1982: A Supreme Court decision inMississippi University for Women v. Hogan finds that an all-female state supported nursing school that denied admission to a male is unconstitutional.

1997-98: The Virginia Military Institute is ordered by the U.S. Supreme Court to accept women into its program after its all-male policy was found unconstitutional.

1981: In what was called a "fairy tale" match, Prince Charles of England marries Lady Diana Spencer while millions watched on TV.

1996: Prince Charles and Princess Diana divorce; Diana is killed in a car crash one year later.

1978: The world's first test-tube baby is born in London to mom Lesley Brown.

1997: Scottish geneticists announce the successful cloning of a sheep and name her Dolly.