| | Ronald Reagan Inaugurated As 40 President |
| | Iran Releases 52 Hostages |
| | President Shot In Chest, Brady Suffers Head Wound |
| | John Hinkley Captured, Charged With Attempted Assassination OF President Reagan |
| | Israel Bombs Iraqi Nuclear Reactor |
| | Walkway At Kansas City's Hyatt Regency Collapses, 111 Die |
| | Prince Charles And Lady Diana Spencer Marry |
| | Reagan Fires Striking Air Controllers |
| | Robert Crippen and John Young orbit earth 36 Times on Columbia |
| | Reagan lifts grain embargo |
| | Pope Paul II is wounded in assassination attempt |
| | Sandra Day O'Conner become first Supreme Court Justice |
| | A seven week baseball strike, longest in history causes a "split" season |
| | John MacEnroe, The "Ugly America" wins his third straight Wimbledon |
| | The largest merger in history occurred when DuPont aquires Conoco for 7.9 Billion |
| | First test tube baby is born |