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1980 * Eruption at Mt. St. Helens kills 57, landslide in Darjeeling, Zimbabwe independent after guerrilla war, Iran-Iraq War breaks out, Solidarity Union formed in Poland, Quebec narrowly votes to stay in Canada, Civil war in El Salvador until 1992, Malaria outbreak in Madagascar, Earthquake in Italy, LDS church sesquicentennial * Reagan visits Utah on political visit – Richard B. Wirthlin works closely with Reagan as pollster, "42nd Street" debuts on Broadway, six earthquakes hit CA, Earthquake in Italy kills 2735, Delcambre LA salt mine disaster – oil rig drilling hit mine and water flows into hole – reversal of water flow patterns, boats and trees sucked into hole at Lake Peigneur, MO – Times Beach destroyed when man spraying roads with oil to control dust mixes two tainted batches laced with dioxins – town near Eureka later condemned, US heat wave kills between 1250 and 10000, Rap Music emerges, Vigdis Finnbogadottir of Iceland becomes first democratically elected woman, WHO declared smallpox eradicated, Council for Secular Humanism publishes declaration, Zimbabwe achieves independence, John Lennon assassinated, End US Hostage crisis, Iran-Iraq war begins, US supports Contras in central America, death of Austrian painter Oskar Kokoschka, death of Yugoslavia’s 2nd President Tito (Josip Broz), death of English author CP Snow, death of English comedian Peter Sellers, Death of Shah of Iran ending Pahlevi dynasty that ruled since 1921, US attempts to rescue hostages (Operation Eagle Claw) but helicopters crash and disaster – Ayatollah Khomeini threatens to kill if more attempts tried, Iraq- Iran border conflicts, Turkey nearly in anarchy until coup, Indira Gandhi regains power in India, Vietnam’s Ton Duc Thang dies, Pakistani’s Agha Mohammed Tahha Khan dies, S Korea general Chun Doo Hwan takes power in military coup – kills 200+ students and workers, Japan’s Prime Minister Masayoshi Ohira dies and Zeno Suzuki becomes new prime minister, Vanatu (formerly New Hebrides) in S Pacific gains independence after British and French rule, Poland’s Premier Piotr Jaroszewicz resigns under accusations of corruption, Juliana of Netherlands abdicates and daughter Beatrix succeeds, Yugoslavia’s president Josip Broz Tito dies, Violence in Italy as neo-fascists massacre 85 in railway station, Former Portuguese premier Marcello Caetano dies, first woman elected – Vigdis Finnbogadottir of Iceland, Polish workers strike under Lech Walesa – forms labor union and Russian troops mass on border, Russian PremierAleksei Nikolaievich Kosygin dies, death of German naval commander Karl Doenitz, Canadians reelect Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau, death of Puerto Rico’s governor Luis Munoz Marin, Surinam Army sergeants overthrow the government of Premier Henck Arron with several subsequent coups, Peru reelects Fernando Belaunde Terry, Former Nicaraguan dictator Anastasio Somoza assassinated, Uruguay – voters reject new constitution, Guyana adopts socialist constitution,, Mauritanian president resigns and is succeeded by prime minister Mohammed Khouna Ould Haidalla, Tunisia prime minister steps down, Zimbabwe (formerly Rhosdesia) gains independence under Robert Mugabe and blacks demand fair treatment with whites, Liberian president William R Tolbert Jr. ousted in military coup then castrated with ears cut off – first ethnic Krahn rules Gen. Sameul K Doe, Senegal’s first president steps down, Uganda holds first elections in 18 years byr former president Obote back in power, Supreme Court Chief Justice William O Douglas dies, Carter tries to extend draft to women 0 military and Congress overrule, Republicans sweep elections in US, Weather Underground activist Bernardine Dohrn truns self in, violence against religious and human rights leader in El Salvador, Miami riots after police acquitted in beating, US Supreme Court upholds quotas and reverse discrimination, Slavery decreed abolished in Mauritania but practice still continues, bomb outside Paris synagogue leaves four dead, Iran grants women right to vote but women protest Islamic dress code, Rev. Jerry Falwell campaigns against equal rights amendment, Voyager I explored Saturn, Serra Palada gold mine discovered in Brazil, Banking deregulation in US aims to help consumers but banks raise rates, US bankruptcy rates rise, George HW Bush calls Reagan plan “voodoo economics” but later drops opposition, gas prices in US have doubled in last two years, water leak in NY nuclear reactor plant forces shutdown, Polish train wreck kills 62, Mothers Against Drunk Driving founded in California (MADD), Philippine passenger ferry kills 313 in crash, Swiss tunnel opens after 11 years of construction, death of computer pioneer John W Mauchly, US Supreme Court decides manmade life may be patented, improved rabies vaccine, Caesarian sections become more common, TSS outbreaks lead to labeling tampons, rattlesnake placed in mailbox of lawyer suing the Syanon drug rehab program (cult), Dr. Ruth Westheimber (Karola Ruth Siegel) debuts “Sexually Speaking” radio program, Church of England adopts newer version of Book of Common Prayer updating language, US Department of Education begins, death of Jean Piaget of psychology and education fame, Universities allowed to patent research, WordPerfect debuts from Provo UT, Hewlett-Packard introduces first laser printer at $100,000 and the size of a desk, Supreme Court rules that public has a right to trials and newsrooms protected from searches, Ted Koppel and “Nightline” debuts, CNN goes on the air, Bravo Network debuts, Moscow jams radio broadcasts to hide Polish unrest, WRITE: Cosmos by Carl Sagan, Academie Francaise elects first woman to membership, Umberto Eco (The Name of the Rose) Douglas Adams (Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy), (Firestarter) Stephen King, (Aztec) Gary Jennings who learned how to read ancient pictographs, (The Bourne Identity) Robert Ludlum, ART: Jasper Johns, world-famous Pueblo potter maria Martinez dies in NM, FILM: (Children of a Lesser God), Police charge director Michael Bogdanow with indecency when in “The Romans in Britain” he shows simulated homosexual rape on stage, death of Jimmy Durante, death of Sartre, Films: “The Empire Strikes back” “Raging Bull” “Coal Miner’s Daughter” “The Elephant Man” “Nine to Five” “Private Benjamin” death of Alfred Hitchcock, Steve McQueen, Mae West, “Oh, Canada” adopted as official national anthem of Canada, “42nd Street” debuts on Broadway, Popular Songs: “Sailing” “11 O’Clock Tick-Tock” (U2), and artists, Christopher Cross , Joy division, Elvis Costello, Talking Heads, Captain Beefheart, Prince, Rockpile, John Lennon and Yoko Ono, Linda Ronstadt, “Miracle on Ice” Hockey victory of US over USSR, Rollerblade Inc. founded patenting in-line skates, Pac-man debuts as early color game, “Official Preppy Handbook” debuts, 36 hour riot in NM State Pen. – 33 die. Murder spree of black Atlanta children, “Scarsdale Diet” creator shot, end of Genovese crime family trial in NY with 10-year sentence, death of John Lennon, Crystal Cathedral completed in CA, EPA reports chromosomal damage in 36 Love Canal residents, Mt. St. Helens erupts, Hurricane David kills 22 in Dominica, Earthquake in Algeria 7.7 kills about 3000, 84 die in MGM Grand Hotel fire in Vegas, Fire at Stouffer Inn in NY kills 26, Julian L Simon predicts earth more resilient than ecologist Paul Erlich believes – predicts population will rise but prices fall by 1990 ( Simon wins bet), Brazil offers incentives to colonists to settle NW part (Amazon) but soil doesn’t support agriculture – leads to deforestation scares of late 80s), Carter renames Mount McKinley National Park to Denali, S California’s Channel Islands named National park, Biscayne bay National Park created in SE Florida, drought hits Ohio valley, New England Journal of Medicine confirms that some obese are more fuel efficient, , Europe bans hormones in beef, Coke changes some sucrose to high-fructose corn syrup – many sweet foods follow suit, , Chicken McNuggets debut, Kentucky Fried Chicken founder Harland Sanders dies in KY, Cuba closes port as a third-million Cubans try to leave, US Supreme Court upholds Hyde Amendment of 1976 supporting abortion rights, China limits births to one child, Japan birthrate falls, Australia injects Aboriginie girls with Depo-Provera for contraception without knowledge to control black birth rates, water shaft excavated in Jerusalem, Italian archaeologists excavate Herculaneum, , binary black holes predicted, Very Large Array in New Mexico used for astronomy, US Solar Maximum Mission launched but doesn’t work until repaired in 1984, gene transference in mice achieved, gene repeats explored, production of humen interferon in bacteria, international fax standard set, IBM achieves 91& accuracy in voice recognition, UK’s Clive Sinclair develops cheap computer (Timex-Sinclair in US), 65 million BC extinction explained as asteroid impact, lead paint banned in US, Superfund (CERLA) created to clean up hazardous sites, GE patents oil microbe for cleaning oil, lithotripsy invented to break kidney stones, Eli Lilly starts using human insulin created by bacteria, antigens in Organ transplants investigated, Hall effect of superconductivity explored, neutrino determined to have mass, single barium atom captured (and named), silitons (individual waves with a single peak) shown to travel through optical fibers, physicists show that charge-parity and time symmetry can be violated, synchrotron radiation increased with undulator, textiles cut with laser beam, Eudora Welty writes, Vladimir Nabokov, Stephen Jay Gould (The Panda’s Thumb), Norman Mailer, National steel strike in African Jungle, Jimmy Carter proclaims grain embargo against USSR – hurts US, Swedes change royal succession to favor older sister over younger brother, Chrysler bailout, Chess player Nigel Short youngest named grand master age 14, Spanish Embassy in Guatemala burned killing 36, Winter Olympics in Lake Placid NY, AC/DC singer Bon Scott dies of alcohol poisoning, first festival of rock music in Soviet Union, US boycotts summer Olympics in Moscow, Mafioso Angelo Bruno assassinated in Atlantic City, “Jesus Family Tomb” found in Jerusalem, Spain and UK agree to reopen border between Gibraltar and Spain (closed 1969). Sunshine Skyway Bridge over Tampa Bay collapses when freighter hits it illing 35, Norco shootout, Quebec rejects independence from Canada, Richard Prior badly burned freebasing cocaine, US heat wave, , Alexandra Palace in London destroyed by fire, Australian baby Azaria Chamberlain disappears from Ayers Rock reportedly taken by a dingo, Youth riots in Estonia shut down, Bob Marley plays final live performance, Intel and Xerox creates standard for Ethernet, Margaret Thatcher tells Conservatives that “U-turn if you want to. The lady’s not for turning/”, American railroads deregulated, Cincinnati television hostages – just terrorist James Hoskins dies by suicide, “Gang of Four” trial begins in China, “Who shot JR” on Dallas becomes national obsession, earthquakes in S Italy kill 4800, Richard Chase the “Vampire of Sacramento” kills himself on San Quentin death row, birth of Kanzi the Bonobo, death of American athlete Jesse Owens, death of Otto Frank father of Anne Frank, death of Tex Avery American cartoonist (Looney Toons), film: “Ordinary People” Popular Songs: “Please Don’t Go” “The Wall” album, artists include AC/DC, Frank Sinatra, Queen, Romantics, Lipps Incorporated, Television: Ted Turner launches CNN, Top shows: “Dallas” “60 Minutes” “The Dukes of Hazzard” “The Love Boat” “Private Benjamin” Films: “Empire Strikes Back” “Superman II” “9 to 5” “Stir Crazy” “Airplane”, birth of fictional character Harry Potter, English comedian Peter Sellers dies age 55, Dinosaur extinction and meteor impact link published again, Drosophila mutations published – later Hox genes, closure of Studio 54 in New York after drug-hammered owner mentions money and IRS raid club, Consolidated Sunday Schedule presented, 7 temples announced, Iran Iraq war, Boston Marathon runner cheats by riding subway, First woman elected head of state in Iceland, President Tito of Yugoslavia dies, Rhodesia gains black majority rule and independence as Zimbabwe, Polish solidarity movement under Lech Walesa confronts Communists, war between Iran and Iraq, illegal to post 10 Commandments in classrooms in US, Eruption of Mt. St. Helens

1981 Landslide in Sichuan, Start of drought of Ethiopia until 1985, major storm in S Africa, Tabernacle Choir sings at Reagan’s inauguration, first Latin-American General Authority called – Angel Abrea, first stakes in Milan and Portugal, new Triple Combination printed * Tabernacle Choir sings at Reagan’s Inauguration and Donnie and Marie perform at various events, President (of the 12) Benson and Elder Wirthlin attends, LDS Washington attorney serves as chairman of inaugural’s law committee, large numbers of LDS serve in Reagan White House, MX Missile controversy – Church opposes transport through Utah and it eventually fails, Members pray for wounded President Reagan, Jun - 800 killed when cyclone blows train off track in India, Jun - deadliest avalanche on Mt. Ranier, official start of AIDS pandemic, Solidarity Day march protests Reagan’s stance on affirmative action, Reagan funds Nicaraguan contras, first space shuttle launch, film: “Chariots of Fire”, Reagan and republicans move to deregulate part of government, Natinoal spending increases, Iran releases US hostages, attempted assassination of Reagan – press secretary James Brady suffers permanent brain damage – shooter John W Hinckley claims he shot to impress actress Jodie Foster, General Bradley US dies and Bradley Fighting Vehicle (tank) goes into production, Sandra Day O’Connor elected to Supreme Court as first female judge, Terrorists assassinate N Ireland’s former parliamentary speaker Sir Norman Stronge and his son – 10 IRA hunger strike protesters die in Belfast prison, elected (and imprisoned) leader Bobby Sands dies of starvation, failed coup attempt in Spain, Pope John Paul II wounded in Rome after assassination attempt, Italy’s cabinet resigns after Masonic interference, France elects socialist François (Maurice) Mitterand, Gro Harlem Brundtland becomes Norway’s first female prime minister, Polish general Wojciech Jaruzelski becomes prime minister and cracks down on protesters – Lech Walesa leads opposition during martial law, Afghan guerrilla groups oppose soviets – Taliban included, Lebanese Christian militia shoots down Syrian helicopters, Israeli jets destroy Iraq’s nuclear reactor near Baghdad, succession of deaths and remobals of Iran’s presidents, Menachem Begin apponts Ariel Sharon as minister of defense in Israel, Egypt’s Anwar el-Sadat cracks down on dissidents and is assassinated by Islamic extremists – Hosni Mubarak rules, failed coup in Bangladesh, Gerdinand Marcos of Philippines reelected, Mao Zedong’s widow sentenced to death for rebellion but sentence suspended, Malay Mahathir bin Mohammad becomes Malaysian prime minister, Burma’s president resigns, Coup in Ghana, failed coup in Surinam, Panamanian strongman Omar Torrijos (Herrera) killed in crash and Col. Manuel Antonio Noriega leads, Uruguay installs Gregorio Alvarez as president, Belize becomes fully independent, Antigua and Barbuda in Caribbean gain full independence from Britain, civil war in El Salvador and Atlacatl Battalion death squad massacres over 800, Canada approves resolution to break free of Britain, Argentina reports “disappearances” of citizens, Cairo police break into the home of Egyptian feminist Nawal El Saadawi, Major Spanish operation against Basque separatists, Spain legalizes divorce but Church forbids Catholics from divorcing, John D and Catherine T MacArthur Foundation begins giving philanthropic awards, first launch of US space shuttle as Columbia launched, Voyager 2 flies by Saturn, China launches satellites, Greece joins European Community, Japan becomes exceptionally prosperous as US economy starts to falter with 14 percent inflation and 7.4 percent unemployment, Reagan dismisses air traffic controllers who defy return-to-work order - U.S. air service drops 25 percent, Reagan rejects Keynesian economic ideas withsupply-side economics – increased spending follows and deficits begin to grow out of control, petroleum prices soar to $30 a barrel and OPEC threatens to cut production, du Pont acquires Conoco oil, British government privatizrs oil and gas, 1410 meter Humber Bridga in Britain opens, France's high-speed TGV train begins service, Frequent flier program started by American Airlines, IBM introduces first personal computer (with Intel inside) with memory of 16-256k – to avoid monopoly status DOS is open license and “clones” by Compaq follow, Norton develops UnErase, AIDS begins worldwide burn as SF and NY physicians report Kaposi’s sarcoma among homosexual men and addicts, anti-ulcer drug Zantac introduced, Senator Berry Goldwater speaks out against Jerry Falwell’s “Moral Majority” as blurring of church and state, Arkansas legislates “scientific creationism” but protested, FCC deregulates radio but keeps Fiarness Doctrine, Walter Concrite goes off air and Dan Rather replaces him, Smith Corona introduces first word processor, Publisher Rupert Murdoch buys Times of London, Washington Post reporter Janet Cooke wins Pulitzer for fraudulent story, Salmon Rushdie Gore Vidal Toni Morrison John Updike Stephen King Carl Sagan Sylvia Plath Stephen Jay Gould write, nearly-digital camera (Mavica) invented, Palau becomes self governing, Donna Griffiths of Pershore Worcestershire UK starts series of sneezes that end after 978 days, fire at Stardust Nightclub in Dublin kills 48, earthquakes hit Athens, Chilean President Augusto Pinochet reelected, three workers killed during test of Space Shuttle Columbia, first London Marathon, Brixton tiot in South London, Vietnam Memorial designed, Bihar train disaster in India, Major League Baseball strike, six blank shots fired at Queen Elizabeth II of UK, Atlanta Child Murderer arrested, Wonderland Gang brutally murdered, Toxteth riots, Simon and Garfunkel’s Concert in Central Park reaches 500k, Metallica forms, Soviet submarine runs aground off Sweden, slavery abolished in Mauritania, Church of England admits women to holy orders, General hospital’s wedding of Luke and Laura sets records for daytime TV, Reagan opts to support Contra rebels in Nicaragua, mercenaries take Seychelles airport in coup attempt, Cuba suffers Dengue fever, Deaaths: Bob Marley, Popular Songs: Kenny Rogers Greatest Hits, “Woman in Love”, artists include Rick James (Super Freak), Earth Wind and Fire, Grover Washington and Bill Withers, Rick James, Rick Springfield, Stevie Nicks, Reba McEntire, Tammy Wynette, Tom Petty, Christopher Cross, “Bette Davis Eyes” “The Tide is High” “Radio Free Europe” (REM) “Super Freak” – Beastie Boys begins as early rap group, Songwriter Hoagy Carmichael dies, MTV goes out to TV for first time, Television: Supreme Court allows TV cameras in court, Top shows include “Joanie Loves Chachi” “Dynasty” “Hill Street Blues” “Gimmie a Break” “Falcon Crest”, Films: “Raiders of the Lost Ark” ”On Golden Pond” ”Porky’s” ”Arthur” ”Stripes” “Chariots of Fire” “Mad Max II”, Actress Natalie Wood disappears off family yacht and drowns, “Cats” and “Dreamgirls” debut, Tennis greats include John McEnroe and Chris Evert-Lloyd, death of Satchel Paige dies, Games Frogger and Donkey Kong debut and Atari stock plummets, synthetic polarfleece by Patagonia made of polyester microfiber, Giorgio cologne starts scent-strip advertisements and perfume wars, wedding of Lady Diana Spencer and Prince Charles, Yorkshire Ripper captured and sentenced, Major cocaine traffic across US-Mexican border, Walkways at Kansas City’s Hyatt Regency collapse killing 113, Iranian quakes register 6.9 and 7.3, in attempt to cut budgets Reagan cuts school lunches but protests force him to reinstall, Saccharin listed as sustected carcinogen until 2000, Asparatame (NutraSweet) approved for sale in US, Prego Spaghetti Sauce introduced, Nutri-Grain cereals introduced, infanticide of females rampant in China, anthropologists discover 12,000 BCE religious sanctuary in Spain, Concept of inflationary univerce proposed, “giant void” in constellation Bootes observed, Ohio University transfer genes between species, zebra fish clone created at U of Oregon, technical standards for the compact disc accepted – paves way for CD technology, black footed ferret found not to be extinct but living among prairie dogs in Wyoming, Japan produces 64k chips for computers, first heart-lung transplant, scanning tunneling microscope invented, New Triple Combination published by Church, Equal Rights Amendment defeated, GRE joins EEC founded 1957 , Bill Gates states that 640 K will be the maximum needed memory for computers, first flight of US Space Shuttle, Egyptian Sadat assassinated – attempts on Reagan and Pope John Pail II fail

1982 Compact Discs invented, Israeli forces invade Lebanon, Falklands War between Argentina and Britain – British won, Mexico fails to repay foreign loans, resulting in national financial crisis, El Chichon Volcano in Mexico kills 3500, Earthquake in Yemen, 140th anniversary of Relief Society, death of Belle Spafford, Church reaches 5 million, 50th year of broadcasts for Tabernacle Choir, Nauvoo historical sites dedicated, Reagan tours welfare program, Book of Mormon subtitled, Church receives Bible award & Reagan tours Welfare Square in UT, Bush 41 visits Utah twice and meets with Church Leaders, Dec - 18 inches of snow fall in Vinton, Louisiana, Jan - Arctic air kills much of Florida's citrus crop, Feb- Newfoundland "bomb" of low pressure sinks ship killing 100, Jul - Larry Walters of LA flies lawnchair and 45 weather balloons near LAX, "Little Shop of Horrors" and "Cats" debut on Broadway, First Rubik's Cube World Championships, The Color Purple published, Michael Jackson wins 8 Grammys, de Vries implants first mechanical (Jarvik) heart, US gives billions in aid to Saddam Hussain in war with Iran, first genetically engineered drug approved, Sony and Philips introduce CD player, Israel invades Lebanon, Falklands War, death of French fashion guru Pierre Balman, death of English composer Humphrey Searle, Film: E.T. “Twilight Zone the Movie” – three decapitated by helicopter blade during filming, Olympic fencer dies of brain damage after opponent’s foil snaps and pierces his eye, film: “Ghandi”, Israel invades Lebanon in attack on PLO, Princess Grace dies in car accident and daughter Stephanie injured, Lebanese Christian Phalangists kill hundreds in two Palestinian refugee camps in Beirut, Leonit I Brezhnev dies, John W Hinckley Jr. found insane for shooting of President Reagan, Alexander M Haig Jr. resigns as Secretary of State, Equal Rights Amendment fails ratification, Popular Songs: “Tattoo You” (Rolling Stones) album and “Ebony and Ivory” artists include Toni Basil, Sugarhill Gang, Kenny Rogers, Joan Jett, Journey, “Bette Davis Eyes: by Kim Carnes, Michael Jackson releases “Thriller”, Films: “E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial” “Tootsie” “An Officer and a Gentleman” “Rocky III” “Star Trek II the Wrath of Khan” “Poltergeist” “Chariots of Fire” Thomas Keneally wrotes “Schindler’s List” Alice Walker writes “The Color Purple”, Television: Top shows include “Magnum PI” and “Dynasty”, First artificial heart implanted in Dr. Barney B Clark at U of U, Space shuttle Columbia makes first mission, MRE machines introduced into Britain, First genetically engineered plant – the Flavr Savr tomato introduced, deaths: John Belushi, Ingrid Bergman, Satchel Paige, “Valley Girl” song released by the Zappas, Church membership reaches 5 million, Canada becomes completely independent from England, Argentinians invade Falklands and South Georgia – British re-invade

1983 Drought in S AFR, Conflict in Sudan – over 1.5 million die, Argentina reverts to civilian rule and Alfonsin elected president, Ash Wednesday Fire in Australia, Tsunami in Japan, Ash Wednesday fire in Australia, Redo – assembly hall in SLC

Jan - Kilauea Volcano begins erupting, Nov - English tornado outbreak records 102 tornadoes, Dec - Record cold in Gulf States, earthquakes in CA S Africa, ID HI and Sea of Japan – last producing tsunami, First African-American astronaut Guion Bluford, Vanessa Williams is first black Miss America, weapons given to Iran to help them against Iraq, Famine begins in Ethiopia, “Wheel of Fortune” debuts, death of musician William Walton, death of musician Werner Egk, death of choreographers GM Balanchine and Anton Dolin, death of American author Tennessee Williams, film: “Terms of Endearment”, Pope John Paul II signs new Roman Catholic code incorporating Second Vatican Council, Benigno Aquino – Rival of Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos assassinated, South Korean jetliner strays into Soviet space and is shot down and 269 killed, Terrorist explosion kills 237 marines in Beirut, US invades Grenada, Space shuttle Challenger makes maiden voyage, US Supreme Court declared local abortion restrictions unconstitutional, first US woman in space Sall K Ride aboard Challenger, US admits shielding former Nazi Gestapo chief Kaus Barbie the “butcher of Lyon” wanted in France, Popular Songs: “Flashdance” album and “Let’s Dance”, artists include The Weather Girls (It’s raining Men), Dexy’s Midnight Runners (Come ON Eileen) , Irene Cara (Flashdance), Michael Jackson, Eddie Grant (Electric Avenue), album “Rosanna” by Toto, “Always on my Mind” song of year, compact discs introduces, Harvey Fierstein’s “Torch Song Trilogy” wins Tony Award marking acceptance of gay theater, Karen Carpenter dies of anorexia, Films: “Return of the Jedi” “Terms of Endearment” “Flashdance” “Trading Places” “War Games” “Ghandi” “The Big Chill” “The Right Stuff”, “crack” cocaine developed in the Bahamas ans soon appears in US, FCC authorizes Motorola to begin testing cellular phone service in Chicago, El Nino disrupts global weather, Deaths – Tennessee Williams, Buckminster Fuller, Jack Dempsey, Joan Miro (Spanish surrealist), Television: 125 million tune into last episode of M*A*S*H, top shows include “The A-Team” and “Simon & Simon”, Stert of eruption of Mount Kilauea Hawaii until present



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