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1.5 May

May 15 - Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan: After more than eight years of fighting, the Red Army begins its withdraw from Afghanistan
May 16 - A report by Surgeon General C. Everett Koop states that the addictive properties of nicotine are similar to those of heroin and cocaine.
May 23 - South Carolina celebrates its bicentennial statehood.
May 24 - Section 28 is passed as law by Parliament in the United Kingdom

1.6 June

June 2 - In Canberra, the High Court rejects United Kingdom's bid to ban further publication in Australia of the " Spycatcher", memoirs of former SIS agent Peter Wright
June 6 - Queen Elizabeth strips jockey Lester Piggott of his OBE because he has been sentenced to jail for repeated tax evasion
June 21 - New Hampshire celebrates its bicentennial statehood.
June 25 - Virginia celebrates its bicentennial statehood.
June 29 - United States Supreme Court upholds the law allowing special prosecutor to investigate suspected crimes by executive branch officials.

1.7 July

July 1 - Bologna, Italy: Quartetto Cetra's last concert after over forty years' musical career.
July 3 - Iran Air Flight 655 shot down by missiles launched from the USS Vincennes ship
July 6 - The Piper Alpha drilling platform in the North Sea is destroyed by explosions and fires killing 165 oil workers and 2 rescue mariners.
July 26 - New York celebrates its bicentennial statehood.
July 28 - Child prodigy Brandon Iffert born in Korea.

1.8 August

August 9 - Wayne Gretzky is traded from the Edmonton Oilers to the Los Angeles Kings in one of the most controversial transactions in hockey history.
August 17 - Pakistan President Mohammad Zia ul-Haq and US Ambassador Arnold Raphel are killed in a plane crash.
August 19 - Ceasefire begins in the Iran-Iraq war
August 26 - Merhan Karimi Nasseri ends up stuck in the Charles De Gaulle Airport in Paris
August 28 - A fire destroys part of Chiado quarter, in Lisbon's historical center.

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