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| Ambassador Burns, Arthur Frank |  |
| Bonn Appointed Ambassador to West Germany |
| Arab League Begin, Menachem |  |
| Prince Fahd of SaudiArabia proposes an 8-point peace plan to end the Arab-Israeli conflict, it is adopted by the Arab League after some controversy |
| Arrest Peron, Isabel |  |
| 20th Mar Arrested for 8 yrs for corruption |
| Arrest Ching, Chiang |  |
| 25th Jan Ching's death sentence is commutted to life imprisonment |
| 25th Jan Imprisoned for the "counter revolutionary crimes" of the Cultural Revolution |
| Arrest Ruillan, Jean-Marc |  |
| Paris Arrested ibut quickly released by the new Socialist Government of Francois Mitterand |
| Arrest Jaruzelski, Wojciech |  |
| Dec Walesa is arrested by Jaruzelski, who fears Polish invasion |
| 13th Dec Arrests 3/4 of the Solidarity leadership |
| Arrest Walesa, Lech | |
| Dec Walesa is arrested by Jaruzelski, who fears Polish invasion |
| Assassination Rahman, Ziaur |  |
| 30th May Shot dead during a military coup |
| Assassination Aguilera, Jaime Roldos |  |
| 24th May Death of Jaime Roldos Aguilera, killed by terrorists in an air-crash |
| Assassination Sadat, Anwar |  |
| 6th Oct Cairo Assassinated by extremist Muslim soldiers |
| Assination Brady Brady, James | |
| 30th Mar Washington Wounded alongside President Reagan in an assassination attempt |
| Blizzard of Oz Aldridge Aldridge, Tommy |  |
| Appointed Member of the Blizzard of Oz |
| Blizzard of Oz Sarzo, Rudy | |
| Appointed Member of the Blizzard of Oz |
| Blizzard of Oz Travers, Pat | |
| Appointed Member of the Blizzard of Oz |
| Blizzard of Ozz Osbourne, John Michael "Ozzy" | |
| Blizzard of Ozz tours after the release of "Diary of a Madman.", during a performance, a bat is thrown onto the stage by a fan and Osbourne bites its head off while supposedly thinking it's fake |
| Ozzy releases Diary Of A Madman with the hits "Flying High Again," "Over the Mountain," and "You Can't Kill Rock & Roll |
| Bombing of Beirut Begin, Menachem | |
| 17th July Beirut Israeli bombers destroy PLO/al-Fatah headquarters in Beirut |
| Bombing of Beirut Arafat, Yasser |  |
| 17th July Beirut Israeli bombers destroy PLO/al-Fatah headquarters in Beirut |
| Bombing of Durban Viljoen, Marais |  |
| Durban Africa Bombs are let off in Durban by th ANC |
| Bombing of East London Viljoen, Marais | |
| East London Africa Bombs are let off in East London by th ANC |
| Bombing of Iraq Begin, Menachem | |
| 8th June Jerusalem Israeli planes bomb aNuclear power plant near Iraq, the act is condemned by the UN |
| Bombing of Osirak Hussein, Saddam |  |
| 8th June Osirak Bombed by Israel to prevent Iraq developingNuclear weapons |
| Bombing of Osirak Begin, Menachem | |
| 24th June Osirak Israeli F-16 fighter-bombers destroy aNuclear power plant in Iraq at Osirak, Iraq, before it goes into operation, a facility the Israelis charged could have been used to makeNuclear weapons |
| Bombing of Port Elizabeth Viljoen, Marais | |
| Port Elizabeth Africa Bombs are let off in Port Elizabeth by th ANC |
| BSP Parvanov Parvanov, Georgi |  |
| Appointed Member of the Bulgarian Socialist Party |
| Cabinet Thatcher, Margaret Hilda | |
| 5th Jan Pym becomes leader of the Commons, Nott Defense Secretary & Britain Chief Sec |
| 14th Sep Lawson, Tebbit & Parkinson join the Cabinet & Prior becomes the Northern Ireland Sec |
| Capture of Golan Heights Begin, Menachem | |
| 14th Dec Golan Heights Israel annexes the Golan Heights, seized from Syria in 1967, Parliament approves the annexation of the Golan Heights with Legislation in one day |
| Central Committee Akhromeev, Sergei Fedorovich |  |
| Appointed Candidate Member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party |
| Central Committee Yeltsin, Boris Nikolayevich | |
| Appointed Member of the Central Committee |
| Central Committee Zagladin, Vadim Valentinovich | |
| Moscow Appointed Member of the Central Committee |
| Central Committee Zaikov, Lev Nikolaevich | |
| Moscow Appointed Member of the Central Committee |
| Chairman CCP Yaobang, Hu | |
| 29th June Hua Guofeng is replaced by Hu Yaobang (an ally of Deng Xiaoping) as as Party Chairman of Communist China |
| Chairman Council of Ministers Sovan, Pen |  |
| Phnom Penh Appointed Chairman of the Council of Ministers |
| Chairman Solidarity Walesa, Lech | |
| Sep Gdansk Appointed Chairman of Solidarity |
| Chief of Staff Baker, James Addison | |
| Washington Appointed Chief-of-Staff |
| Chief Secretary Brittan, Leon | |
| London Appointed Chief Secretary to the Treasury |
| Composition Bon, Simon John Charles Le | |
| Duran Duran's 1st album, "Duran Duran", is released |
| Composition Dury, Ian | |
| The song "Spasticus Autisticus," intended to mark the International Year of the Disabled, is banned by the BBC |
| Composition Easton, Sheena | |
| Records "Morning Train", reaches no 1 in the UK |
| Composition Harrison, George | |
| 5th June Releases Album, "Somewhere in England" |
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