| | Kidnapped US General Dozier Is Rescued From Italian Red Bergade Terrorists | | | Argentina Invades Falkland Islands, Britain Sends Fleet And Troops | | | Israel Returns Sinai To Egypt | | | Exocet Missile Sinks HMS "Sheffield", 30 Die | | | Spain Joins NATO | | | John Hinkley Found Not Guilty on Insanity Plea, Is Sent To Mental Hospital | | | Poland Outlaws "Solidarity" | | | 7 Die From Poisoned Tylenol In Chicago |
| | Iran captures 30,000 Iraqis in war | | | British recapture Falklands, 255 British, 1,000 Argentines Die | | | Multinational Peace Keeping forces including US Marines arrive in Beirut | | | Princess Grace of Monaco dies in auto crash | | | First artificial heart is implanted in Barney Clark, 61 | | | Died, Ingrid Bergman, Henry Fonda, "Satchel" Page, Jack Webb | | | Dudley Moore stars in "Aruthur" | | | "Cats" opens on Broadway | | | A mysterious disease is reported that kills 40% of it's victims, AIDS | | | Fads, Smurf and ET stuff, Valspeak and Valley Girls ("grody to the Max") | | | Epcot opens | | | Boeing 747 introduced |
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