05-21-2003, 10:31 PM
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1980 - Ronald Reagan becomes president, Republicans gain control of Senate.
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05-21-2003, 10:32 PM
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1981 - The first U.S. space shuttle, "Columbia," makes inaugural flight.
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05-21-2003, 10:33 PM
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1982 - England drives invading Argentines from Falkland Islands.
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05-21-2003, 10:34 PM
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1983 - Two-year drought causes massive famine in Ethiopia.
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05-21-2003, 10:34 PM
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1984 - AIDS virus is discovered.
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05-21-2003, 10:35 PM
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1985 - Mikhail Gorbachev becomes General Secretary of the U.S.S.R.
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05-21-2003, 10:36 PM
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1986 - Phillipine President Ferdinand Marcos flees in the wake of election rigging allegations.
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05-21-2003, 10:36 PM
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1987 - Bill Gates becomes the computer industry's first billionaire.
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05-21-2003, 10:37 PM
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1988 - An earthquake in Armenia kills 80,000.
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05-21-2003, 10:38 PM
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1989 - The Exxon Valdez spills eleven million gallons of oil in Alaska.
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05-21-2003, 10:39 PM
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1990 - Nelson Mandela freed from South African prison.
{and I'm done, the laptop battery is about dead  ... to the cheers of others wanting to post here  )
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05-21-2003, 10:40 PM
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1991 - Channel Tunnel – The ‘Chunnel’ completed linking England and France by road and rail under the English Channel.
{I'll keep going until it dies on me  )
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05-21-2003, 10:41 PM
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1992 - The "World Wide Web" started up for home use.
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05-21-2003, 10:42 PM
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1993 - Coup against Russian leader Boris Yeltsin fails in Moscow.
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05-21-2003, 10:42 PM
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1994 - Long-time CIA officer Aldrich Ames and his wife were charged with espionage
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