UWF Events

• Dr. Judy Bense leads $1.8 million archaeology project in Mississippi
• UWF receives $4.6 million grant for Navy alcohol awareness program
• Music’s Pierre Huybregts performs at Lincoln Center
• Former secretary of state Dean Rusk speaks at spring commencement

World Events

• Commando raid designed to free hostages in Iran aborted
• Ronald Reagan elected president
• Soviets invade Afghanistan
• Mount. St. Helens volcano erupts
• Sony Walkman tape player starts a fad
• Atlanta gets first fiber optics system
• John Lennon, Mae West and Jesse Owens die
• Ted Turner’s CNN 24-hour news channel goes on the air and MTV also debuts
• “Who Shot J.R.” episode of Dallas attracts record number of TV viewers
• Alfred Hitchcock, Mae West and John Lennon die
• First class stamp costs $.15
• American hockey team wins gold in Winter Olympics
• U.S. boycotts Moscow Summer Olympics