- NASA successfully launches and lands its reusable spacecraft, the
Space
Shuttle.
- Major developments in computers:
- IBM PC introduced.
- The laptop computer is introduced.
- The first mouse pointing device.
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Yorio Hinuma and colleagues isolate human
T-cell leukaemia virus (HTLV) from patients with adult T-cell leukaemia.
Although several viruses are associated with human tumours, HTLV was the first
unequivocal human cancer virus to be identified.
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