Miami Country Day School - Bald Eagle Yearbook (Miami Shores, FL)

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. 45, In an effort to keep the Persian Gulf open to navigation, the United States began in July to escort vessels to protect them from lran. ln September the U.S. Navy blew up an Iran- ian ship that was caught laying mines in the Gulf. Several mines were confiscated. The Senate rejected President Reagan's nomination of Rob- ert H. Bork to the Supreme Court by a 58-42 vote, which ended a long contentious debate over a judge alternately portrayed as a brilliant jurist and a dangerous extremist. The Dow Jones industrial stock average dropped 508 points, the largest in history, on Monday. Oc- tober l9. Some called it a crash , others called it a meltdown and others called it Black Mon- day . Whatever it was, it stripped SSW billion from the market value of U.S. securities. 'Z .fi I 5, . fi-E'il'lx 5 H blG0lRLf7pioN ' lg,-.-at tml ln the six years since Americans first heard of a mys- terious immunity-robbing disease from which no one recovers, AlDS has killed nearly 25,wO Americans. and millions of dollars have poured into medical re- search. A YEAR TO REMEMBER I9 ,..l-

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A YE R TO REMEMBER OOO -...KMNL r- 1 President and Mrs. Reagan greeted Pope Paul Il when he arrived in Miami to begin a nine-city tour of the United States. Marine Lt. Col. Qliver L. North, was a key offi- cial in the plan to finance anti-government re- bels in Nicaragua with money from the arm sales to Iran. I8 A YEAR TO REMEMBER President Reagan talks with Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev during arrival ceremonies at the White House. The two super- power leaders held a three-day summit meeting in December and signed a nuclear arms control agreement.

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The Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco celebrated its 50th birthday. About 250,000 people jammed onto the bridge for an anniversary walk across the span. X An earthquake that measured 6.l on the Richter scale hit Southern California in October. lt was not a cata- strophic quake, but the damage was extensive. I I 'Q-L 4- 4-1 ----.....s....- l Q 45232 Vf V J. President and Nancy Reagan wave to well-wishers from the South Por- tico of the White House. Reagan escorted his wife back to the White House from the Hospital where she underwent Breast Sur- 20 gery.