| Car bombs destroy the U.S. Embassy and U.S. Marine headquarters in Beirut.
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The Soviets shoot down a South Korean airliner that violated its airspace.
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| Sally K. Ride becomes the first female American astronaut.
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| President Reagan proposes a space-based Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI).
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The compact disc is introduced for recorded music.
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Ex-Nazi Klaus Barbie (the butcher of Lyon) is extradited from Bolivia to France. | |