Space shuttle Challenger explodes. King County is renamed for Martin Luther King Jr. Microsoft stock goes public. Jessica McClure is rescued from a Texas well shaft. Television evangelist Jim Bakker resigns in sex scandal. A bomb destroys Pan Am Flight 103 over Scotland.
Research shows aspirin cuts heart attack risk.
Seahawks clinch their first division title. Chinese troops kill hundreds at Tiananmen Square. The Exxon Valdez runs aground in Alaska. American forces attack Panama. Barbara Harris, an African American, becomes the first woman bishop of the Episcopal Church.