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Henry and Jane Fonda, father and daughter, star with Katherine Hepburn in On Golden Pond
Sandra Day O'Connor becomes the first woman appointed to the US Supreme Court
Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan share a common economic viewpoint, following the policy known as monetarism
President Reagan is shot outside a hotel in Washington by John W. Hinckley Jr, but survives
AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome) is described for the first time in a US medical journal
The IBM PC 5150, the first Personal Computer, is launched with a chip by Intel and software by Microsoft
Raiders of the Lost Ark launches an ongoing series for director Steven Spielberg and actor Harrison Ford
Leopoldo Galtieri becomes leader of the military junta ruling Argentina
Steven Spielberg directs E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, in which an alien is stranded on earth and is befriended by a young boy
5000 Argentinian troops land in the Falkland Islands, provoking war with Britain
Dustin Hoffman, in Tootsie, plays a man who becomes a star in the persona of an actress
Chilean author Isabel Allende publishes her first novel, The House of the Spirits
Congress in Washington passes the Boland Amendment, banning US military aid to the Contras
The Argentinian cruiser General Belgrano is sunk by a British torpedo, with the loss of 368 lives
Little Shop of Horrors, by Howard Ashman and Alan Menken, opens in New York
Sun Myung Moon, founder of the Unification Church (or 'Moonies'), is convicted in the USA of tax fraud and imprisoned
British troops recapture Port Stanley, after which the Argentinian forces in the Falklands surrender
The leader of the Argentinian junta, Leopoldo Galtieri, resigns three days after the Falklands defeat
Argentinian footballer Diego Maradona is sold to Barcelona for a new record fee of £5 million, almost double the highest previous figure
8,000-year-old human remains are found in a waterlogged burial site at Windover, in Florida
US fillm actress Grace Kelly is killed in a car accident in Monte Carlo
Leaders of Canada's Aboriginal peoples form the Assembly of First Nations (AFN)
George Segal's bronze monument The Holocaust is unveiled in San Francisco
Michael Jackson's releases the album Thriller, which goes on to sell 40 million copies in ten years
President Reagan proposes a Strategic Defence Initiative (SDI) against nuclear attack
