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*[[1984]] – "[[We begin bombing in five minutes]]": [[President of the United States|United States President]] [[Ronald Reagan]], while running for re-election, jokes while preparing to make his weekly Saturday address on [[NPR|National Public Radio]].
*[[1988]] &ndash; A meeting between [[Sayyed Imam Al-Sharif]], [[Osama bin Laden]], [[Abdullah Yusuf Azzam]], and leaders of [[Egyptian Islamic Jihad]] in [[Afghanistan]] culminates in the formation of [[Al-Qaeda]].<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=2008-05-23 |title=The Rebellion Within |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2008/06/02/the-rebellion-within |access-date=2022-08-11 |magazine=The New Yorker |language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[1991]]— [[Nickelodeon]]’s very first line of “[[Nicktoons]]” ([[Doug (TV series)|Doug]], [[Rugrats]] & [[The Ren & Stimpy Show|Ren & Stimpy]]) premiere on the channel.
*[[1992]] &ndash; The [[Mall of America]] in Bloomington, Minnesota opens. At the time the largest shopping mall in the United States.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mallofamerica.com/about|title=About|website=Mall of America|access-date=2021-08-11}}</ref>
*[[2000]] &ndash; An [[air rage]] incident occurs on board [[Southwest Airlines Flight 1763]] when 19-year-old Jonathan Burton attempts to storm the cockpit, but he is subdued by other passengers and dies from his injuries.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/a-death-on-descent/|title=A Death On Descent|website=www.cbsnews.com|date=21 September 2000 |language=en-US|access-date=2019-08-06}}</ref>