Work begins on the Chunnel which will then become the world's longest undersea tunnel. Sonny Bono becomes Mayor in Palm Springs. Long Island beaches close due to medical waste coming ashore July 6th. Iran-Iraqi war ends in August. Human Genome project begins.
Soviets withdraw from Afghanistan.
1989 Arsenio Hall becomes first African-American to host a nightly talk show January 3rd. Exxon Valdez oil disaster in Alaska in March. Lucille Ball dies April 26. The fall of the Berlin wall on November 9th. The stealth bomber is finished.