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• Founding of CAUSA, part of an effort to combat communism. CAUSA worked primarily in Central and South America.

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• Proposal of the International Highway Project. The highway is to link all corners of the world, including a Bering Strait Tunnel and a tunnel to connect Japan with Korea.
• Founding of Ultimas Noticias, Spanish language daily newspaper published in Uruguay.
• Start of Paragon House Publishers, a publishing program for ICUS scholars.
• January 3 - Birth of daughter Yeon Jin.

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• Founding of The Washington Times newspaper
• Moon is sentenced to 18 months in prison on charges of tax evasion, of which he serves 13 months at the Danbury Correctional facility.
• June 14 - Birth of daughter Jeung Jin.
• July 1 - 2075-Couple Blessing in Madison Square Garden, New York.
• October 14 - 6000-Couple Blessing

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• Founding of the Middle East Times, weekly newspaper in the Middle East.

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• January 3 - Death of son Heung Jin.
• June 26 - Sun Myung Moon in Washington D.C. at the Hearing on Religious Freedom^pr148
• July 13 - The Universal Ballet Company gave its "Gala Premiere Performance".

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• Founding of the American Constitution Commitee (ACC). Later this becomes the American Freedom Coalition and still later the American Family Coalition (AFC).
• Summit Council for World Peace. This was the precursor to the Federation for World Peace, a forum for former heads of state and sitting heads of government.

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• October 30 - 6500-Couple Blessing.

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• Founding of the Segye Times, Korean daily newspaper.
• Founding of Sun Moon University in 1989 in Cheonan, Korea, including the former Sunghwa Theological Seminary.
• January 12 - 1275-Couple Blessing, with participants from missionary countries.