Time Magazine’s Person of the Year - Corazon Aquino
Academy Award for Best Picture - Platoon
Challenger Space Shuttle Explodes
Chernobyl Nuclear Accident
Ferdinand Marcos Flees the Philippines
Iran-Contra Scandal Unfolds
U.S. Bombs Libya
U.S.S.R. Launches Mir Space Station
Top Selling Song - "That's What Friends Are For" (Dionne Warwick)
