The flowing voice of Karen Carpenter stops forever, Dead at 32.
New Prime Minister Bob Hawke floats the Australian dollar.
The High Court blocks construction of the Franklyn River Dam in Tasmania
And yacht Australia 2 is steered to victory in the America’s Cup.
Truck bombs kill 299 American and French servicemen in Beirut.
Anti-Tamil riots see between 400 and 3000 killed in the Sri Lankan capital.
72 dies in Victoria’s Ash Wednesday bushfires.
A German magazine pays millions for fake Hitler diaries, as Nazi Klaus Barbie is arrested in Bolivia.
