| Clue | Answer | Date |
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| This Department of Defense network begins exclusively using TCP/IP protocols, effectively launching the modern Internet | |
| This legendary college football icon dies just a month after coaching the Crimson Tide for the last time | |
| On Ash Wednesday, out-of-control bushfires in this country claim the lives of 75 people | |
| Over 100 million viewers tune in as this television series concludes with 'Goodbye, Farewell, and Amen' | |
| Scandalized by claims that the billion-dollar Superfund meant for toxic waste cleanup was mismanaged, Anne Gorsuch resigns as head of this agency | |
| In one of college basketball's iconic plays, this team upsets Houston to win the NCAA championship with a last second dunk | |
| 'Good Morning, Mickey!' leads off this network's first day on the air | |
| During a televised performance of 'Billie Jean,' Michael Jackson unleashes this signature move for the first time | |
| In 'Science,' French doctors announce a revolutionary medical discovery in the article 'Isolation of a T-lymphotropic retrovirus from a patient at risk for...' this disease | |
| This film's release is timed to coincide with the date on which its prequel first hit theaters in 1977 | |
| 18 years after his death, T.S. Eliot wins the 'Best Book of a Musical' Tony Award for this Andrew Lloyd Weber show | |
| In the U.K., this Prime Minister is reelected in a landslide victory | |
| The shuttle Challenger lifts off, taking this first female U.S. Astronaut into space for the first time | |
| This company releases its 'Family Computer' (or 'Famicom') in Japan | |
| Dick Smith of Australia becomes the first person to fly solo around the world in this type of vehicle | |
| Hurricane Alicia comes ashore, becoming the first storm to cause over $1 billion worth of damage to this state | |
| Flight 007 of this civilian arline is shot down when it enters Soviet airspace; 269 perish | |
| He debuts behind the anchor's desk on ABC's 'World News Tonight,' leading off with coverage of Flight 007 | |
| She loses a grand total of 0 sets on her way to her first U.S. Open Women's Singles Championship | |
| Microsoft releases the first commercial version of this eventual 'Office' mainstay | |
| The controversial 'Operation Urgent Fury' takes U.S. troops ashore on this Caribbean island nation | |
| Ronald Reagan signs the bill creating this annual January federal holiday | |
| On Thanksgiving Day, this PBS children's TV show airs a landmark episode that deals with the death of Mr. Hooper | |
| Raúl Alfonsín becomes President of this nation, ending the seven-year rule of 'La última junta' | |
| He meets with Mehmet Ali Ağca, his would-be assassin, and forgives him | |
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