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1983 Lebanese parliament accept peace accord with Israel 
1983 Carel Brons, composer, dies at 52.
1984 In this year, Guinea-Bissau formally adopts constitution
1984 In this year, Juventus claims 24th Europe Cup II in Basel
1984 Andy Kaufman, comedian (Latka-Taxi), dies of cancer at 35.
1985 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.
1985 Michael Jordan named NBA Rookie of Year.
1985 Pope John Paul II arrives in Belgium
1985 In this year, Sinn Fein claims its inaugural seats in the Northern Ireland local elections
1985 Margaret Hamilton, actress (Wicked Witch-Wizard of Oz), dies at 82
1986 "Top Gun" premieres.
1986 Bobby Ewing (Patrick Duffy) comes back from dead on Dallas
1986 South African President P W Botha sends Coetsee to visit Mandela
1987 "Bobro 400", a barge carrying 3200 tons of garbage, set sail from New York, beginning an unsuccesful 8-week search for a dumping site.
1987 Rocker David Crosby weds Jan Dance in Los Angeles
1987 Weird Al Yankovic performs live at 72nd National Orange Show.
1988 Surgeon General C Everett Koop reports nicotine as addictive as heroin.
1988 The U S Supreme Court rules that police can search discarded garbage without a search warrant
1988 US Supreme Court rules trash may be searched without a warrant.
1988 Kay Baxter, best bodybuilder in the world (1983-85), dies in car crash at 42.
1989 Russian President Mikhail Gorbachev and Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping meet in Beijing, ending a 30-year rift between the two Communist powers
1989 Hassan Khaled, sheik of Lebanon, murdered.
1990 Sammy Davis, Jr. entertainer died on this day.
1990 St.-Amable Quebec, fire breaks out at Quebec's largest tire dump (3 million tires) near Montreal; rages for four days before being put out
1990 Dag Drollet, Cheyenne Brando's boyfriend killed by brother Christian.
1991 Queen Elizabeth II is recorded as becoming the inaugural British monarch to address the U S Congress.
1991 Prudence Nesbitt, British actress/TV producer, dies.
1992 "Smells Like Nirvana" by Weird Al Yankovic hits #35.
1992 Polls show Perot, Bush and Clinton could be in a deadlock.
1992 US space shuttle STS-49 lands (maiden voyage of Endeavour).
1992 Marisa Mell, actress (Hostages), dies of cancer at 53
1993 Farmer Sugeng finds 1.2 million year old Pithecanthropus IX skull
1993 Judd Nelson pleads no contest to kicking Kim Evans in the head
1993 Marv Johnson, US soul singer (You Got What it Takes), dies at 54.
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