1980 - UK No 1 - Super Trouper - ABBA. USA No 1 - Lady - Kenny Rogers.
1981 - Actress Natalie Wood drowns after falling off a boat
1982 - Soviet invasion of Afghanistan: The United Nations General Assembly passes United Nations Resolution 37/37, stating that the Soviet Union forces should withdraw from Afghanistan.
1986 - UK No 1 - Take My Breath Away - Berlin. USA No 1 - You Give Love a Bad Name - Bon Jovi. British-born US actor Cary Grant dies.
1988 - Mabel Strickland, Politician/Journalist, dies age 89
