E C O N O M Y
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- Average US yearly income was $22,100
- Gas cost $1.09.
- Average US house was $89,330.
- Average UK house was £40,169.
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N E W S
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- Cruise liner Achille Lauro hijacked by Palestinian terrorists.
- Terrorists attack airports in both Rome and Vienna.
- Gorbachev takes over as Soviet Union leader.
- French DGSE agents attack and sink the Greenpeace vessel in Auckland harbor.
- South Africa invades Angola.
- Unabomber kills his first victim.
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T R I V I A
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- First domain name with the .com suffix is assigned (symbolics.com).
- Gaggle of famous singers join got We Are The World to raise money for famine relief.
- British scientists report a hole in the Ozone layer.
- New Coke is introduced. It will soon go away.
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F I L M
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- Most of us went Back to the Future.
- Nicholson defended Prizzi's Honor.
- Oprah and Whoopi showed us The Color Purple.
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