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*March 21 - Michael Donald, a 19-year old African-American man, is kidnapped, beaten, and [[murder]]ed by members of the [[Ku Klux Klan]], in one of the last recorded [[lynching]]s in the United States. | *March 21 - Michael Donald, a 19-year old African-American man, is kidnapped, beaten, and [[murder]]ed by members of the [[Ku Klux Klan]], in one of the last recorded [[lynching]]s in the United States. | ||
*March 30 - [https://real-life-villains.fandom.com/wiki/John_Hinckley,_Jr. John Hinckley Jr.] attempts to assassinate U.S. President Ronald Reagan. | *March 30 - [https://real-life-villains.fandom.com/wiki/John_Hinckley,_Jr. John Hinckley Jr.] attempts to assassinate U.S. President Ronald Reagan. | ||
*July 27 - Serial killer [[Ottis Toole]] abducts 6-year old Adam Walsh from the parking lot of the Hollywood Mall in Hollywood, Florida, later raping him and decapitating him with a machete. | |||
*December 13 - [[Wojciech Jaruzelski]], the head of state of Poland, declares martial law in Poland in response to protests by the Solidarity trade union. | *December 13 - [[Wojciech Jaruzelski]], the head of state of Poland, declares martial law in Poland in response to protests by the Solidarity trade union. | ||
==Births== | ==Births== | ||
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===Victim births=== | ===Victim births=== | ||
*January 3 - Polly Klaas | *January 3 - Polly Klaas | ||
*August 5 - Rachel Scott | *August 5 - Rachel Scott | ||
==Deaths== | ==Deaths== | ||