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1. Gun control legislation prompted by the shooting of James Brady during the Reagan assassination attempt.
3. Leader who came to power in Peru at the end of the decade, later known for his authoritarian rule.
7. European built laboratory that flew on the Space Shuttle, a symbol of international cooperation in space.
9. Missiles deployed by NATO in West Germany as part of the arms race with the Soviet Union.
10. Chancellor of West Germany who played a key role in the process of reunification.
13. Australian Treasurer and later Prime Minister who implemented significant economic reforms.
14. Israeli Prime Minister who resigned in 1983, partly due to stress from the Lebanon War.

2. Street Declaration; 1985 agreement between British and Irish governments over Northern Ireland.
4. President of Nicaragua during the 1980s, central to the conflict with the Contras.
5. South African President who, although taking office at the end of the decade, began dismantling apartheid.
6. Pakistani leader who died in a mysterious plane crash in 1988, altering the political landscape.
7. Entertainment complex in South Africa boycotted by artists protesting apartheid.
8. Space Shuttle disaster that deeply affected the space program and national morale.
11. Soviet nuclear physicist turned dissident and human rights activist.
12. Incident where a South Korean airliner was shot down by the Soviet Union, escalating Cold War tensions.