The Falklands War broke out between Argentina and Britain over the Falkland Islands and lasted ten weeks.
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Sixty-six people died in Sverdlovsk, USSR, when a bio-warfare lab accidentally released airborne anthrax.
New York Times Newspaper officially declared that the Cold War was over.
The armies of Sultan Mehmed II arrived at Constantinople's outer walls and prepared to lay siege to the city.
The '2001: A Space Odyssey' sci-fi movie premiered in Washington, DC.
Explorer Juan Ponce de León found Florida and claimed it for Spain.
