"Old times there are not forgotten"
More than one million illegal aliens in the United States were granted amnesty. Drought conditions caused half of the agricultural counties in the United States to be declared disaster areas. A missile fired from the U.S.S. Vincennes shot down an Iranian airliner in the Persian Gulf killing all aboard (civilians). The Iran/Iraq war was brought to a conclusion. Insider trading, stock manipulation and falsified record keeping made headlines on Wall Street. George Herbert Walker Bush was elected 41st president of the United States. Ninety-eight percent of American households had at least one television set. France and China approved use of "morning-after" birth-control drug RU486 (Mifepristone).
New book titles: Oscar and Lucinda and Breathing Lessons.
At the movies: The Accidential Tourist, Dangerous Liaisons, Rain Man, Stand and Deliver, Mississippi Burning, A Fish Named Wanda ,Bull Durham and Working Girl.
On stage: Driving Miss Daisy, Madam Butterfly, The Phantom of the Opera, Romance, Romance and
A Walk in the Woods.
Emmy Awards: Richard Kiley for A Year in the Life, Tyne Daly for Cagney and Lacey, Larry Drake for L.A. Law, Patricia Wettig for thirtysomething and thirtysomething for best drama series.
May 13
Classmate Ann Wallen-Shave received a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from Central State University in Edmond Oklahoma.
August 4
Classmate Rita Bright received a Master of Guidance and Counseling degree from Western State College in Gunnison, Colorado.
September 29
NASA space Shuttle flights resumed for the first time since the Challenger disaster.
December 2
Benazir Bhuto was sworn in as the first female head of state in Pakistan - Prime Minister.
December 21
Pan Am flight 103 was blown up over Lockerbie, Scotland by Libyan terrorists.