City almost killed when shot. -
AIDS Identified
The Center of Disease Control reported an outbreak of PCP which was mistakenly enough AIDS in 5 homosexual men. At first it was only a "gay" disease, but it was later to be found to be transmittable to any. -
First woman appointed to the US supreme court
Sandra Day O'Connor is appointed by Reagan. -
"Video Killed the Radio Star" goes on MTV around the world
MTV startes showing music videos around the clock. -
PC is introduced by IBM
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Egyptian President Assassinated
Egyptian president Anwar el-Sadat is assassinated by Islamic extremists during a military parade in Cairo. -
ET movie released
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Madison Square Garden's biggest wedding
Reverand Sun Myung Moon and his wife marries 2,075 couples.
(Unification Marriage.) Even more thousands by satellite. -
Vietnam War Memorial opens in Washington DC
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1st permanent artificial heart planted in a human being
At University of Utah Medical Center in Salt Lake City. Medical practices around the world start to look at its helpfullness. -
Cocaine Development
"Crack" is developed in the Bahamas. Soon makes it way to US starting major drug abuse. -
Sally Ride goes to space
Sally ride becomes the first woman into space. Ride joined NASA and went up on the shuttle flight STS-7. -
Terrorist explosion kills 237 US Marines in Beirut
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US invades Granada
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Chrysler unvails Minivans
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Michael Jackson releases Thriller
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Italy and Vatican end Roman Catholic as national Religion
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Soviet Union withdraw from Summer Olympic Games in US others follow
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PG-13 Movie Rating created
Movie Red Dawn the first PG-13 movie. -
New Coke version
Huge market failure changed it back to original "classic" coke soon after. -
Titanic is Found
Scientist from Woods Hole Deep Lab , based in Massachussetts, found the Titanic. Bob Ballard was one of the main researches and had been looking for the Titanic for almost a decade. It was found in the Atlantic Ocean 450 miles from NY. -
Spain and Portugal join European Economic Community
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Challenger Explodes
seven crew members died in the challenger explosion. It broke apart 73 seconds into it's flight. Pressurized hot gas broke through the hull superheating the Challenger until explosion. -
Major nuclear accident at Soviet Union's Chernobyl
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"Black Monday"
Whole world's stock markets crash including the US's New York Stock Exchange. DOW Jones dropped by 508 points. -
US and Canada reach free trade agreement-NAFTA
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Terrorists kill nine tourists on Aegean cruise