2

Jessie Marlene Snow (Lowe) 80
Mada Elizabeth Peck (Peterson) 84 dies

1

Lynn Thomas Lowe 47
Peggy LaNae Peterson (Lowe) 43

0

Peggy Lynette Lowe (Atwood) 20
Md: Floyd Scott Atwood
Sandra LaNae Lowe 19
Debra Eileen Lowe 13
Michelle Ann Lowe 11
Lori Ellen Lowe 9

General

Population: 4.94 Billion

• Science: Superconductivity discovered by Miller and Bednorz
  Halley's Comet
• Deaths: Russian V.M. Molotov, British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan, Simone de Beauvior, Swedish politician Olof Palme, Georgia O'Keeffe, Dutchess of Windsor Wallis Simpson

Africa

• Cameroon: CO₂ limnic eruption kills 1700 people and 3500 livestock around Lake Nyos
• Ivory Coast: Asks that its non-translated name of Côte d’Ivoire be used
• Libya: Reagan freezes assets and US bombs terrorist centers in Tripoli and Benghazi
• South Africa: Bishop Desmond Tutu becomes archbishop of Capetown
  Fighting in townships between rival Black groups

Americas

• Haiti: President Jean-Claude Duvalier flees to France
• Nicaragua: World Court rules US broke international law by mining Nicaraguan waters
  US pledges to send arms to Iran but divert funds to Nicaraguan Contras

Asia

• Bangladesh: Two-pound hailstones kill 92
• India: Union Carbide settles with victims of Bhopal gas leak
• Laos: Economic agreement with Thailand
• Philippines: Aquino takes over from Marcos after elections

Europe

• General: Portugal and Spain join the European Economic Community (EEC)
• Great Britain: Last appearance of Beatles in public
  Michael Lupo an Italian kills two men before being caught - said AIDS started his spree
• Soviet Union: Chernobyl meltdown in Ukraine
  Space Station Mir introduced

Middle East

• Iran: US pledges to send arms - funds diverted to Nicaragua
  Iran-Iraq war continues
• Israel: US Navy analyst Pollard found guilty as a spy

Pacific

• New Zealand: Eruption

President:

Pres: Ronald Reagan

General

• Education: CD-ROM release of Academic American Encyclopedia
• Entertainment: Oprah Winfrey Show begins
  FOX the fourth network created by Barry Diller of News Corp.
  Nintendo games introduced in US
• Fashion: Dockers pants introduced
• Law: Supreme Court bars racial bias in trial jury selection
  Abortion rights affirmed
  William H Rehnquist made Chief Justice
• Medicine: Hepatitis B Vaccine
• Military: Iran-Contra Affair comes to light
  House rejects "Star Wars" policy
• Science: 52-day streak of no tornadoes ends
• Technology: Challenger shuttle explodes
  Voyager 2 probe passes Uranus
  Rutan and Yeager begin first nonstop, nonfueled flight around world in Voyager
  Pioneer spacecraft leaves solar system
  Voyager airplane circumnavigates globe without refueling

East

Midwest

South

West and Pacific

• Alaska: Quake
• California: Quake

President

Pres: Ezra Taft Benson

Membership: 6,166,974

Temples: 40

38. Lima Peru
39. Buenos Aires Argentina
40. Denver Colorado

Other

• Quorusm of 70s in Stakes discontinued
• Revision of missionary discussion
• Membership reaches 6 million
• 1,600th Stake
• President Benson meets with Reagan
• Church Leaders update V.P. Bush on the relief efforts in Africa twice
• 5 LDS chapels bombed in Chile
• 300,000 Young Women release helium balloons with personal testimonies