| U.S. aircraft attack military and terrorist-related targets in Libya.
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Select committees are established to investigate the Iran-Contra Affair.
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| The Space Shuttle Challenger explodes after launch, killing the crew of seven.
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| A hole in the ozone layer is detected over Antarctica. The Soviet Union launches the first Mir space station.
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President Jean Claude Duvalier of Haiti goes into exile.
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The U.S. population is 240,113,000. | |