| 1984 |
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- 1984 Winter Olympics held in Sarajevo, Summer games in Los Angeles. |
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- WPC Yvonne Fletcher killed leading to a police siege of the Libyan Embassy. |
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- The Liverpool International Garden Festival opens in Liverpool. |
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- World learns of the famine in Ethiopia from BBC News reports. |
| 1985 |
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- Heysel Disaster at the European Cup final between Liverpool F.C. & Juventus |
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- The Greenpeace vessel Rainbow Warrior is bombed and sunk in Auckland harbour. |
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- Live Aid pop concerts in London and Philadelphia |
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- The wreck of the RMS Titanic in located in the North Atlantic |
| 1986 |
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- Space Shuttle Challenger disintegrates shortly after launch. |
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- Halley's Comet reaches its perihelion, the closest point to the Sun |
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- Chernobyl disaster at the Nuclear Power Plant in Pripyat, Soviet Union |
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- Estate agent Suzy Lamplugh vanishes after a meeting in London |
| 1987 |
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- Terry Waite, the special envoy in Lebanon, is kidnapped in Beirut |
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- Zeebrugge disaster, Ferry MS Herald of Free Enterprise capsizes |
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- The King's Cross fire on the London Underground |
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- Lester Piggott is jailed for three years after being convicted of tax evasion. |
| 1988 |
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- 1988 Winter Olympics are held in Calgary, Summer games in Seoul |
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- Piper Alpha platform in the North Sea is destroyed by explosions and fires |
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- The Iran–Iraq War ends, with an estimated one million lives lost. |
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- Pan Am Flight 103 is blown up by Libyans over Lockerbie, Scotland. |
| 1989 |
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- Kegworth Air Disaster when a Boeing 737 crashes at East Midlands Airport |
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- Exxon Valdez oil spill: In Alaska's Prince William Sound |
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- The Hillsborough disaster claims the life of 96 Liverpool supporters. |
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- The opening and fall of the Berlin wall |
| 1990 |
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- Nelson Mandela is released from Victor Verster Prison, near Cape Town. |
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- The Community Charge (poll tax) takes effect amid widespread protests. |
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- German reunification, where East and West Germany merge their economies |
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- Iraq invades Kuwait, leading to the Gulf War. |
| 1991 |
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- The first Sonic the Hedgehog game is published by Sega |
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- The body of Robert Maxwell is found floating near the Canary Islands |
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- The first Starbucks Coffee outlet is opened in California. |
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- The Super Nintendo Entertainment System (or "Super Nintendo") is released. |
| 1992 |
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- The Maastricht Treaty is signed, founding the European Union. |
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- 1992 Winter Olympics held in Albertville, and the summer games in Barcelona.. |
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- The Euro Disney Resort officially opens with its theme park Euro Disneyland. |
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- The Church of England votes to allow women to become priests. |
| 1993 |
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- IRA bomb explodes in Warrington Town Centre and kills two children |
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- Space Shuttle Endeavour mission to repair the Hubble Space Telescope. |
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- Bill Clinton succeeds George Bush as the 42nd President of the US. |
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- Tennis star Monica Seles is stabbed in the back by a fan of rival Steffi Graf |