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| Award Blues Foundation Hall of Fame King, Riley B "BB" |  |
| BB King is inducted into the Blues Foundation Hall of Fame |
| Blues Foundation Hall of Fame King King, Riley B "BB" | |
| BB King is inducted into the Blues Foundation Hall of Fame |
| Composition of Springstein Springstein, Bruce | |
| Releases "Tunnel of Love", No 1 UK & USAAlbum |
| Education of Rice Rice, Condoleezza | |
| Stanford University Promoted to Associate Professor (1987-1993) |
| Government Poindexter, John | |
| 22nd April Senate & House Committees vote immunity to Poindexter in exchange for testimony |
| Government Reagan, Ronald Wilson | |
| 4th Mar Address es the Nation on the Iran Contra affair |
| 17th July Dow Jones closes above 2,500 (2,510.04) for 1st time |
| 19th Oct A record stock market fall from a record high of 2722 in Aug to 1738 points |
| 19th Oct Washington A record stock market fall from a record high of 2722 in Aug to 1738 points |
| 19th Oct Washington "Black Monday", the Dow Jones index falls by 22.6% a volume of 604.33 million shares |
| Grammy King, Riley B "BB" | |
| BB King is awarded a Grammy Award for Lifetime Achievement |
| Nobel Prize Pedersen, Charles John | |
| Demonstrates synthesised molecules can mimic behaviour of natural biologic molecules |
| Popular Music Liberace | |
| 4th April Death of Liberace |
| Publication of Dunn Dunn, Douglas | |
| Publication of, "Elegies" |
| Trial of North North, Oliver | |
| 7th July Gives public testimony on the Iran Contra affair |
| US Open Navratilova, Martina | |
| Winner of the women's USAtennis open |
