Mar 15 NASA reports accelerated breakdown of ozone layer by CFK
Mar 07 Howard Stern's first pay-per-view "Underpants &Negligee Party"
Mar 11 The £1 note ceases to be legal tender, replaced by £1 coin (a big run on belts to kep one's pants up)
Mar 25 Robin Givens demands full access to husband Mike Tyson's money
Mar 30 second Soul Train Music Awards
Mar 10 Avalanche at Swiss Ski resort "Klosters" nearly kills Prince Charles
Mar 25 NASA launches space vehicle S-206
Mar 31 Death of Sir William McMahon, Australian Liberal prime minister
Mar 11 Utrecht conservatory destroyed by fire
Mar 29 US Congress discontinues aid to Nicaraguan contras
Mar 15 Eugene Marino of Atlanta, appointed first African American archbishop
Mar 27 Wrestlemania IV at Trump Plaza, "Macho Man" Savage pins Ted Dibiase
Mar 14 Iran and Iraq unleash missiles on each other's capitals as so-called "war of the cities" erupts.
Mar 20 David Henry Hwang's "M Butterfly", premieres in New York NY
Aug 22 Australia unveils first platinum coin (Koala)
Aug 08 Discovery of most distant galaxy announced
Aug 04 Hertz car rental to pay out $23 million in consumer fraud case
Aug 08 Sec of State Shultz narrowly escapes assassin attempt in Bolivia
Aug 25 Challenger Center opens its classroom doors in Houston
Aug 28 70 killed in crash of 3 Italian AF fighters at air show in Germany
Aug 31 A Delta Boeing 727 crashes during takeoff from Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, killing 14 passengers.
Aug 18 Largest house (130 rooms) on Long Island sold for $22 million
Aug 16 Jailed black nationalist Nelson Mandela struck with tuberculosis
Aug 17 Franklin D Roosevelt Jr (Rep-D-NY, 1949-55), dies on 74th birthday
Aug 22 NBC premieres "Later" with Bob Costas (1st guest Linda Ellerbee)
