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

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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.

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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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l98 l9S8 1' x A barge filled with 3,I28 tons of garbage became a national joke and a symbol of the nation's worsening problem with solid waste management. The barge, looking for a place to dump its cargo, was banned by six states and three foreign countries before an incinerator reduced it to ash. Television evangelists Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker said farewell to the PTL ministry in March. I9S7. Jim Bakker resigned after confessing to a sexual encounter with a young 'woman. Tammy Bakker bowed out of the broadcasts to undergo treatment for drug dependancy. Democratic presidential candidate Gary Hart was forced to drop his bid for the presidency after it was reported that he was romantically involved with Donna Rice, a 29-year-old aspiring actress and model from Miami. He later rejoined the race. A YEAR TO REMEMBER ll