In 1987, a mile-long garbage slick was spotted off Monmouth County in this state; call Tony Soprano, he's in waste mgmt.

In 1984 this Democrat won election to the U.S. Senate from Tennessee, succeeding Howard Baker In 1984, with a thousand bucks & a dream, he founded the computer company named for himself In 1984 women in Liechtenstein were given the right to do this nationally for the first time In 1986, this Procter & Gamble cleansing powder offered a free Halley's Comet guide In 1987 Jim Abbott became the 1st in this sport to win the Sullivan Award for amateur athletes In 1989 & 1999, it got the National Magazine Award's Seal of Approval for personal service In 1989 he starred in 1 of the 3 New York Stories & as one of the Three Fugitives In 1989 scientists using a scanning tunneling microscope saw this double-stranded molecule for the 1st time