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Maurice  Blair, Blair  Bon, Simon John Charles Le  Borg, Bjorn  Botha, Pieter  Bough, Frank  Bowie, David  Bridgewater, Lindsey  Brittan, Leon  Brown, Gordon  Callaghan, James  Carol, Sue  Carpenter, Karen  Charlton, Bobby  Clark, Neil  Cole, Lloyd  Cook, Robin Finlayson  Cowan, Blair  Cram, Steve  Craxi, Bettino  Cresson, Edith  Cunningham, Jack  Daltrey, Roger  De Lorean, John  Demirel, Suleyman  Devoto, Howard  Dewar, Donald  Donegan, Lawrence  Edwards, Nicholas  Elizabeth II  Ferguson, Alexander Chapman  Fignon, Laurent  Foot, Michael  Foulkes, Raoul Ricardo Alfonsin  Fowler, Norman  Galmon, Rolando  Galtieri, Leopoldo  Garang, John  Garrincha  Gascoigne, Paul John  Gates, Bill  Gemayel, Amin  Gilmour, Dave  Golding, William  Gould, Bryan  Gow, Ian  Grimmond, Jo  Gummer, John Selwyn  Habre, Hissen  Hammett, Kirk  Hawke, Robert  Head, Anthony  Healey, Denis  Hermansson, Steingrimur  Herzog, Chaim  Heseltine, Michael  Hetfield, James  Howe, Geoffrey  Hussein, Saddam  Imamura, Shohei 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Addis Ababa Agreement   Nimeiry, Gaafar Muhammad an-    Addis Ababa   In violation of the Addis Ababa Agreement Nimeiry dissolves the southern Sudanese government, thereby prompting a renewal of the civil war    Adviser   Parsons, Anthony      Appointed Adviser to Margaret Thatcher on Foreign Affairs    Adviser   Rumsfeld, Donald Henry      Appointed Senior Advisor to President Reagan's Panel on Strategic Systems    Amnesty International   Izetbegovic, Alija    April   Sentenced to 14 years in prison, the verdict is strongly criticised by Western human rights organisations, including Amnesty International and Helsinki Watch, claiming the case was based on Communist propaganda    Armament   Andropov, Yuri Vladimirovich   24th Nov Moscow   Russia to increase sub missiles in response to USAmissiles in Europe    ARMS Charity   Lane, Ronnie      Jimmy Page makes a successful return to the stage with the ARMS Charity series of concerts in 1983 which honoured Small Faces bass player Ronnie Lane    ARMS Charity   Page, James Patrick "Jimmy"      Jimmy Page makes a successful return to the stage with the ARMS Charity series of concerts in 1983 which honoured Small Faces bass player Ronnie Lane    Arrest   Galtieri, Leopoldo   12th April Buenos Aires   Sentenced to sixty days imprisonment    Arrest   Izetbegovic, Alija    April   Accused of intending to create "an ethnically pure Muslim Bosnia-Herzegovina"    April   Izetbegovic & 12 other Bosniak activists (including Melika Salihbegovic, Edhem Bicakcic, Omer Behmen, Mustafa Spahic and Hasan Cengic) are tried before a Sarajevo Communist court for "hostile activity inspired by Muslim nationalism"    April   Sentenced to 14 years in prison, the verdict is strongly criticised by Western human rights organisations, including Amnesty International and Helsinki Watch, claiming the case was based on Communist propaganda    Arrest   Walesa, Lech   22nd April Gdansk   Walesa returns to work at the Lenin Shipyard    Assassination   Aquino, Benigno    Manila   Returns to run for President but is arrested in Manila airport & shot by a communist    Assassination   Aquino, Maria Corazon    Aug Manila   Assassination of Benigno Aquino, husband Maria Corazon Aquino    Assassination   Galmon, Rolando      Blamed for the assassination of Benigno Aquino      Shot by the police immediately after the assassination of Benigno Aquino    Assistant Whip   Major, John Roy    Jan London   Appointed Assistant Whip    BAFTA Award   Waters, Roger   20th Mar   Roger Waters receives a BAFTA. award for "Another Brick In The Wall Part II"    Big Audio Dynamite   Jones, Mick       Jones founds Big Audio Dynamite (BAD) with Don Letts , and both Strummer and Simonon collaborate with BAD at various times    Big Audio Dynamite   Letts, Don       Jones founds Big Audio Dynamite (BAD) with Don Letts , and both Strummer and Simonon collaborate with BAD at various times    Blizzard of Oz Appice   Appice, Carmine      Appointed Member of the Blizzard of Oz    Blizzard of Oz Bridgewater   Bridgewater, Lindsey      Appointed Member of Blizzard of Oz