| | President Halts Grain To Russia Following Afghanistan Invasion |
| | Carter Severs Diplomatic Ties To Iran. Khomeini Militants Hold Hostages |
| | US Olympic Committee Votes To Boycott Moscow Summer Games |
| | 125,000 Cuban Refugees Released By Castro Arrive In Miami |
| | US Rescue Mission To Iran Fails, 8 Die As Two Aircraft Collide |
| | Washington Volcano Mount Saint Helen Erupts , 22 Die |
| | Iraq Invades Iran |
| | John Lenon Is Shot To Death In New York |
| | Andrei Sakhorov Is Exiled to Gorky |
| | Operation "Abscam" indicts 30 officials |
| | Yugoslav leader Marshall Tito, 87 dies |
| | Workers seize shipyards in Gdansk, Polish court recognizes Solidarity as umbrella union |
| | Reagan defeats Charter 43 million to 35 Million |
| | Gold hits 880 dollars per ounce |
| | Inflation rate hits 13.5%, Prime rate hits 21% |
| | Gang of four including Mao's wife go on trial in Beijing |
| | 400 case of "Toxic Shock Syndrome" caused by certain kinds of Tampons |
| | Trial of Elvis Presley's physician reveals Elvis took 10,000 pills in the 20 months prior his death |
| | Fads, Rubik's Cube, Sony Walkman, Yoda |