4 January 1989US Navy F-14s shoot down 2 Libyan jet fighters over MediterraneanGeorge Herbert Walker Bush
The US Navy F-14s shoot down 2 Libyan jet fighters over Mediterranean
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The US Navy F-14s shoot down 2 Libyan jet fighters over Mediterranean
The United States presented photographic evidence to the United Nations Security Council to justify its shootdown of two Libyan jet fighters as self-defense, evidence the Libyan ambassador said was faked
The United States presented photographic evidence to the United Nations Security Council to justify its shootdown of two Libyan jet fighters as self-defense, evidence the Libyan ambassador said was faked
Releases New York, a direct song cycle about politics, poverty, crime and urban life.
President Reagan bids the nation farewell in an address from the Oval Office
President of elect Bush completes the selection of his Cabinet, naming retired Adm. James D. Watkins secretary of energy and former education secretary William J. Bennett drug Czar
President of elect Bush completes the selection of his Cabinet, naming retired Adm. James D. Watkins secretary of energy and former education secretary William J. Bennett drug Czar
Pres Reagan pardons George Steinbrenner for illegal funds for Nixon
President Reagan delivers his 331st and last weekly radio address, telling listeners, "Believe me, Saturdays will never seem the same. Ill miss you"
From 1989 through March 1991 serves in President Bushs administration as Director then Senior Director, of Soviet and East European Affairs in the National Security Council, and a Special Assistant to the President
Inaugurated President of the USA
Douglas Wilder, the Lieutenant Governor of Virginia, launches his successful campaign to become the first elected black Governor of a US state
Jury selection begins in the trial of former National Security Council aide Oliver North, charged in connection with the Iran-Contra affair
Jury selection begins in the trial of former National Security Council aide Oliver North, charged in connection with the Iran-Contra affair
In his first diplomatic mission of the Bush administration, Vice President Dan Quayle begins a trip to Venezuela and El Salvador
President Bush meets the Japanese Prime Minister Noboru Takeshita, after which both leaders sounded upbeat about U.Sese relations
President Bush, in his first major speech to Congress, proposes a $1.16 trillion "common sense" budget for fiscal 1990
Ron Brown is elected Chairman of the Democratic National Committee, becoming the first black to head a major US political party
The special prosecutor in the Iran-Contra case and the Justice Department reaches an agreement on protecting classified materials aimed at allowing the trial of Oliver North to proceed
Brother-in-law accidentally discharges his shotgun, striking LeMond in the back just over two months before the 1987 Tour de France, LeMond misses the following two Tours while recovering
Magellan launches to map Venus with synthetic aperture radar.
The Galileo spacecraft arrives at Kennedy Space Center for final testing, mating with its probe and launch preparations.
Voyager 2 begins sustained approach observations of Neptune from tens of millions of miles away.
Melanie Griffith and Don Johnson marry for 2nd time
Melanie Griffith and Don Johnson marry for 2nd time
Identifies the large inner moon later named Proteus in Voyager 2 images and confirms its orbit.
1st Test flight of US stealth-bomber
The Act restructures thrift regulation and funds resolution of failed savings institutions.
Helps interpret Voyager 2 science results from the Neptune encounter.
Leads imaging observations of Neptune, its storms and rings.
Voyager 2 magnetometer data show Neptune's magnetic field is strongly tilted and offset from the planet.
Measures Neptune's tilted magnetic field during the Voyager 2 encounter.
Voyager 2 images reveal Triton's distinctive dimpled terrain and complex icy geology.
Voyager 2 passes close to Triton after its Neptune encounter and returns detailed surface observations.
Voyager 2 reveals Triton's icy surface, plumes and unusual terrain.
Voyager 2 imagery reveals active dark plumes rising above Triton's nitrogen-ice surface.
Voyager 2 makes the first and only spacecraft flyby of Neptune.
Voyager 2 images reveal the Earth-sized Great Dark Spot in Neptune's atmosphere.
Voyager measurements reveal some of the fastest atmospheric winds known in the Solar System.
Voyager observations resolve concentrated bright arcs embedded within Neptune's Adams ring.
Voyager 2 obtains the first detailed spacecraft images showing Neptune's system of dark rings.
Voyager 2 observations reveal six previously unknown moons in the inner Neptune system.
Releases Oh Mercy, produced by Daniel Lanois.
Bush Issues a National Security Directive to resume normal relations with Iraq
Bush Issues a National Security Directive to resume normal relations with Iraq
Death of Bette Davis
Voyager 2's wide-angle imaging camera is switched off after completion of its planetary photography.
NASA launches Galileo, the first mission designed to orbit Jupiter.
Mather leads COBE science as NASA launches the satellite to measure Big Bang relic radiation
Smoot leads the differential microwave radiometer team on the launched COBE mission
Ali Mohamed, a former special forces Sergeant stationed at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, left military service and moved to Santa Clara, California & traveled to Afghanistan and Pakistan and became "deeply involved with bin Ladens plans
Presses Israel and Palestinians to consider elections and negotiations after the First Intifada.
The Accused earns Foster her first Academy Award for Best Actress.
Winner of the Acadremy Award for Best Director, "Born on the 4th of July"
Porco helps analyse the dense arcs embedded in Neptune's outer Adams ring.
Stevie Wonder is inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Taylor reports precise orbital decay measurements matching general relativitys gravitational wave prediction
Appointed Chairman of the Joint Chief of Staff
Walken plays the leading role of Whitley Strieber in Communion, an autobiographical film written by Streiber that was based on his claims that he and his family were subject to alien abductions
Walken plays the leading role of Whitley Strieber in Communion, an autobiographical film written by Streiber that was based on his claims that he and his family were subject to alien abductions
Weinberg reviews the enormous mismatch between simple quantum-vacuum estimates and the observed small cosmological constant, defining a central theoretical problem for dark energy.
Winner of the Nobel Prize for Physiology, discovers defective genes which cause cancer
Voyager 2 images reveal Despina orbiting within Neptune's inner satellite system.
Voyager 2 images reveal Galatea, a small moon associated dynamically with Neptune's ring system.
Voyager 2 images reveal Naiad, one of Neptune's small inner moons.
Altman & Cech Discover the catalytic properties of RNA
Altman & Cech Discover the catalytic properties of RNA
Voyager 2 observations reveal the small inner moon later named Thalassa.
Dismissed for obstructing Congress & destroying documents & taking bribes
Writes and directs Do the Right Thing, depicting racial tension during a hot day in Brooklyn.
Stars as chauffeur Hoke Colburn in Driving Miss Daisy.
Appointed Adviser to the Bush administration on foreign policy and military issues
Stars in Flashback
Releases a documentary built from Apollo mission film.
Engineers integrate the atmospheric probe with the Galileo orbiter before launch preparations are completed at Kennedy Space Center.
Portrays Private Trip in Glory, a Civil War drama about the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment.
Uses a scanning tunnelling microscope to position individual xenon atoms on a nickel surface.
The Voyager 2 encounter confirms that the object first detected in earlier occultation work is Neptune's moon Larissa.
Voyager 2 images confirm the existence of Larissa, validating the earlier ground-based detection.
Voyager images provide the observations needed to establish Larissa's orbit around Neptune.
Voyager 2 images reveal a smaller dark atmospheric storm on Neptune in addition to the Great Dark Spot.
Voyager imaging identifies bright methane-ice clouds suspended high in Neptune's exceptionally clear atmosphere.
Voyager imaging shows that Neptune is unexpectedly meteorologically active despite receiving little solar energy.
Voyager imagery indicates bright methane clouds above a deeper cloud deck in Neptune's atmosphere.
Miner helps summarize Voyager findings showing Neptune as a dynamic planet with storms, rings, moons and an unusual magnetic environment.
Atmospheric tracking shows powerful westward winds near Neptune's equatorial region.
Voyager radio observations detect the foreshock region associated with Neptune's magnetosphere.
Voyager cloud tracking shows strongly eastward winds at high southern latitudes on Neptune.
Voyager's planetary radio experiment detects intense polarized radio bursts originating from Neptune.
Desch helps analyse Neptune's smooth and burst-like radio emissions recorded during the Voyager encounter.
Voyager imaging shows that Neptune's rings contain both continuous material and concentrated arc structures.
Periodic radio emissions indicate an internal rotation period near sixteen hours for Neptune.
Voyager ultraviolet measurements probe Neptune's upper atmosphere and its interaction with the solar environment.
Voyager measurements establish a strong latitude-dependent wind pattern across Neptune's atmosphere.
Shares the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for discovering catalytic properties of RNA.
Shares the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovering the cellular origin of retroviral oncogenes.
Shares the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for discovering catalytic properties of RNA.
Shares the Nobel Prize in Physics for developing the ion trap technique used in high-precision spectroscopy.
Shares the Nobel Prize in Physics for the separated oscillatory fields method and its use in atomic precision measurements.
Shares the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovering the cellular origin of retroviral oncogenes.
Writes & directs, "Physical Evidence"
Stars in Pink Cadillac, an action comedy released near the end of the 1980s.
Published analysis of the 1988 occultation finds atmospheric models consistent with surface pressures of only a few microbars.
Appointed President of the USA, 41st President
Stars in Rain Man, which also starred Dustin Hoffman and was directed by Barry Levinson, the film is praised by critics and was nominated for eight Academy Awards, and won four, including Best Picture and Best Actor
Voyager 2 images reveal a bright, rapidly moving cloud feature nicknamed the Scooter in Neptune's atmosphere.
Stars in "See No Evil, Hear No Evil "
Winner of the Tour de France, 2nd win, with 37 shotgun pellets remaining in his body (including two in the lining of his heart)
Fined $150,000
Hansen helps characterize active Triton plumes and their dark material carried by high-altitude winds.
Voyager images reveal distinctive pitted terrain on Triton resembling the surface texture of a cantaloupe.
Voyager images reveal active geyser-like plumes erupting from Triton's surface.
Spectroscopic interpretation supports the presence of methane ice on Triton's surface during the Voyager encounter.
Ultraviolet observations help establish that Triton possesses a thin nitrogen-rich atmosphere.
Voyager results show that nitrogen frost dominates large areas of Triton's bright surface.
Soderblom's team finds Triton plumes rising roughly eight kilometres before material is carried downwind.
Kirk helps analyse Voyager images showing long dark streaks associated with active plume deposits on Triton.
Brown helps analyse nitrogen and methane volatiles on Triton's extremely cold surface.
Voyager imagery indicates that much of Triton's surface is geologically young and has been extensively resurfaced.
Stone oversees the return of an extensive Neptune data set from all ten functioning Voyager 2 instruments.
Releases the third volume of You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, continuing his curated live archive.
United States invades Panama and removes the Noriega regime
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