1980-1989: The global village
1981: AIDS is a new killer
1982: Civil war in Latin America
1983: Greenham women and German Greens
1984: Amritsar, Bhopal, and acid rain
1985: Perestroika and Live Aid
1986: Nuclear explosion in Chernobyl
1987: U.S. and U.S.S.R. end arms race
1998: Bush and Bhutto come to power
1989: The end of Communist rule
Winners and achievers of the decade.