1982: The Dow Jones Industrial average, a barometer of stock market activity, tops the 1000 level for the first time.
Today: In 1999 the Dow Jones Industrial average tops the 10,000 level for the first time, reflecting a booming American economy, record low unemployment, and stable interest rates.
1982: President of the Soviet Union Leonid Brezhev, ruler for eighteen years, dies. He is replaced by former KGB chief Yuri Andropov (who dies the following year).
Today: After the introduction of "peristroika" by President Mikhail Gorbachev, the Soviet Union abandoned communism and centralization in favor of market capitalism and devolution. The current leader of Russia is Boris.....
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