“Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn’t pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same.” – Ronald Reagan
Events • Volcanic eruption in Columbia kills 25,000 • TWA Flight 847 is hijacked by Hezbollah. on June 14 • EgyptAir Flight 648 is hijacked and ends in the loss of 56 passengers during the commando raid to rescue them • The Italian cruise liner “Achille Lauro “ is hijacked by Palestinian terrorists • The fi rst mobiel phone call is made by Ernie Wise • Mikhail Gorbachev replaces Konstantin Chernenko as Soviet leader • President Reagan and Soviet Leader Gorbachev meet for the fi rst time in Switzerland • Live Aid pop concerts in Philadelphia and London raise over 50 million for famine relief in Ethiopia • Terry Anderson kidnapped in Beirut, Lebanon • Boris Becker becomes youngest winner at 17 to win the men’s Wimbledon
• Compact discs are introduced to American consumers • The space shuttle Atlantis is launched • Starts screening blood donations for AIDS • British scientists discover a hole in the earths ozone layer
championships • A joint American-French expedition locates the wreck of the RMS Titanic. • President Reagan announces Strategic Defense Weapons (SDI) will not impact arms talks • The Unabomber kills his fi rst victim • New York Stock Exchange closes for the day due to Hurricane Gloria • Insurance companies begin screening for AIDS for life insurance causing outcry by civil liberties groups • Clive Sinclair launches the Sinclair C5 electric tricycle with a maximum speed of 15mph • Boeing 747 Flight 123 crashes into Mount Osutaka, Japan • Mafia boss Paul Castellano is shot on orders of John J. Gotti
Popular Culture
istered by the Symbolics Corporation. However, .edu domains, for educational institutions still predominate over the commercial .com • Microsoft Corporation releases the fi rst version of Windows, Windows 1.0 • Switzerland is the fi rst country to bring into law catalytic converters must be fitted to private cars
• Various artists, including Ray Charles, Bob Dylan, Michael Jackson, Billy Joel, Cyndi Lauper, Willie Nelson, Lionel Richie, Smokey Robinson, Kenny Rogers, Diana Ross, Paul Simon, Bruce Springsteen, Tina Turner and Stevie Wonder, record the song “We Are The World” as USA for Africa. to raise money for famine relief • Michael Jackson buys ATV Music and every Beatles song for $47 million dollars • Coca-Cola Company introduces New Coke (6 months later they returned to the original formula)
Technology • The Food and Drug Administration approves a blood test for AIDS • The fi rst .com domain name, symbolics.com, is reg-
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