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A civilian government, voted into power in Argentina, prosecutes members of the military junta for civil rights abuses
Philip Johnson completes the A.T. & T. skyscraper in New York, an early example of Post-Modernism
The US system MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) becomes the industry standard for electronic communication in music
Manuel Noriega wins control of the National Guard in Panama on his way to achieving absolute power
A new version of the Apple adds the mouse to personal computers
Classical ballerina Natalia Makarova triumphs on Broadway in On Your Toes
President Reagan sends US marines to Grenada after the execution of the island's prime minister, Maurice Bishop
Milos Forman directs the screen version of Peter Shaffer's Amadeus
US poet Robert Pinsky publishes an acclaimed verse translation, The Inferno of Dante
Arnold Schwarzenegger plays the title role, that of an almost silent killing machine, in The Terminator
Drugs barons in Colombia murder the Minister of Justice, Rodrigo Lara Bonilla, to protect their trade
The CIA covertly arranges for mines to be laid in Nicaragua's harbours
US sprinter and long-jumper Carl Lewis wins four gold medals at the Los Angeles Olympics
Roland Joffé directs The Killing Fields, set among the horrors of the Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia
Brian Mulroney wins a decisive electoral victory over the Liberals to become prime minister of Canada
Madonna (Madonna Louise Veronica Ciccone) releases her second album, Like a Virgin, that goes on to sell millions
The opera Akhnaten, by US composer Philip Glass, has its first performance in Stuttgart
Ronald Reagan is elected for a second presidential term, defeating the Democrat Walter Mondale
Civilian rule is restored in Brazil after Tancredo Neves and Jose Sarney are elected president and vice-president
With the return of democracy to Bolivia, the 77-year-old Paz Estenssoro is once again elected president
A dormant volcano erupts in Colombia, burying some 20,000 victims under a deep layer of silt
President Reagan's administration breaks a US embargo with secret arms sales to Iran in return for assistance in the release of US hostages in Lebanon
US author Don DeLillo publishes a novel of weird disasters, White Noise
Oliver North arranges for clandestine money from Iran to provide illegal support for the Nicaraguan Contras
Gabriel García Márquez publishes Love in a Time of Cholera, a novel about love rekindled after five decades
