Nov 05 Orbiter Discovery (OV-103) moves overland to Dryden

Nov 07 Bomb explodes in US Capitol, causing heavy damage but no injuries

Dec 12 A truck bomb explodes at the US Embassy in Kuwait

Dec 13 Martha Layne Collins inaugurated as Kentucky's first female governor

Dec 11 First visit to Lutheran church by a pope (John Paul II in Rome)

Dec 01 Rita Lavelle, former head of EPA, convicted of perjury

Dec 27 Propane gas fire devastated 16 blocks of Buffalo

Dec 10 Raul Alfonsin inaugurated as Argentina's first civilian president

Dec 08 Slim Pickins western actor dies at 64 after brain surgery

Dec 06 A bomb planted on a bus in Jerusalem explodes, kills 6 Israelis

Dec 23 Journal Science publishes first report on nuclear winter

Dec 04 Aircraft from USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67) and USS Independence (CV-62) launch strike against anti-aircraft positions in Lebanon that fired on U.S. aircraft. Two U.S. Navy planes shot down.

Dec 16 Yogi Berra named Yankee manager for 2nd time

Dec 05 12 killed by a car bomb shattering 9-story building in west Beirut

Dec 10 Danuta Walesa, wife of Lech Walesa, accepts his Nobel Peace Prize

Dec 21 Loretta Swit weds Dennis Holahan

Dec 05 Los Angeles Dodger pitcher Steve Howe is suspended for 1 year for cocaine use

Dec 29 US announced withdrawal from UNESCO

Dec 31 Brunei gains complete independence from Britain

Dec 09 Attorney General Edwin Meese says people go to soup kitchens "...because the food is free and that's easier than paying for it"

Dec 25 Live telecast of Christmas Parade

Dec 07 2 jets collided at Madrid Airport killing 93

Dec 20 PLO chairman Yasser Arafat and 4,000 loyalists evacuate Lebanon

Dec 16 Riverside, Cal judge denies cerebral palsy victim Elizabeth Bouviato request to starve herself to death in a county hospital

Dec 19 After a grueling and sometimes bloody six weeks on the picket line, striking Greyhound workers agreed to sign off on a new contract and head back to work

Dec 29 Arnold Schwarzenegger was cited for driving without a license after he drove his Jeep into a ditch with Maria Shriver aboard. No one was hurt.

Dec 15 Columbia flies to Kennedy Space Center via El Paso, Kelly AFB

May 20 Michael Dokes & Mike Weaver fight to a draw in 15 for heavyweight boxing title

May 12 Stanley Cup New York Islanders beat Edmonton Oilers, 4 games to 0

May 25 "Return of the Jedi" (Star Wars 3) released

May 02 6.7 earthquake injures 487 in Coalinga CA

May 11 Comet C/1983 H1 (IRAS-Araki-Alcock) approaches 0.0312 AUs of Earth

May 26 Challenger moves to launch pad for STS-7

May 26 NASA launches Exosat

May 21 David Bowie's "Let's Dance" single goes #1

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