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1980 China People's Republic launch inaugural intercontinental rocket 
1980 Fernando Belaunde Terry elected President of Peru
1980 In Washington State, a 5.2 quake was felt (V) at Yakima and (IV) in many parts of Washington and Oregon. This earthquake occurred only seconds before the explosion which began the eruption of Mount St. Helens volcano.
1980 Mount St Helens blows its top in Washington State, 60 die
1980 Mt St. Helens, North America, erupts causing widespread damage
1980 Ian Curtis, English rock vocalist (Joy Division), commit suicide at 23.
1981 Arthur O'Connell, actor (Mr Peepers, 2nd Hundred Years), dies at 73.
1982 Unification Church founder Reverend Sun Myung Moon convicted of tax evasion
1983 Senate revises immigration laws, gives millions of illegal aliens legal status under an amnesty program
1983 Sri Lanka impose a State of Emergency after election violence.
1985 "One Night In Bangkok" by Murray Head hits #3
1985 The inaugural remote location for "Nightline" (South Africa).
1985 Tex Terry, actor (Apache Rose, Timberjack), dies at 82.
1986 Chung Kwung Ying does 2750 "atomic" hand-stand push-ups
1986 South African army occupies Botswana, Zimbabwe and Zambia.
1986 John Bubbles Sublett, tap dancer (Black and Bubbles), dies at 84.
1987 Wilbur J Cohen, 1st employee of Social Security System, dies at 73.
1988 Daws Butler, cartoon voice (Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound), dies at 71.
1989 Lisa Strawberry files for divorce from Darryl
1990 "Return To Green Acres" TV movie airs
1990 East and West Germany sign a monetary union treaty
1990 Judy Carne arrested at JFK airport on an 11 year old drug warrant.
1990 Treaty forming the basis for monetary union between East and West Germany signed.
1990 Jill Ireland, actress (Carry on Nurse, Family), dies of cancer at 54
1991 USSR launches 2 cosmonauts to MIR space station.
1991 Edwina Booth, actress (Trader Horn), dies of heart failure at 86.
1992 Supreme Court rules states could not force mentally unstable criminal defendants to take anti-psychotic drugs.
1992 Lawrence Welk, bandleader (L Welk Show), dies of pneumonia at 89
1993 Danish people vote in favor of ratifying the Maastricht Treaty.
1993 Italian police arrest Mafia boss Benedetto "Nitto" Santapaola.
1993 Heinrich Albertz, theologist/mayor of Berlin (1966-67), dies at 78.
1994 In this year, AC Milan claims Europe Cup 1 4-0 against Barcelona
1994 Israel withdraws from the Gaza Strip
1995 Alexander Gudonov, Russian dancer/actor (Witness), dies at 45
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