News of the Real World

Post by **noreply66** » Thu Aug 09, 2007 9:04 am

1982 War breaks out between Great Britain and Argentina after the latter's invasion of the Falkland Islands

Post by **noreply66** » Fri Aug 10, 2007 9:38 am

1983-terrorists bomb U.S. embassy and Marine barracks in Lebanon

Post by **noreply66** » Sun Aug 12, 2007 8:43 am

1984-Union Carbide plant toxic gas leak in Bhopal,India,kills an estimated 1,750

Post by **noreply66** » Mon Aug 13, 2007 10:01 pm

1985 Palestinian terrorists hijack Italian cruise ship Achille Lauro;kill elderly American Leon Klinghoffer

Post by **noreply66** » Tue Aug 14, 2007 9:18 pm

1986 Space shuttle Challenger explodes shortly after takeoff

Post by **noreply66** » Fri Aug 17, 2007 9:01 pm

1987 U.S. military officials,including Lt. Col.Oliver North,testify before Congress on Iran-Contra affair.

Post by **noreply66** » Sun Aug 19, 2007 7:44 am

1988 War between Iran and Iraq ends after eight years and 1.5 million casualties

Post by **noreply66** » Mon Aug 20, 2007 9:35 am

1989 U.S. troops invade Panama,arrest gen. Manuel Noriega,later charged with drug trafficting and money-laudering.

Post by **noreply66** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 8:14 am

1990 Anti-apartheid leader Nelson Mandela is freed after 27 years in South African prison

Post by **noreply66** » Wed Aug 22, 2007 7:42 pm

1991 U.S.led coalition drives Iraqi Army out of Kuwait in 41 days

Post by **noreply66** » Fri Aug 24, 2007 8:44 am

1992-Four days of riots rock Los Angeles after cops are acquitted of charges stemming from the videostaped beating of motorist Rodney King

Post by **noreply66** » Sun Aug 26, 2007 9:14 am

1993Terrorists detonate bomb beneath World Trade Center-six dead,more than 1,000 injured.

Post by **noreply66** » Tue Aug 28, 2007 8:47 am

1994 O.J. Simpson,charged with double-murder,leads police on low-speed chase in L.A.

Post by **noreply66** » Wed Aug 29, 2007 6:44 pm

1995 Army vet Timothy McVeigh bombs Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City,168 killed.

Post by **noreply66** » Fri Aug 31, 2007 8:19 am

1996 Tiger Woods wins third straight U.S. Amateur title.turns pro

Post by **noreply66** » Sun Sep 02, 2007 8:48 am

1997 Princess Diana killed in Paris car crash

Post by **noreply66** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 8:37 am

1998 Sex scandal hits White House as affair between President Clinton and White House intern Monica Lewinski becomes public.

Post by **noreply66** » Thu Sep 06, 2007 8:56 am

1999 Two students at Columbine High in Littleton,Colo.,open fire at school,killing 13 then themselves

Post by **noreply66** » Sun Sep 09, 2007 9:02 am

2000 U.S. Presidential election hung up by chads in Florida

Post by **noreply66** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 8:53 am

2001 terrorists crash planes into Twin Towers,Pentagon on Sept. 11th--nearly 3,000 killed