Clues:
Cal Ripken Jr. plays his first MLB game; Michael Jackson’s Thriller is released; London-based Laker Airlines goes belly-up; ground is broke in D.C. for Vietnam Veterans Memorial; Lupe Fiasco is born & Ayn Rand dies; John De Lorean is busted on a cocaine charge; Chariots of Fire wins Best Picture Oscar; and the Falklands War begins.