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| 1980 |
| | | A trade union, Solidarnośc (Solidarity), is formed by strikers in the Gdansk shipyard in Poland | |
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| 1980 |
| | | Lech Walesa is elected chairman of the newly formed Polish trade union movement Solidarnośc (Solidarity) | |
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| 1980 |
| | | Saddam Hussein invades Iran, beginning an 8-year war that will bring massive human cost | |
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| 1981 |
| | | The Kremlin appoints a general, Wojciech Jaruzelski, as prime minister of Poland | |
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| 1981 |
| | | War Music is the first instalment of Christopher Logue's version of the Iliad | |
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| 1981 |
| | | Polish prime minister Wojciech Jaruzelski imposes martial law and suspends Solidarnośc (Solidarity) | |
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| 1982 |
| | | The Saudi fundamentalist Osama bin Laden joins the mujaheddin in their fight against the Soviet occupiers of Afghanistan | |
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| 1982 |
| | | 5000 Argentinian troops land in the Falkland Islands, provoking war with Britain | |
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| 1982 |
| | | The Argentinian cruiser General Belgrano is sunk by a British torpedo, with the loss of 368 lives | |
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| 1982 |
| | | Israeli Minister of Defence Ariel Sharon heads Israel's invasion of Lebanon to expel the PLO | |
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