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Tragedies, Happenings and Realities ...

Events of the Nineteen Eighties.

During this past decade the world erace, Rock Hudson, Roy Orbison and
as we know it has gone through many, the attempt on President Regans life.
many changes. In the earlier part of the 80's break
First, there is a new disease that dancing was a major fad for a short
plagues the sexually active and intra- time. Among the things that it brought
venous drug users of the day, and along with it is parachute pants and se-
some innocent people, as well. AIDS riously electrical music. As this fad
is, at the time, a seemingly incurable went out of style many more came in
disease. it's place. Today's teens are listening
Another menace to our society in to the sounds of Skid Row, Motley
these days is the widespread use of Crue, different Rap Groups, and the
drugs that seems to take the life of two New Kids on the Block. Many more
today for every one that died yester- events and fads have taken place in
day. the 80's, in fact too many to list, sore-
We have had many tragedies in member this decade in your own spe-
the 80's and among the most memora- cial way and have a good 90's. "BE
ble were the Challenger explosion, DRUG FREE- AND ENJOY "LIFE".
THE 0 E A 0 L y FEAR E 0 "A I 0 s" San Francisco earthquake, the deaths by Don Hansen
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome of stars such as John Lennon, Lib-

MANY COUNTRIES FREED FROM

COMMUNIST CONTROL

CONTINUED EVENTS OF "89"
FATAL CRASH - A DC.!Ocroohed
THE MOST RECENT - lilt the Sioux City, lA airport kllling
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President George Bush takes CRUSHED - A surge of Liverpool
oath of office and VP Quayle fans are jammed against fencing at
follows the Hillsborough Stadium In Shef·
field. As a result, 94 people died In
Salm~n Rushdie, target of a England's worst soccer disaster
Khomeini death threat, over
his controversial book, "The DEAD - The Ayatolloh Khomelnt,
Satanic Verses" which Mos· Iran 's lellder for a decade, died June
!ems consider blasphemous 3 In ll Tehran hospital
Burled Japanese Emperor HI· FREE - Oliver North avoids prison
ROHITO but Is fined $150,000 and put on two
years probation
DEFEATED - The Senote
rejects John G. Tower as De- STEPS DOWN - House Speaker
fense Secretary by a 53 to 4 7 Jim Wright steps down as Speaker
vote. and resigns from the House In the af·
termath of his Investigation by the
THE BIG SPILL - The tank· House Ethic.s Committee
er Exxon Valdez spews an es·
time ted 10 million plus gllllons BURNING QUESTION - G. "Joey"
of crude oil into Prince Wil- Johnson , - . flag burning hlls been
liem Sound , after running ruled constitutionally protected by
aground outside Valdez, Alas· the SupremeCourt .
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EARLY 1990 DEATHS THAT AF
Beijing University students FECTED THE NATION MUPPETS
unveil their goddess of democ· CREATOR JIM HENSON. AND
racy statute In Tiananmen SONG AND DANCE MAN SAMMY
Square during the he~ht of DAVIS JR
their protest demonstrations
A defiant student stands In the
1986 JAN. 28, CHALLENGER SPACE SHUTTLE: Exploded 73 seconds after
wlly of tanks In Beijing
lift off, killing all seven crew members. They were: Christa McAuliffe, Francis R. 3
Scobee, Michael J. Smith, Judith A. Resnick, Ronald E. McNair, Ellison S. On·
izuka, and Gregory B. Jarvis. A booster leak ignited the fuel, causing the explosion.