Goodbye, Hawkeye (March 2): The final episode of "M*A*S*H" is watched by 125 million people, the largest television audience for any program other than a sports event.

	Sally Ride

Space Woman (June 18-24): Sally K. Ride becomes the first female U.S. astronaut in space.

Renewed Effort (Aug. 27): An estimated 250,000 civil rights activists parade in Washington, D.C., to commemorate the 20th anniversary of a similar march led by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. in 1963.

Flying High (Aug. 30): Air Force Lt. Col. Guion S. Bluford becomes the first black astronaut in space.

Passenger Plane Downed (Sept. 1): Korean Air Lines Flight 007 is torn apart by two Soviet missiles, killing all 269 people on board. The Soviets contend the plane was on a spy mission. The plane was indeed in Soviet airspace. A plausible explanation is that a crew member punched a wrong coordinate into the navigation system, sending the Boeing 747 hundreds of miles from its intended flight path.

Cup Down Under (Sept. 14-26): A scrappy crew from Australia captures the most prestigious prize in yachting, the America's Cup. For 132 years, the cup has resided in Manhattan.

	Vanessa Williams

Dethroned (Sept. 17): Vanessa Williams is the first black woman to be crowned Miss America. Her reign will end the next year in scandal when Penthouse announces plans to publish nude pictures of her. Williams will become the first Miss America to resign.

Massacre of Marines (Oct. 23): The U.S. Marine headquarters in Beirut is destroyed when a truck blows up outside the building. The driver of the truck is killed in the blast, which takes the lives of 241 Marine and Navy personnel who are in Lebanon as part of a peacekeeping force.
The Reagans walk past victims of the bomb blast

Going to Grenada (Oct. 25): Fearing that the Caribbean nation of Grenada may become a communist outpost, President Reagan dispatches an invasion force after a bloody coup by pro-Cuban Marxists. The action is taken partly to protect the 1,000 citizens, mostly students, on the island. By Nov. 2, the hostilities are over.

King for a Day (Nov. 2): A federal holiday honoring civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is designated for observance on the third Monday in January.