Soviet army occupies Afghanistan. Joanna is born. Change of government in Bonn. Helmuth Kohl becomes Federal Chancellor. War in the Lebanon.
Israeli troops occupy Beirut.
Climax of Peace Movement. Mass-demonstrations against nuclear weapons. 1984 Retirement of AMG's first principal, Friedrich-Wilhelm Luhr. Dieter Demtr der becomes principal. Michail Gorbatschow becomes secretary-general of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.