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Sandra Day O'Connor The first woman appointed to the US Supreme Court 1981

Bill Gates and Paul Allen Co-founders of the small firm of Microsoft wins the contract to provide the operating system of the IBM personal computer 1980

Thomas Keneally Australian novelist publishes Schindler's Ark and wins the Booker Prize. Later made into a movie, Schindler's List 1982

Lech Walesa Polish union leader and activist is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize 1983

Alec Jeffreys British geneticist invented and developed genetic (or DNA) fingerprinting 1984

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