Bhopal Gas Tragedy Unfolds
A tragic industrial disaster occurred on December 3rd, 1984, in Bhopal, India, when toxic gas leaked from a Union Carbide pesticide plant. The Bhopal Gas Tragedy remains one of the world’s worst industrial disasters.
Grand Hotel in Brighton, England
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The Provisional Irish Republican Army detonates at bomb at the Grand Hotel in Brighton, England, in an unsuccessful attempt to assassinate British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher; 5 others are killed and 31 wounded.
America’s First Spacewalking Woman
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Astronaut Kathryn D. Sullivan, part of the crew of Space Shuttle Challenger, becomes the first American woman to walk in space.