1979 International Year of the Child begins

1979 US & China (People's Republic) begin diplomatic relations

1980 Chrysler UK renamed Talbot

1980 International Decade of Water & Sanitation begins

1980 Mob storms Russian embassy in Teheran

1980 Premier Adbou Diouf becomes President of Senegal

1980 Sweden changes order of succession to throne

1981 Greece is 10th country to join European Economic Community

1981 International Year for the Disabled begins

1981 Palau (Trust Territory of Pacific Is) becomes self-governing

1981 Roger Smith becomes CEO of General Motors

1982 30 Something stars Ken Olin & Patricia Wettig meet, later they marry

1982 Javier Pérez de Cuellar becomes Secretary-General of UN

1982 MTA launches 5 year capital program to overhaul New York City NY subway system

1982 Pope John Paul II prays for an end to martial law in Poland

1983 World Communications Year begins

1984 AT&T is divested of its monopoly, as its 22 Bell System companies are broken into individual firms.

1984 AT&T's 22 owned Bell system companies divests into 8 companies

1984 Brunei becomes independent of UK

1984 New York City NY transit fare rises from 75¢ to 90¢

1985 Actress Judith Light (Who's the Boss) marries Robert Desiderio (Knots Landing)

1985 International Youth Year begins

1985 US's first manadatory seat belt law goes into effect (NY)

1986 Aruba becomes independent from neighbor island Curaçao (part of Kingdom of the Netherlands)

1986 Barbra Streisand & Jon Peters relationship breaks up

1986 International Peace Year begins

1986 New York City NY transit fare rises from 90¢ to $1.00

1986 Spain & Portugal become 11th & 12th members of Common Market (European Economic Community)

1987 60 bodies recovered in Dupont Plaza Hotel fire in Puerto Rico

1987 China's rudimentary civil code in effect

1987 International Year of Shelter for Homeless begins

1987 Year of the Reader begins

1988 Actress Kelly McGillis marries Fred Tillman

1988 Czech born tennis star Hana Mandikova becomes an Australian Citizen

1989 New York City NY transit fare rises from $1.00 to $1.15

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