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1986 — House Democrats select majority leader Jim Wright as 48th speaker
1987 — Flyers' Ron Hextall becomes 1st goalie to actually score a goal
1987 — Jack Sikma (Milwaukee) begins NBA free throw streak of 51 games
1987 — Occupied Palestinians start "intefadeh" (uprising) against Israel
1987 — President Reagan & Soviet General Secretary Gorbachev sign a treaty eliminating medium range nuclear missiles
1988 — Knick's set NBA record of 11 3-pointers & sink Bucks, 113-109
1989 — Great Britain performs nuclear test
1990 — Galileo Earth-1 Flyby