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THE NHS STORYDecade Quiz

1983
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'1987'

  • Thousands of students march on Tien An Men Square in the biggest demonstration since 1976

  • Two hundred die as Herald of Free Enterprise capsizes off Zeebrugge

  • Margaret Thatcher re-elected for third term

  • One person a day now dying of AIDS

  • Gunman Michael Ryan goes on the rampage in Hungerford, killing 16 people

  • Thirty die in King's Cross Underground fire

  • Hole in the heart baby David Barber dies 11 days after his operation at Birmingham Children's Hospital



 
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