| 1982 | South America | Falklands War [Read about] |
| 1986 | North America • USA | The Iran-Contra Affair becomes public |
| 1987 | Middle East | First Intifada (Israel and the Occupied territories) |
| 1987 | Europe • Russia | Chernobyl nuclear disaster (Soviet Union) |
| 1989 | Europe • Germany | Fall of the Berlin Wall (Germany) |
| 1991 | Middle East | First Gulf War [Read about] |
| 1994 | North America • Mexico | The Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN) fights for the rights of indigenous peoples in the Chiapas region of Mexico. |
| 1995 | Europe | Massacre of Muslims at Srebrenica in the Balkans by Bosnian Serbs (July 1995) |
| 1998 | North America • USA | American politics are thrown into upheaval by the Clinton White House sex scandal. |
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