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==Events== | ==Events== | ||
*January 3 - [[Robert Mugabe]] and the [[ZANU-PF|Zimbabwe African National Union]] initiate the ''[[Gukurahundi]]'', a series of violent ethnic massacres and [[pogrom]]s designed to quell dissent among the Ndebele tribe. | *January 3 - [[Robert Mugabe]] and the [[ZANU-PF|Zimbabwe African National Union]] initiate the ''[[Gukurahundi]]'', a series of violent ethnic massacres and [[pogrom]]s designed to quell dissent among the Ndebele tribe. | ||
*July 10 - Martial law in Poland is lifted. | |||
*July 10 - Martial law in Poland is lifted | |||
*July 23 - The Sri Lankan Civil War begins when the [[Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam]] begin an insurgency to create an independent state of Tamil Eelam. | *July 23 - The Sri Lankan Civil War begins when the [[Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam]] begin an insurgency to create an independent state of Tamil Eelam. | ||
*August 4 - [[Thomas Sankara]] comes to power in Upper Volta following a successful coup. | *August 4 - [[Thomas Sankara]] comes to power in Upper Volta following a successful coup. | ||
*August 8 - [[Efraín Ríos Montt]] is deposed as President of Guatemala in a coup lead by [[Óscar Humberto Mejía Victores]]. | *August 8 - [[Efraín Ríos Montt]] is deposed as President of Guatemala in a coup lead by [[Óscar Humberto Mejía Victores]]. | ||
*December 10 - The [[National Reorganization Process]] junta of Argentina is dissolved. | *December 10 - The [[National Reorganization Process]] junta of Argentina is dissolved. | ||
==Births== | ==Births== | ||
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*August 20 - [[Dmitry Vinogradov]] | *August 20 - [[Dmitry Vinogradov]] | ||
*August 21 - [[Yukio Yamaji]] | *August 21 - [[Yukio Yamaji]] | ||
*September 22 - [[Jason Kessler]] | *September 22 - [[Jason Kessler]] | ||
*December 10 - [[Simon Lindberg]] | *December 10 - [[Simon Lindberg]] | ||
===Victim births=== | ===Victim births=== | ||
*January 6 - Kelly Fleming | *January 6 - Kelly Fleming | ||
*February 19 - Matthew Kechter | *February 19 - Matthew Kechter | ||
*March 7 - Richard Pearlman | *March 7 - Richard Pearlman (9/11 Victim) | ||
*May 3 - Randy Gordon (Santana High School shooting victim) | |||
*May 3 - Randy Gordon | |||
*June 25 - Daniel Mauser | *June 25 - Daniel Mauser | ||
*July 13 - Brandon Armstrong | *July 13 - Brandon Armstrong (First Child of Susan Eubanks) | ||
*August 6 - Ebony Simpson | *August 6 - Ebony Simpson | ||
==Deaths== | ==Deaths== | ||
===Villain deaths=== | ===Villain deaths=== | ||
*July 16 - [[Michel Micombero]] | *July 16 - [[Michel Micombero]] | ||
===Victim deaths=== | ===Victim deaths=== | ||
*May 19 - Cheryl Downs | *May 19 - Cheryl Downs | ||
*August 21 - | *August 21 - Benigno Aquino Jr. | ||