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President Reagan Proposes Strategic Defense Initiative Antimissile Defense System
U.S. Embassy In Beruit, Lebanon Bombed; 87 People Are Killed
President Reagan Backs Contra Rebels Against Sandinista Government Of Nicaragua
Jesse Jackson Becomes First Black Man To Address Alabama Legislature
Unemployment Rises To Over 12 Million; Nobel Peace Prize, Lech Walesa (Poland)
Tenessee Williams, American Playwright Dies; "Winston Churchill: The Finest Hour", Official Biography By Martin Gilbert; "A Chorus Line" Becomes Longest-Running Broadway Show
Pope John Paul II Visits His Native Country Of Poland
Television Comedy Series "Mash" Ends; "Hill Street Blues" Receives Emmy Award For Best Dramatic Series; "Ghandi" Academy Award for Best Picture
Popular Songs: "Thriller", "Beat it", "Flashdance"
U.S. Space Shuttle "Challenger" Is Launched And Completes Three Missions
Sally Ride Is The First Woman In Space
U.S. Government Approves Aspartame As An Artificial Sweetener In Soft Drinks
A Meter Is Officially Redefined As the Distance That Light Travels in 1/299,792,458 Of A Second
Two Year Drought In Ethiopia Brings Famine to Millions
First Artificial Heart Recipient, Barney Clark, ( U.S.) Dies After 112 Days
President Reagan Makes Martin Luther King Jr.'s Birthday A National Holiday From Jan. 1986 Onward