1981 - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report that five homosexual men in Los Angeles, California are have a rare form of pneumonia seen only in patients with weakened immune systems (these were the first recognized cases of AIDS).
1982 - USA No 1 - Ebony and Ivory - Paul Mc Cartney & Stevie Wonder. UK No 1 - House of Fun - Madness. Malta National Football - Malta v Iceland 2-1 (EC). Sophia Loren leaves Italy after serving 17 days of a 30-day prison sentence for tax fraud, in the city of
1983 - Malta National Football - Iceland v Malta 1-0 (EC)
1989 - In Poland, Solidarity defeated the Communists in the first free elections since the end of the Second World War.
