1980 - Donna Summer id the first artist to sign to Geffen Records.
1981 - Libya two Sukoi Su-22 fighter jets to intercept two USÂ fighters over the Gulf of Sidra. The Libyan fighters are destroyed Chris Lowe meets Neil Tennant at a musical instrument shop in King's Road London and decide to form The Pet Shop Boys.
1989 - UK No 1 - Swing The Mood - Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers. USA No 1 - Right Here Waiting - Richard Marx. Polish president Wojciech Jaruzelski nominates Solidarity activist Tadeusz Mazowiecki to be Prime Minister, thus becoming the first non-communist in
1988 - Ceasefire begins in the Iran-Iraq war
