Category 1980’s

February 4, 1980 – ABSCAM: New Word In The Dictionary.

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Suspects

February 2, 1989 – The Trail Points East – Search For Suspects In PanAm Bombing.

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January 28, 1986 – “Something Terrible Has Just Happened” The Challenger Disaster.

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Blizzard of '82

January 21, 1982 – A Deadly Kentucky Coalmine Explosion – The Blizzard Of ’82 – Welcome To The Me Generation.

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Sandinista rebels

January 15, 1984 – Bringing Central America To The Boil – And The Word Is Sandinista.

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The Big Freeze of '82

January 13, 1982 – The Big Freeze Of ’82 – The On-Going Situation In Poland – A Sit-Down With Hosni Mubarak.

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Bucharest, Romania - flashpoint

Revolution In Romania – Toppling A Dictator – December, 1989 -January 1990 – Past Daily Reference Room.

Radio Bucharest – December 24, 1989 – January 1, 1990 – Shortwave Radio Archive Collection – The Romanian Revolution (Romanian: Revoluția Română) was a period of civil unrest in Romania during December 1989 as a part of the Revolutions of…