20th of Jan:
Super Bowl XIV
Pittsburgh Steelers beat
LA Rams.
31-19

22nd of Feb:
'Miracle On Ice'
US Olympic hockey team beats
heavily favored Soviet Union
4-3 at Lake Placid.

27th of March:
Mount St. Helens erupts
after being inactive for 123 years.

13th of April:
US and its allies boycott the Summer Olympics in Moscow
in protest against Russia's invasion of Afghanistan

20th of May:
Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back preimeres in theatres.

3rd of June:
Crew of Soyuz 36, Valery Kubasov and Bertalan Farkas
return to Earth aboard Soyuz 35.

2nd of July
"Airplane!" premieres in theatres.

28th of Aug
First use of a Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) machine to scan the human body
at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Scotland.

28th of Sept
Carl Sagan's 13 part "Cosmos" premieres on PBS.

21st of Oct
Baseball World Series: Philadelphia Phillies beat KC Royals,
4-1 at Veterans Stadium to secure series, 4-2;
first championship in franchise history.

13th of Nov
US spacecraft Voyager 1 sends back 1st close-up pictures of Saturn during its fly-by

8th of Dec
John Lennon was murdered by Mark David Chapman

20th of Jan
Iran Hostage Crisis in Tehran ends after 444 days

21st of Feb
Japan launches Hinotori satellite to study solar flares

30th of March
US President Ronald Reagan is shot and wounded
in an assassination attempt by John Hinckley,
three others are also wounded

18th of April
Longest game in Professional Baseball:
Pawtucket Red Sox tie Rochester Red Wings 2-2 in 32 innings

25th of May
Daniel Goodwin scales outside of Chicago's Sears Tower in 7 hours

12th of June
"Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Ark: premieres

10th of July
"Escape from New York" premieres

1st of Aug
Music video cable channel MTV
debuts in US at 12:01 AM with The Buggles song
"Video Killed The Radio Star"

28th of Sept
Olivia Newton-John releases single "Physical"

26th of Oct
British rock band Queen and David Bowie release their
serendipitous collaborative single "Under Pressure"

30th of Nov
Cold War: In Geneva, representatives from the United States and the Soviet Union
begin to negotiate intermediate-range nuclear weapon reductions in Europe

4th of Dec
Reagan Executive Order on Intelligence (No 12333)
that allows CIA to engage in domestic counter-intelligence

13th of Jan
Hank Aaron and Frank Robinson elected to Hall of Fame

1st of Feb
"Late Night With David Letterman" debuts on NBC-TV; Bill Murray is his first guest

26th of March
Groundbreaking in Washington, D.C. for Vietnam Veterans Memorial

30th of April
Atlanta Braves win record 12th straight from beginning of season

6th of May
Seattle Mariners Gaylord Perry becomes 15th pitcher to win 300 games

25th of June
Science-fiction film "Blade Runner", directed by Ridley Scott,
starring Harrison Ford and Rutger Hauer, is released

1st of July
Cal Ripken Jr. makes the first of his record 2,216 consecutive MLB starts
at shortstop for the Baltimore Orioles.

27th of August
Rickey Henderson steals 119th base of season breaks Lou Brock's mark

26th of Sept
"Knight Rider", starring David Hasselhoff, debuts on NBC

14th of Oct
US President Reagan proclaims a war on drugs

12th of Nov
KGB Chief Yuri Andropov succeeds Leonid Brezhnev as leader of the Soviet Union

15th of December
Bill Parcells becomes 12th head coach of NY Giants

4th of Jan
Eurythmics release their breakthrough second studio album
"Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)"

11th of Feb
Single "Total Eclipse of the Heart" sung by Bonnie Tyler
and composed by Jim Steinman is released

2nd of March
Compact Disc recordings developed by Phillips and Sony introduced

27th of April
Nolan Ryan becomes strikeout king (3,509), passing Walter Johnson

25th of May
"Return of the Jedi" (Star Wars Episode VI),
produced by George Lucas first released

6th of June
"Octopussy", 13th James Bond film, starring Roger Moore, Maud Adams
and Louis Jourdan premieres in London

4th of July
Pine Tar Game: George Brett's HR disallowed against Yanks (overturned)

8th of August
Columbia Records releases "An Innocent Man", singer-songwriter Billy Joel's ninth studio album;
it featured three Billboard Top 10 hit singles:
"Tell Her About It", "Uptown Girl". and the title track

13th of Sept
Oakland's Rickey Henderson 3rd straight 100 steals for season

19th of Oct
US Senate establishes Martin Luther King Jr. Day as federal holiday,
observed on the 3rd Monday in January (on or near his 1/15 birthday)

2nd of Nov
"Thriller" single released worldwide by Michael Jackson

16th of Dec
Spokesperson for rock band "The Who" announces the group is disbanding

24th of Jan
Apple Computer Inc unveils its revolutionary Macintosh personal computer

27th of Feb
Carl Lewis jumps world record indoor (8.675 m)

30th of March
World's most valuable tip - New York police detective Robert Cunningham
offers waitress Phyllis Penzo half of $1 lottery ticket,
next day they win $6 million

4th of April
Winston Smith in Orwell's novel "Nineteen Eighty-Four" begins his secret diary
in defiance of the totalitarian government of Oceania

23rd of May
"Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom", 2nd in the film series,
directed by Stephen Spielberg, starring Harrison Ford,
and produced by George Lucas' Lucasfilms premieres

8th of June
"Ghostbusters", American supernatural comedy film, directed and produced by Ivan Reitman,
starring Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis, and Ernie Hudson premieres

1st of July
The PG-13 rating is introduced by the MPAA

11th of August
Cincinnati Reds retire Johnny Bench's #5 uniform

16th of Sept
1st broadcast of "Miami Vice" on NBC-TV

26th of Oct
"The Terminator" directed by James Cameron, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger
and Linda Hamilton is released in the US

6th of Nov
Incumbent Republican President Ronald Reagan re-elected President of the United States in a landslide;
wins 49 states, and defeats Democrat Walter Mondale

1st of Dec
Beverly Hills Cop" directed by Martin Brest and
starring Eddie Murphy and Judge Reinhold premieres in Los Angeles