Global headlines of 1980s turmoil and major events
A concise review lists moments from 1980s history including Marcos’s resignation and Aquino's swearing in, Libyan gunboats hit by US missiles, Benazir Bhutto’s jailing protests, San Salvador earthquake deaths, TWA emergency landing after bomb blast, Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson’s royal wedding, Pope John Paul II India tour, the Hasenfus crash linking to Contra aid, Bonn assassination, Evander mining tragedy protests, Oldendorf protest in Sydney, Cameroon gas disaster, and Nesley Hall espionage arrest in Nicaragua.
Chernobyl Disaster Becomes Largest Nuclear Plant Catastrophe
The Chernobyl accident at reactor No 4 began with an unauthorized test and a 10 second surge in output. A hydrogen explosion and core fire killed two workers immediately and released radioactive cesium iodine and strontium across Europe, triggering mass relocations and long term health risks.
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Philippines
Corazon Aquino
United States
Libya
Missles
Gulf of Sidra
U.S. Navy
Benazir Bhutto
San Salvador
el Salvador
TWA
Athens
Greece
Prince Andrew
Duke of York
Sarah Ferguson
Duchess of York
Westminster Abbey
London
John Paul II
India
Srimad Swaminathan
Pope John Paul II
Nicaragua
Eugene Hasenfus
Gerold von Braunmuehl
West German
Foreign Ministry
Bonn
West Germany
Assasin
Red Army
Evander
South Africa
Ian Cohen
U.S.S
Oldendorf
Sydney
Australia
U.S
Wum
Cameroon
Lake
Nios
Sam Nesley Hall
Tony P. Hall
Ohio
Manila
Ferdinand Marcos
Philippine
Aeromexico
California
Cerritos
Calif
Christian East Beirut
Nigeria
Yaounde
David Jacobsen
Islamic Jihad
Beirut
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