May 20 Israel exchanges 1150 Lebanese/Palestinian prisoners for 3 Israeli soldiers

May 27 Britain agrees to return Hong Kong to China in 1997

May 16 Actress Margaret Hamilton, who portrayed the Wicked witch of the West in the MGM film The Wizard of Oz, dies of a heart attack at age 82

May 13 Laura Elena Martinez-Herring, 21, (Texas), crowned 34th Miss USA

May 29 Heysel Stadium Disaster - 39 die and 500 injured in rioting between British & Italians at European Cup soccer; English clubs banned from playing in European competition for five years

May 11 Booby trap bomb kills 86 people in India

May 08 20th Academy of Country Music Awards: Alabama & Judds win

May 20 US began broadcasts to Cuba on Radio Marti

May 26 Explosions destroys 2 tankers off of Gibraltar, 30 die

May 22 Real Madrid wins 14th UEFA Cup at Madrid

Jan 10 Daniel Ortega Saavedra inaugurated as President of Nicaragua

Jan 26 Edmonton Oiler Wayne Gretzky scores 50th goal in 49th game of season

Jan 19 "Born In The USA" by Bruce Springsteen peaked at #9

Jan 20 Cold front strikes US, at least 40 die (-27ºF (-33ºC) in Chicago)

Jan 02 Undefeated Brigham Young University becomes college football champion

Jan 03 Israel government confirms resettlement of 10,000 Ethiopian Jews

Jan 14 British pound (£) sinks to record low-$1.11

Jan 21 Dennis Potvin ties Bobby Orr's career record of 270 NHL goals

Jan 15 Mike Gatting & Graeme Fowler both scores 200's vs India

Jan 22 A cold wave damaged 90 percent of the Florida citrus crop.

Jan 29 Jari Kurri of Edmonton Oilers scores 100th point of season in game 39

Jan 01 Actress Judith Light (Who's the Boss) marries Robert Desiderio (Knots Landing)

Jan 17 Azharuddin scores second Test century in second Test (v England)

Jan 21 -19ºF (-28ºC), Caesar's Head SC (state record)

Jan 18 US renounces jurisdiction of World Court despite previous promise

Jan 09 Calgary Flames set NHL record 264th regular season game without being shut-out

Jan 07 Japanese space probe Sakigake launched to Halley's comet

Jan 21 -34ºF (-37ºC), Mt Mitchell NC (state record)

Jan 24 15th Space Shuttle (51-C) Mission-Discovery 3 is launched

Jan 25 "We are the World" is recorded

Jan 14 16 indicted by US for granting sanctuary to Central American refugees

Jan 01 US's first manadatory seat belt law goes into effect (NY)

Jan 23 Britains House of Lords debate first televised

Jan 01 US's first manadatory seat belt law goes into effect (NY)

Jan 05 Discovery moves to launch pad for STS 51-C mission

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