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

Aug 17 In Luzon, Philippine Islands a 6.5 quake killed 16 and 47 injured and extensive damage in the Pasuquin-Laoag-Batac and Serrat areas

Aug 19 LSU footballer Billy Cannon sentenced to 5 yrs for counterfeiting

Aug 08 Militray coup in Guatemala

Aug 02 US District Court begins trying Yonkers accuse of race discrimination

Aug 14 French troops deployed in Chad

Aug 02 STS-8 vehicle moves to launch pad

Aug 18 Hurricane Alicia battered Houston andGalveston, Texas

Aug 17 Ira Gershwin lyricist, dies in Beverly Hills, Cal, at 86

Aug 06 Minn Vikings beat St Louis Cards 28-10 in London, England (NFL expo)

Aug 07 675,000 employees strike AT&T

Aug 30 8th Space Shuttle Mission-Challenger 3-launched (6 days)

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