- John Lennon shot by fanatic Mark Chapman
- Post-It's introduced by 3M Corporation
- U.S. Hockey team beat Russia at Winter
Olympics
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- Birth of MTV- first 24 hour music TV station
- Pope John Paul II wounded by an assassin in
St. Peters Square
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- Michael Jackson's
"Thriller" sells 20 million albums, becoming the largest
selling record ever
- Liposuction procedure is
introduced
- Vietnam Memorial erected in Washington D.C.
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- Sally Ride is first woman in
space-onboard the Challenger
- Cabbage Patch' kids are
released
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- First infomercials
- AIDS virus discovered
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- Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame
opens
- Extra second added to calendar year
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- Challenger explodes during
takeoff- seven astronauts die
- Statue of Liberty celebrates
its 100th anniversary and gets a face lift
- Martin Luther King Day
celebrated for the first time
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- US budget reaches $1 trillion
- World population reaches 5
billion
- Black Monday-on October 19 stock market drops
22 percent
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- CD's outsell vinyl for the
first time
- Bobby McFerrin says
"Don't worry, Be happy"
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- World-wide ban of ivory
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
is an overnight success
- Stealth bomber finished
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