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
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
Astronaut Kathryn D. Sullivan, part of the crew of Space Shuttle Challenger, becomes the first American woman to walk in space.