Editing 1980s (section)

==Assassinations and attempts==
[[File:Ronald Reagan 1981 presidential portrait (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|right|[[Ronald Reagan]]]]
[[File:JohannesPaul2-portrait.jpg|thumb|100px|right|[[Pope John Paul II]]]]
[[File:Anwar Sadat.jpg|thumb|100px|right|[[Anwar Sadat]]]]
[[File:IndiraGandhi.png|thumb|100px|right|[[Indira Gandhi]]]]
[[File:Olof Palme (1984).jpeg|thumb|100px|right|[[Olof Palme]]]]
Prominent assassinations, targeted killings, and assassination attempts include:

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|12 April 1980
|[[William R. Tolbert Jr.]], 20th President of [[Liberia]], is killed during a military coup. His death marks the end of [[Americo-Liberian]] rule in Liberia.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Liberian Soldiers Taunt, Shoot 13 Former Leaders |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |language=en-US |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/28/AR2006072800581_pf.html |access-date=2022-12-01 |issn=0190-8286}}</ref>
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|30 March 1981
|[[Ronald Reagan]], 40th President of the United States, was [[Attempted assassination of Ronald Reagan|shot]] in Washington, D.C. by a mentally disturbed individual. Reagan's press secretary, [[James Brady]], was also shot, along with a police officer and a US Secret Service agent.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Shooting attempt throws TV industry into disarraywork=Bulletin Journal|via=Google News Archive Search|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=5x4qAAAAIBAJ&pg=6961,81527 |access-date=2022-12-01}}</ref>
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|13 May 1981
|[[Pope John Paul II]] is [[1981 Pope John Paul II assassination attempt|shot]] and wounded in [[Saint Peter's Square]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=O'Connor |first=Rachael |title=On this day in 1981, Pope John Paul II was shot four times by an assassin |url=https://www.irishpost.com/news/day-1981-pope-john-paul-ii-shot-four-times-assassin-185083 |access-date=2022-12-01 |website=The Irish Post}}</ref>
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|30 May 1980
|[[Ziaur Rahman]], the sixth president of [[Bangladesh]], was assassinated by a faction of officers of [[Bangladesh Army]], in the southeastern port city of [[Chittagong]].<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/05/30/world/bangladesh-reports-death-of-president-ziaur-rahman.html | title=Bangladesh Reports Death of President Ziaur Rahman | work=[[The New York Times]] | date=30 May 1981 }}</ref>
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|30 August 1981
|[[Mohammad-Ali Rajai]], 2nd President of Iran and [[Mohammad-Javad Bahonar]], 48th Prime Minister of Iran, are both [[1981 Iranian Prime Minister's office bombing|killed]] when a bomb explodes in Bahonar's office. Iranian officials alleges the bomb was planted by elements of the [[People's Mujahedin of Iran]], though others allege the bombing was orchestrated by political rivals within the [[Islamic Republican Party]].<ref name="Newton">{{cite book |last1=Newton |first1=Michael |title=Famous Assassinations in World History |date=17 April 2014 |publisher=ABC-CLIO |isbn=9781610692861 |page=27 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F4-dAwAAQBAJ&q=1981+Iranian+Prime+Minister%27s+office+bombing+MEK&pg=PA27 |access-date=4 November 2020 |archive-date=4 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211104125911/https://books.google.com/books?id=F4-dAwAAQBAJ&q=1981+Iranian+Prime+Minister%27s+office+bombing+MEK&pg=PA27 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |first=Kenneth |last=Katzman |chapter=Iran: The People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran |title = Iran: Outlaw, Outcast, Or Normal Country? |publisher = Nova Science Publishers |year=2001 |editor-first = Albert V. |editor-last = Benliot |isbn = 978-1-56072-954-9|page=101}}</ref>
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|6 October 1981
|[[Anwar Sadat]], 3rd President of Egypt, is [[Assassination of Anwar Sadat|assassinated]] at a military parade in [[Cairo]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Anwar Sadat Killed - 1981 Year in Review - Audio - UPI.com |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/Audio/Events-of-1981/Anwar-Sadat-Killed/ |access-date=2022-12-01 |website=UPI |language=en}}</ref>
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|21 August 1983
|[[Ninoy Aquino|Benigno Aquino Jr.]], a longtime political opponent of Philippine [[President of the Philippines|president]] [[Ferdinand Marcos]], is [[Assassination of Ninoy Aquino|killed]] after landing in the Philippines after three years of self-imposed exile.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1983-08-21 |title=1983: Filipino opposition leader shot dead |language=en-GB |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/august/21/newsid_2534000/2534945.stm |access-date=2023-01-19}}</ref>
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|12 October 1984
|[[Margaret Thatcher]], Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, avoids being the target of a [[Brighton Hotel Bombing|bombing]] at a hotel orchestrated by the [[Provisional Irish Republican Army]]. The blast does kill five including [[Anthony Berry]], an [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|MP]] and [[Deputy Chief Whip]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Patrick Magee convicted of IRA terrorist attack |url=https://www.theguardian.com/fromthearchive/story/0,,1235581,00.html |access-date=2022-12-01 |website=The Guardian}}</ref>
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|31 October 1984
|[[Indira Gandhi]], 3rd Prime Minister of India, is [[Assassination of Indira Gandhi|assassinated]] by her own [[bodyguard]]s in response to the Indian Army's attack on Golden Temple to destroy [[Sikh]] Militant stronghold in Amritsar earlier in the decade.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1984-10-31 |title=1984: Assassination and revenge |language=en-GB |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/witness/october/31/newsid_3961000/3961851.stm |access-date=2022-12-01}}</ref>
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|28 February 1986
|[[Olof Palme]], Prime Minister of Sweden, is  [[Assassination of Olof Palme|assassinated]] while walking home from a cinema in [[Stockholm]].<ref>{{Cite web |first1=Laura |last1=Smith-Spark |first2=Sebastian |last2=Shukla |date=2020-06-10 |title=Sweden closes 30-year murder mystery over killing of PM Olof Palme |url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/10/europe/sweden-olof-palme-murder-intl/index.html |access-date=2022-12-01 |publisher=CNN |language=en}}</ref>
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|15 October 1987
|[[Thomas Sankara]], 1st President of [[Burkina Faso]], is [[1987 Burkina Faso coup d'état|assassinated]] in a coup organized by his former colleague, [[Blaise Compaoré]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-10-11 |title=Burkina Faso tries alleged killers of iconic leader Sankara |publisher=[[Deutsche Welle]]|url=https://www.dw.com/en/burkina-faso-tries-alleged-killers-of-iconic-leader-sankara/av-59474289 |access-date=2022-12-01 |archive-date=2021-10-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211011205334/https://www.dw.com/en/burkina-faso-tries-alleged-killers-of-iconic-leader-sankara/av-59474289 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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