(Events are chosen arbitrarily)
January 20:
Iran releases the 52
U.S. captives first seized at the U.S.
embassy in
Teheran.
March 30: Reagan shot by
John W. Hinckley, Jr., outside of a Washington D.C. hotel ("Jodie, I love you!")
April 12-14: The space shuttle
Columbia was launched on its maiden flight from
Cape Canaveral,
Florida.
August 10:
Reagan authorizes production of the
neutron bomb.
August 25:
Voyager 2 (launched 1977) came within 63,000 miles of
Saturn.
November 04: Columbia completes its second mission, which was the second flight ever of a reusable spacecraft.
The
L.A. Dodgers were the champs
Academy Awards: Best Picture -
Chariots of Fire; Best Supporting Actor -
John Gielgud for
Arthur; Best Sound -
Raiders of the Last Ark
John Kennedy Toole wins the
Pulitzer Prize in Fiction for
A Confederacy of Dunces
Rick Springfield wins a
Grammy for the Best
Rock Vocal Performance, Male
John Lennon and
Yoko Ono win an
Album of the Year
Grammy for
Double Fantasy.
Terry Welles was the
Playmate of the YearAdmiral Bobby Ray Inman was Deputy Director of the
CIA.
...and lots of other stuff.