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| The Ramones form, with the Sex Pistols following in 1975, bringing in the punk era. The movement went beyond the music to a cultural attitude of rebellion against authority as a way of life, the reverberations of which are still being felt today. |
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| Menachem Begin becomes Prime Minister of Israel in 1977 and negotiates the Camp David Accords with Egypt's president in 1978. |
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| President of the United States from 1981 to 1989; first attempted in 1976 to run for president. |
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| The Palestine Liberation Organization is admitted as a member of Arab League; see history of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. |
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| Aircraft hijacking: Numerous aircraft hijackings took place, specifically, the Palestinian hijack of Air France Flight 139 and the subsequent Operation Entebbe in Uganda |
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| During the Iranian Revolution of 1979, the West-backed and U.S.-installed Shah is overthrown as the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini gains power after years in exile. |
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| Soviet invasion of Afghanistan: Following their move into Afghanistan, Soviet forces fight a ten-year war, from 1979 to 1989. |
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| A hit television game show which has been TV's highest-rated syndicated program since 1983. |
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| in 1983 she becomes the first American woman in space. |
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| in the 1980s Ozzy Osbourne and the bands Metallica and Judas Priest were brought to court by parents who accused the musicians of hiding subliminal pro-suicide messages in their music. |
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