In this episode: The Channel Tunnel - Dictator Marcos toppled after ruling the Philippines for 20 years - Rupert Murdoch decides he could take on the print unions of Fleet Street - The Chernobyl nuclear disaster - 30 million people round the world set out to run for Africa - The World Cup in Mexico with much excitement and some tension
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A Year To Remember - 1987
In this episode: The kidnapping in Beirut of Terry Waite - Barbados: Mick Jagger's friend, Jerry Hall, gets into trouble with the local police - Liberace dies at the age of 67 - Princess Diana opens Britain's first purpose-built ward for AIDS patients - Richard Branson flies across the Atlantic i...
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A Year To Remember - 1988
In this episode: Australia's 200th anniversary of the arrival of the country's first settlers - Comic Relief’s Red Nose Day - Aborigines continue their campaign for land rights - The Soviet Union begins celebrating a thousand years of Christianity in their country - Hurricane Gilbert smashes its ...
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A Year To Remember - 1989
In this episode: George Bush becomes president - Japan: Emperor Hirohito, the world's longest-serving monarch, dies - The Soviet occupation of Afghanistan comes to an end - 95 soccer supporters die in the terraces of Sheffield Wednesday’s ground - Peking students fighting for liberty and their li...
