Scientist Wen Ho Lee Accused of sharing information
Winter Olympics in Sarajevo
Kevin Collins abduction leads to milk carton campaign for child abduction.
Stormie Jones (age 6) becomes the recepient of the world's first liver transplant
Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau steps down after 15 years in office.
Iraq had used tabun against Iran. This was the first use ever of a nerve agent in war.
Strawberry Fields honoring John Lennon was dedicated in NYC.
US Congress established the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
Zoe, the 1st frozen-embryo child, was born in Melbourne, Australia
Coach John Thompson of Georgetown University became the first African-American coach to win an NCAA basketball tournament
Pete Rose, playing for the Montreal Expos, became the 1st NL baseball player to get 4,000 hits in a career
Chinese launched renewed attacks against Vietnam
CDC) said French researchers had discovered that a virus causes AIDS
William "Count" Basie, jazz piano great, died on his 80th birthday
USSR announced it would not participate in Summer Olympics planned for Los Angeles
The album "Legend," the greatest hits by Bob Marley (1945-1981) and the Wailers, was released.
Jeane Sauve was appointed as the 23rd governor-general of Canada. She was the first woman to hold this position
Michael Larson (1949-1999) won $110,000 on the "Press Your Luck" Game Show. He had memorized the generated game patterns
DNA was successfully cloned from a quagga, an animal extinct since 1883
Alan Berg, a Denver radio talk show host, was shot to death outside his home. Two white supremacists of the Aryan Nations Church were convicted of civil rights violations in the slaying in 1987