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The Cuban government allows 125,000 Cubans to leave Cuba for the United States.
Read more on information of Cuban refugees.
Ceausescu uses almost all of Romania's foreign currency reserves to pay off foreign debts. As a result, the standard of living drops drastically.
Iraq and Iran go to war over the Shatt al Arab estuary. Iraqi relations with the Soviet Union deteriorates. Nevertheless, the Soviet Union remains Iraq's prime arms supplier during the Iran-Iraq War.
Ronald Reagan
is elected President of the United States.
The Solidarity Union is formed in Poland. They call for the right to organise independent trade unions.
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