June 21, 1982 — Prince William of England is born
The eldest child of Prince Charles (himself the eldest child and heir of the current Queen of England), Prince William...
February 7, 2015
Politics & War
November 13, 1982 — The Vietnam Memorial in Washington DC is dedicated
The Vietnam Veterans Memorial is located in Constitution Gardens, adjacent to the National Mall and nearby the Lincoln Memorial. Its...
February 2, 2015
March 8, 1983 — Ronald Reagan labels Soviet Russia an “Evil Empire”
Ronald Reagan was, it’s fair to say, something of an ideologue. And that quality was never more on display than...
January 24, 2015
September 26, 1983 — Stanislav Petrov’s cool head prevents nuclear war
Lieutenant Colonal Stanislav Yevgrafovich Petrov was a 44 year old officer in the Army of the Soviet Union whose assignment...
January 9, 2015
August 11, 1984 — Ronald Reagan thinks nuclear war is funny
It was one of those moments that America thinks is funny – and wonders why the rest of us don’t....
December 9, 2014
September 15, 1984 — Prince Harry is born
The younger son of Prince Charles and Princess Diana, Harry (in full: Henry Charles Albert David Windsor; formally: Prince Henry...
December 4, 2014
November 6, 1984 — Ronald Reagan is re-elected President
The 1984 United States presidential election was a victory lap for Reagan, and he achieved the greatest electoral college majority...
November 24, 2014
Business & Economics / Crime & Law / Politics & War / Science & Technology / The Complete History / The Past
March 31, 1986 — Fishing of the Atlantic Striped Bass is made illegal
Under the terms of the Atlantic Striped Bass Conservation Act of 1984, it became possible for duly appointed local authorities...
November 9, 2014
April 15, 1986 — The US bombs Libya
In the 1980s, the two most insecure men in the world were Ronald Reagan and Muammar Qaddafi, both of whom...
November 4, 2014
November 29, 1989 — The Communist Party of Czechoslovakia relinquishes power
The Velvet Revolution was a non-violent revolution in Czechoslovakia, following on from the fall of the Communist regimes of East...
August 29, 2014
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