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Microsoft Corporation is founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen.
Rock band U2 form in Dublin, Ireland, under the name 'Feedback'.
Elvis Presley is found dead in his home, aged 42.
Charlie Chaplin's coffin is dug up and stolen in a ransom attempt, but the culprits are caught by police and the coffin is returned and re-buried.
Margaret Thatcher becomes the first female Prime Minister of the UK.
John Lennon is shot dead outside his New York Apartment, aged 40.
Donkey Kong - the first Mario game - is released by Nintendo.
Michael Jackson's Thriller album is released, breaking several records and eventually becoming the best-selling album of all time.
Ronald Reagan announces the global positioning system will be freely available to civilians.
Indira Gandhi, the first (and, to date, only) female Prime Minister of India is assassinated by her own bodyguards.
The wreck of the Titanic is found by Robert Ballard, more than 70 years after it sank.
The Challenger Space Shuttle explodes shortly after its launch, killing all on board.
'The Simpsons' debuts as a series of shorts on 'The Tracey Ullman Show', two years before it first airs as a standalone show.
A bomb is detonated on Pan Am Flight 103, killing all 259 on board, as well as 11 people on the ground, in Lockerbie, Scotland.
The Berlin Wall comes down after separating East and West Berlin for 28 years.
Imprisoned for life for 'conspiring to overthrow the state', Nelson Mandela is released after 27 years behind bars.
The Russian tricolour flag replaces the Soviet flag after the dissolution of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
Four LAPD officers are acquitted after beating Rodney King, sparking mass riots in LA resulting in 63 deaths and $1b in property damage.
A bomb is detonated inside a van parked in the basement of the World Trade Center in New York, killing six and injuring more than 1,000.
After six years of construction, the 50km-long Channel Tunnel opens, connecting England and France by rail for the first time.
Former American Football player O.J. Simpson is found not guilty of murdering ex-wife Nicole Simpson and Ronald Goldman.
Eight people die on Mt. Everest when they are caught in a blizzard, raising questions about the commercialization of Everest.
Princess Diana is killed in a car crash in Paris while attempting to flee the paparazzi.
Released the previous year, Titanic wins 11 Oscars from 14 nominations (equalling both records) and becomes the first movie to gross $1b.
The Euro currency is adopted in non-physical form by 11 countries in the European Union.
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