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The royal wedding drew world-wide at
tention, as Prince Charles married Lady
Diana. (Wide World photo)
etween June 5, 1981 and June
B3, 1982 people laughed, cried,
rejoiced, and mourned.
The space shuttle "Columbia"
left for its second and third test
flights without any serious
problems. In July of 1981 millions
of people around the world
watched Prince Charles of England
marry Lady Diana.
For the first time in our nation's
history a woman was appointed to
the U.S. Supreme Court. Also for
the first time there were three
living ex-presidents of the U.S.
Tragedy struck several times
during the year with the deaths of
actors John Belushi, William
Holden and Natalie Wood. Perhaps
the most tragic death of all was
that of Egyptian president Anwar
Sadat, assassinated by Arab
extremists.
Blasting off and shooting into space, the
shuttle Columbia takes off from Cape Ca
Two firsts in U.S. history: Sandra Day naveral in Florida. (Wide World photo)
O'Connor is the first woman on the Su
preme Court; after the death of Anwar
Sadat, former presidents Jimmy Carter,
Gerald Ford, and Richard Nixon all met
with Ronald Reagan before representing
the U.S.A. at the leader's funeral. (Wide
World photos) Newsmakers 23
