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Events

January 17 - Martial law in the Philippines is lifted.
January 20 - End of the Iran hostage crisis.
March 21 - Michael Donald, a 19-year old African-American man, is kidnapped, beaten, and murdered by members of the Ku Klux Klan, in one of the last recorded lynchings in the United States.
March 29 - Jorge Rafael Videla steps down as President of Argentina, handing power to General Roberto Viola.
March 30 - U.S. President Ronald Reagan survives an assassination attempt in Washington D.C. by John Hinckley, Jr., who also wounds Press Secretary James Brady, police officer Thomas Delahanty, and Secret Service agent Tim McCarthy.
April 27 - Operation Red Dog takes place.
May 13 - Pope John Paul II survives an assassination attempt in St. Peter's Square in Vatican City by Mehmet Ali Ağca of the Grey Wolves.
June 7 - Operation Opera: Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin orders an airstrike to be carried out on Iraq's Osirak nuclear reactor 11 miles southeast of Baghdad. The airstrike destroys the facility and also kills 10 Iraqi soldiers and 1 French civilian.
July 6 - The Cuban American National Foundation is founded.
July 16 - Mahathir Mohamad is elected Prime Minister of Malaysia.
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.
October 6 - Egyptian President Anwar Sadat is assassinated in Cairo by Egyptian Islamic Jihad members Khalid Islambouli and Muhammad abd-al-Salam Faraj.
October 14 - Hosni Mubarak is named President of Egypt.
December 6 - The Communist Party of Kampuchea is dissolved.
December 13 - Wojciech Jaruzelski, the head of state of Poland, declares martial law in Poland in response to protests by the Solidarity trade union. The Military Council of National Salvation is established to maintain order.
December 22 - Roberto Viola is deposed as President of Argentina in a coup lead by Leopoldo Galtieri, who subsequently becomes president.
Unknown - Beginning of the Contra insurgency in Nicaragua.

Births

Villain births

February 2 - Salem al-Hazmi
February 5 - Luke Woodham
February 23 - Melissa Huckaby
February 26 - Barry Loukaitis
April 9 - Eric Harris
July 9 - Kimveer Gill
July 24 - Steven Anderson
September 11 - Dylan Klebold
September 19 - Ahmad Abousamra
November 4 - Jho Low
November 30 - War Machine

Victim births

January 3 - Polly Klaas
January 11 - Toshiya Kuge
January 17 - Lauren Dawn Townsend
February 18 - Jasmine Fiore
March 5 - Candace Lee Williams (9/11 Victim)
April 8 - Deora Frances Bodley
August 5 - Rachel Joy Scott
November 6 - Cassie René Bernall
December 23 - Eric Samadikan Hartono

Deaths

Villain deaths

February 8 - John Duddy
February 15 - Mecislovas Gedvilas
September 1 - Albert Speer
December 6 - Dr. Harry Harlow

Victim deaths

March 21 - Michael Donald
June 11 - Renée Hartevelt
July 27 - Adam Walsh
October 6 - Anwar Sadat
October 29 - Tina Harmon

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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 29 - [[Jorge Rafael Videla]] steps down as President of Argentina, handing power to General [[Roberto Viola]].
-*March 30 - [[John Hinckley, Jr.]] attempts to assassinate U.S. President Ronald Reagan.
+*March 30 - U.S. President Ronald Reagan survives an assassination attempt in Washington D.C. by [[John Hinckley, Jr.]], who also wounds Press Secretary James Brady, police officer Thomas Delahanty, and Secret Service agent Tim McCarthy.
 *April 27 - [[Operation Red Dog]] takes place.
-*May 13 - [[Mehmet Ali Ağca]], a member of the [[Grey Wolves]], attempts to assassinate Pope John Paul II in St. Peter's Square in Vatican City.
+*May 13 - Pope John Paul II survives an assassination attempt in St. Peter's Square in Vatican City by [[Mehmet Ali Ağca]] of the [[Grey Wolves]].
 *June 7 - [[Operation Opera]]: Israeli Prime Minister [[Menachem Begin]] orders an airstrike to be carried out on Iraq's ''Osirak'' nuclear reactor 11 miles southeast of Baghdad. The airstrike destroys the facility and also kills 10 Iraqi soldiers and 1 French civilian.
 *July 6 - The [[Cuban American National Foundation]] is founded.