|
|
Timeline of Top News Stories 1980-1989
With links to coverage from the Facts On File® World News Digest
1989
- Romania's Ceausescu Toppled, Executed in Uprising (December 25, 1989)
- U.S. Forces Invade Panama, Oust Strongman Noriega (December 20, 1989)
- Berlin Wall Falls (November 9, 1989)
- Major Quake Rocks San Francisco Bay Area (October 17, 1989)
- Flood of East Germans Leaves Hungary for West Germany (September 11-14, 1989)
- Massive U.S. Savings and Loan Bailout Set (August 9, 1989)
- Supreme Court Upholds Abortion Restrictions (July 3, 1989)
- House Speaker Jim Wright Resigns Amid Ethics Questions (June 30, 1989)
- Chinese Pro-Democracy Protesters Crushed at Tiananmen Square (June 3, 1989)
- Iran's Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini Dies (June 3, 1989)
- Central Park Jogger Attacked, Raped by Group of Youths (April 19, 1989)
- Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Fouls Alaskan Coast (March 24, 1989)
- Iran Offers Reward for London Writer Rushdie's Death (February 14, 1989)
1988
- Pan Am Jet Crashes In Scotland, Evidence Indicates Bomb (December 21, 1988)
- Tens of Thousands Perish in Soviet Armenia Quake (December 7, 1988)
- Benazir Bhutto Named Prime Minister of Pakistan; First Woman to Lead Moslem Nation (December 1, 1988)
- Bush Defeats Dukakis in U.S. Presidential Election (November 8, 1988)
- Truce Ends War between Iran and Iraq (August 20, 1988)
- U.S. Navy Shoots Down Iranian Airliner Over Persian Gulf, Killing 290 (July 3, 1988)
- Forest Fires Burn in Eight U.S. States (June - November, 1988)
- Reagan, Gorbachev Hold Moscow Summit (May 29 - June 2, 1988)
- U.S. Senate Ratifies Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (May 27, 1988)
- Soviets Begin to Withdraw Troops from Afghanistan (May 15, 1988)
- U.S. Indicts Panamanian Military Leader Noriega on Drug Charges (February 5, 1988)
1987
- South Korea Holds First Direct Presidential Election in 16 Years (December 16, 1987)
- Gaza Strip and West Bank Erupt in Violent Unrest (December 9, 1987)
- Congressional Iran-Contra Report Blames Reagan for 'Secrecy, Deception and Disdain for the Law' (November 18, 1987)
- Senate Rejects Bork Supreme Court Nomination following Bitter Fight (October 23, 1987)
- 'Black Monday' Crash of 1987 Rocks Stock Markets (October 19, 1987)
- Central American Nations Sign Regional Peace Plan (August 7, 1987)
- Iraqi Missile Strike Kills 37 U.S. Sailors on U.S.S. Stark (May 17, 1987)
- Presidential Candidate Gary Hart Exits Race following Disclosure of Extramarital Affair (May 8, 1987)
- Congressional Inquiry into Iran-Contra Arms Scandal Held (May 5 - November 18, 1987)
- 'Baby M' Awarded to Father After Trial over Custody; Surrogate Mother Contract at Issue (March 31, 1987)
- TV Evangelist Jim Bakker Resigns in Sex Scandal (March 19, 1987)
- Gorbachev Spurs Major Soviet Political Reforms (January 27, 1987)
1986
- Profits from U.S. Arms Sales to Iran Found Diverted To Nicaraguan Contras (November 25, 1986)
- Reagan Signs Sweeping Tax Overhaul Measure (October 22, 1986)
- U.S., Soviet Arms Negotiations Founder on Missile Defense Issue (October 11-12, 1986)
- Antiviral Drug AZT Shows Some Promise in Fighting AIDS (September 19, 1986)
- Kurt Waldheim Wins Austrian Presidency Despite Nazi Charges (June 8, 1986)
- Ozone Hole over Antarctica Sparks Concern (June 1986)
- Soviet Chernobyl Blast Spreads Nuclear Fallout (April 26-May 8, 1986)
- U.S. Jets Bomb Libyan Targets (April 14, 1986)
- Philippine 'People Power' Revolt Ends Marcos Regime; Aquino Takes Control (February 26, 1986)
- 'Baby Doc' Duvalier Flees Haiti, Ending 28-Year Family Rule (February 7, 1986)
- Space Shuttle Challenger Explosion Kills Seven (January 28, 1986)
1985
- Palestinian Terrorists Hit Rome and Vienna Airports; 18 Killed and 111 Wounded (December 27, 1985)
- U.S. Congress Passes Mandatory Gramm-Rudman Budget-Balancing Bill (December 11, 1985)
- Colombian Volcano Erupts, Killing 25,000 (November 13, 1985)
- Palestinians Seize Italian Cruise Ship Achille Lauro, Murder U.S. Passenger (October 7, 1985)
- Mexican Earthquakes Kill more than 7,000 (September 19-20, 1985)
- Japan Air Crash Kills 520 (August 12, 1985)
- TWA Jet Hijacked by Lebanese Shiites, Hostages Seized (June 14, 1985)
- Police Raid on Philadelphia MOVE Anarchists Ends in Inferno, 11 Deaths (May 13, 1985)
- Reagan Visits SS Cemetery in Bitburg, Germany (May 5, 1985)
- Soviet President Chernenko Dies, Gorbachev Succeeds as Communist Party General Secretary (March 10-11, 1985)
1984
- New York City Subway Vigilante Shooting Sparks Controversy (December 31, 1984)
- Britain Agrees to Leave Hong Kong in 1997 (December 19, 1984)
- Union Carbide Gas Leak in India Kills more than 2,000, Injures 50,000 (December 3, 1984)
- Reagan Reelected by Landslide to Second Term (November 6, 1984)
- Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi Slain (October 31, 1984)
- Gunman Kills 21 in California Restaurant (July 18, 1984)
- Democratic Presidential Candidate Mondale Picks Geraldine Ferraro as Running Mate; First Woman on Major Ticket (July 12, 1984)
- Indian Army Storms Sikh Golden Temple Seeking Terrorists, 300 Killed (June 6, 1984)
- Soviet Union Withdraws from Los Angeles Olympics (May 7, 1984)
- CIA-Directed Mining of Nicaraguan Ports Sparks Controversy (April 1984)
- Soviet President Andropov Dies after Long Illness, Chernenko Named Successor (February 9-13, 1984)
1983
- U.S., Caribbean States Invade Grenada (October 25, 1983)
- Suicide Bomb Attack in Beirut Kills 241 U.S. Marines (October 23, 1983)
- Controversial U.S. Interior Secretary James Watt Resigns (October 9, 1983)
- Polish Trade Union Leader Walesa Wins Nobel Peace Prize (October 5, 1983)
- South Korean Passenger Plane KAL 007 Shot Down After Violating Soviet Airspace (September 1, 1983)
- Begin Decides to Resign as Israeli Prime Minister (August 28, 1983)
- Opposition Leader Aquino Assassinated in Philippines (August 21, 1983)
- Sally Ride Becomes First U.S. Woman in Space (June 18, 1983)
- U.S. Embassy in Lebanon Devastated by Bomb Blast, 63 Killed (April 18, 1983)
- Harold Washington Elected Chicago's First Black Mayor (April 12, 1983)
1982
- First Permanent Artificial Human Heart Implanted (December 2, 1982)
- Soviet President Brezhnev Dies, Andropov Becomes Communist Party Head (November 10-12, 1982)
- Poland Outlaws Solidarity Trade Union (October 8, 1982)
- Deaths from Cyanide-Laced Tylenol Alarm Nation (October 6, 1982)
- Chinese Party Congress Sheds Maoist Legacy (September 1-11, 1982)
- Iran Invades Iraq (July 14, 1982)
- Equal Rights Amendment Defeated (June 30, 1982)
- Alexander Haig Resigns as U.S. Secretary of State (June 25, 1982)
- Israel Invades Lebanon (June 6, 1982)
- Britain Repels Argentine Seizure of Falkland Islands (April - June 1982)
1981
- Egyptian President Sadat Assassinated (October 6, 1981)
- Sandra Day O'Connor Becomes First Woman on U.S. Supreme Court (September 21, 1981)
- U.S. President Reagan Signs Bills Cutting Taxes and Federal Budget (August 13, 1981)
- U.S. President Reagan Fires Striking Air-Traffic Controllers (August - October 1981)
- Prince Charles of Britain Weds Lady Diana Spencer (July 29, 1981)
- Suspect Arrested following Slew of Murders of Young Blacks in Atlanta, Georgia (June 21, 1981)
- Israeli Warplanes Bomb Atomic Plant in Iraq (June 7, 1981)
- AIDS First Identified (June 1981)
- Pope John Paul II Shot Twice but Survives (May 13, 1981)
- U.S. Space Shuttle Columbia Completes First Flight (April 12-14, 1981)
- U.S. President Reagan Survives Assassination Attempt (March 30, 1981)
- Iran Frees U.S. Hostages after 444 Days of Captivity (January 20, 1981)
1980
Record URL:
http://www.2facts.com/menu/digest-menu-1980s
|
|
PRINT
