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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Tizane Navea-Rogers

This Week in History: Anthrax panic and the Great Storm of 1987

Retrospective: a week of turning points that shaped the world - (The Independent)

This week, the United States is hit with anthrax panic and political backlash over ‘Star Wars’ (and no, not the movie franchise), while a transatlantic criminal case snowballs against disgraced Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein. In Chile, trapped underground miners finally celebrate their freedom, while in London, former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet faces a sudden arrest on murder charges. From stormy financial markets to a genuinely stormy landscape across southern England, explore all these stories and more in this week’s gallery.

14 October 1986 – Reagan faces congressional backlash over Star Wars

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