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| Adviser Rumsfeld, Donald Henry |  |
| Appointed Senior Advisor to President Reagan's Panel on Strategic Systems |
| Composition of Wonder Wonder, Stevie | |
| Records, "I Just Called to Say I Love You" |
| Death of Carol, Sue Carol, Sue | |
| 4th Feb Death of Sue Carol |
| Death of Carpenter, Karen Carpenter, Karen | |
| 4th Feb Death of Karen Carpenter, heart attack caused by anorexia nervosa |
| Death of Wilson, Dennis Wilson, Dennis | |
| Death of Dennis Wilson |
| Government Reagan, Ronald Wilson | |
| 8th Mar Calls the USSR "an evil Empire" |
| 23rd Mar Washington Outlines his Strategic Defense Initiative to defend the USA& allies |
| 31st Mar Reagan halts sale of F-16 fighters to Israel until it's troops withdraw from Lebanon |
| 10th April Peace talks in the Middle East collapse when Jordan withdraws |
| 18th April Beirut 39 die in a bomb explosion at the USAEmbassy in Beirut |
| 22nd April The USAannounces readiness to negotiate long term grain sales to Russia |
| 4th May Reagan declares his support for the Nicaraguan Contras |
| 6th May Israel accepts the USAproposal for mutual withdrawal from Lebanon of Israel & Syria |
| 25th May The USAagrees ro export high technolgy items to China |
| Sep The Russians shoot down a Sth Korean civilian airliner |
| Sep Visited by Margaret Thatcher |
| 19th Oct Washington A pro-Soviet military Coup overthrows the Marxist Government in Grenada |
| 20th Oct Washington The East Caribbean Heads of Government as the USAto restore order in Grenada |
| 22nd Oct Washington The USS Independence is diverted from the Mediterranean to the Caribbean |
| 23rd Oct Beirut A suicide bomber bombs the HQ of the USAMarines in Beirut, 242 Americans are killed |
| 24th Oct Grenada Decides to invade Granada |
| Invasion of Grenada Schwarzkopf, Norman "Stormin" | |
| Grenada Deputy Commander of the USAforces which invade Grenada |
| Liquidation De Lorean De Lorean, John | |
| Belfast The Belfast factory closes having produced fewer than 10,000 cars |
| The De Lorean Car Company goes into liquidation |
| Megadeth Mustaine, Dave | |
| Ulrich and Hetfield decide Mustaine's aggressive and disruptive behavior (related to alcohol and drug use) is too much to handle, Kirk Hammett is brought in from the band Exodus to replace Mustaine, who creates Megadeth |
| Metallica Hammett, Kirk | |
| Ulrich and Hetfield decide Mustaine's aggressive and disruptive behavior (related to alcohol and drug use) is too much to handle, Kirk Hammett is brought in from the band Exodus to replace Mustaine, who creates Megadeth |
| Metallica Hetfield, James | |
| Metallica travel to the New York Tri-State Region at the urging of promoters Jon and Marsha Zazula, after a few gigs the band sign with the Zazulas' new label, Megaforce Records |
| The band travelled to Roches ter, New York to record their first album,"Metal Up Your Ass", however, due to conflict with the record label regarding the title, the album is later renamed Kill 'Em All |
| Ulrich and Hetfield decide Mustaine's aggressive and disruptive behavior (related to alcohol and drug use) is too much to handle, Kirk Hammett is brought in from the band Exodus to replace Mustaine, who creates Megadeth |
| Metallica Mustaine, Dave | |
| Ulrich and Hetfield decide Mustaine's aggressive and disruptive behavior (related to alcohol and drug use) is too much to handle, Kirk Hammett is brought in from the band Exodus to replace Mustaine, who creates Megadeth |
| Metallica Ulrich, Lars | |
| Metallica travel to the New York Tri-State Region at the urging of promoters Jon and Marsha Zazula, after a few gigs the band sign with the Zazulas' new label, Megaforce Records |
| The band travelled to Roches ter, New York to record their first album,"Metal Up Your Ass", however, due to conflict with the record label regarding the title, the album is later renamed Kill 'Em All |
| Ulrich and Hetfield decide Mustaine's aggressive and disruptive behavior (related to alcohol and drug use) is too much to handle, Kirk Hammett is brought in from the band Exodus to replace Mustaine, who creates Megadeth |
| Nobel Prize McLintock, Barbara | |
| Winner of the Nobel Prize for Medicine |
| Nuclear Warfare Reagan, Ronald Wilson | |
| 23rd Mar Outlines his Strategic Defense Initiative to defend the USA& allies |
| Publication of Mailer Mailer, Norman Kingsley | |
| "Ancient Evenings" |
| Release Windows Gates, Bill | |
| 11th Nov Microsoft releases the Windows operating system |
| Special Envoy Rumsfeld Rumsfeld, Donald Henry | |
| Appointed President Reagan's Special Envoy to the Middle East |
| US Open Navratilova, Martina | |
| Winner of the women's USAtennis open |
| Wimbledon McEnroe, John | |
| Wimbledon Winner of the Wimbledon Mens's Singles Tennis Championship, 4th consecutive final |
| World Champion Lewis, Frederick Carlton "Carl" | |
| Winner of the 100m World Championship |
| Winner of the long jump World Championship |
