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) |