| Reagan is inaugurated as the 40th U.S. president. George Bush becomes vice-president.
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Pope John Paul II is shot and wounded by a Turkish gunman.
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| President Reagan is shot and seriously wounded by John Hinckley, Jr.
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| MTV, the first 24-hour music video channel, is launched in the U.S.
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Ten IRA prisoners starve themselves to death as a political protest.
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Jerry Rawlings leads a military coup in Ghana. | |