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Communist measures in Afghanistan provoke a Muslim jihad and the murder of more than 100 Russians in Herat
John Paul II makes an emotional and influential return to Poland, the country of his birth
Archbishop Oscar Romero, an exponent of liberation theology, is killed as he celebrates Mass in San Salvador
US author Sam Shepard's play True West has its premiere in New York
Electrician Lech Walesa emerges as the leader of a strike in the Gdansk shipyard in Poland
A trade union, Solidarnośc (Solidarity), is formed by strikers in the Gdansk shipyard in Poland
Gail Martin in California and Martin Evans and Matthew Kaufman in Cambridge independently discover ways of extracting stem cells from mice embryos
5000 Argentinian troops land in the Falkland Islands, provoking war with Britain
Congress in Washington passes the Boland Amendment, banning US military aid to the Contras
Little Shop of Horrors, by Howard Ashman and Alan Menken, opens in New York
British troops recapture Port Stanley, after which the Argentinian forces in the Falklands surrender
Christian militiamen massacre Palestinian refugees in the Sabra and Chatila camps in Lebanon
Government imposition of Islamic law (sharia) triggers renewed civil war in Sudan between the Muslim north and Christian south
US poet Robert Pinsky publishes an acclaimed verse translation, The Inferno of Dante
The Marble Hill estate transfers to English Heritage
Desmond Tutu is the first black African to be archbishop of Cape Town
Timberlake Wertenbaker bases her play Our Country's Good on Thomas Keneally's novel The Playmaker
Students demonstrating in Rangoon are joined by civilians and monks in what becomes known as the 8888 Uprising (from the date, 8/8/88)
A woman is consecrated as Suffragan Bishop of Massachusetts, becoming the first female bishop in the Anglican Communion's historic line of succession from St Peter
Nine Roman Catholic cardinals attend the 1000th anniversary celebrations of the Russian people being brought into the Orthodox faith
M. Butterfly, by US author and composer David Henry Hwang, uses Puccini's opera as its inspiration
in the Hillsborough football stadium in Sheffield 96 Liverpool fans are crushed to death during a match against Nottingham Forest
Chief Mangosuthu Buthelezi transforms Inkatha into a political party, the Inkatha Freedom Party
Fighting intensifies between Serbs and Croats, Christians and Muslims, for territory within Bosnia-Herzegovina
Serbian president Slobodan Milosevic encourages ethnic cleansing by paramilitaries in Bosnia
