2

Jessie Marlene Snow (Lowe) 76
Harry Chester Peterson 80
Mada Elizabeth Peck (Peterson) 80

1

Lynn Thomas Lowe 43
Peggy LaNae Peterson (Lowe) 39

0

Peggy Lynette Lowe 16
Sandra LaNae Lowe 15
Debra Eileen Lowe 9
Michelle Ann Lowe 7
Lori Ellen Lowe 5

General

Population: 4.62 Billion

• Entertainment: First Rubik's Cube World Championship
  Chariots of Fire and Ghandi are presented
• Medicine: First genetically engineered drug approved - synthetic insulin
• Sports: Olympic fencer dies of brain damage after opponent's foil snaps and pierces his eye
• Technology: Compact discs invented
  First genetically engineered plant – the Flavr Savr tomato introduced
• Deaths: French fashion guru Pierre balman, English composer Humphrey Searly, Princess Grace, Leonid Brezhnev, John Belushi, Ingrid Bergman, Satchel Paige, Vic Morrow

Africa

• Monaco: Princess Grace dies in car accident and daughter Stephanie injured
• Senegambia: Senegal and Gambia unite to 1989

Americas

• Argentina: Invasion of Falklands and start of war
• Canada: Britain gives up constitutional rights - complete independence
  Newfoundland "bomb" of low pressure sinks ship killing 100
• Falkland Islands: Britain and Argentina war over these islands and Malvinas
• Mexico: Failure to repay foreign loans, resulting in national financial crisis
  El Chichon Volcano kills 3500

Asia

Europe

• General: Spain joins NATO
• Great Britain: Prince William born
  Unemployment reaches 3 million
  MRE machines introduced
• Italy: Benedetto Supino of Formia age 10 learns he can set things on fire by staring at them
• Soviet Union: Leonid Brezhnev dies and Andropov controls
• West Germany: Helmut Kohl becomes chancellor

Middle East

• Iran: Iraq-Iran war continues
• Iraq: US gives billions in aid to Saddam Hussein in war with Iran
• Israel: Christians massacre Palestinian refugees
• Lebanon: Second Israeli invasion and PLO withdraws from Beirut, then Christians massacre Palestinian refugees
• Yemen: Earthquake

Pacific

President:

Pres: Ronald Reagan

General

• Business: WordPerfect developed
  Start of rise in market at low of 776 with "Reagan Bull"
• Crime: Tylenol poisonings kill seven - possibly the "Unabomber" Ted Kaczynski
• Entertainment: Little Shop of Horrors and Cats debut
  The Color Purple and Schindler's List written
  Michael Jackson wins 8 Grammy awards and releases Thriller
  Era of the Valley Girl begins with release of song by the Zappas E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial and Poltergeist rate as top movies
  Three die by decapitation in Twilight Zone the Movie
• Law: Equal Rights Amendment passed by congress but not ratified by States
  John W Hinckley Jr. found insane for shooting of President Reagan
• Medicine: First artificial heart transplant
• Politics: Alexander M Haig Jr. resigns as Secretary of State
• Technology: Space shuttle Columbia makes first mission

East

Midwest

South

• Florida: Arctic air kills much of Florida's citrus crop
• Louisiana: 18 inches of snow falls in Vinton

West and Pacific

• Arizona: David Grundman killed for shooting a cactus and heavy limb falls on him
• California: Larry Walters of LA flies lawnchair and 45 weather balloons near LAX
• Utah: First artificial heart implanted in Dr. Barney Clark at the U of U made by Dr. Jarvik and implanted by Dr. de Vries

President

Pres: Spencer W. Kimball

Membership: 5,162,619

Temples: 20

Other

• Construction costs for buildings passed to general funds
• 5 million members
• Missions for Elders reduced to 18 months
• Visitor's Center in Palmyra at Grandin Press
• Subtitle added to Book of Mormon
• 140th anniversary of Relief Society
• death of Belle Spafford
• 50th year of broadcasts for Tabernacle Choir
• Nauvoo historical sites dedicated
• Reagan tours welfare program
• Church receives Bible award
• Scripture Committee adds subtitle to Book of Mormon
• Tabernacle Choir celebrates 50 years of broadcasts
• Missionary, Priesthood, and Templeand Genealogy executive councils created
• Bush 41 visits Utah twice and meets with Church Leaders