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Historical Events

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Nov 22nd - Columbia moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 61-C
Nov 22nd - Largest swearing-in ceremony, 38,648 immigrants become US citizens
Nov 22nd - PNP/MAN win Antilian parliamentary election
Nov 23rd - 58 die as Egyptian commandos storm hijack Egyptair jet in Malta
Nov 23rd - Retired CIA analyst Larry Wu-tai Chin, arrested of spying for China
Nov 24th - 73rd CFL Grey Cup: BC Lions defeats Hamilton Tiger-Cats, 37-24
Nov 24th - Egyptian commandos storm captured Boeing in Malta, 60 killed
Nov 25th - White Sox shortstop Ozzie Guillen, is named AL Rookie of Year
Nov 26th - 23rd Space Shuttle Mission (61-B)-Atlantis 2-is launched
Nov 26th - France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
Nov 26th - Random House buys Richard Nixons memoires for $3,000,000
Nov 27th - Cards Vince Coleman wins NL Rookie of Year
Nov 27th - Republic of Ireland gains consultative role in Northern Ireland
Nov 28th - 6th Belgium govt of Martens forms
Dec 1st - Noraly Beyer becomes Neth's 1st black TV newscaster
Dec 1st - STS 61-C vehicle moves to launch pad
Dec 1st - South Africa's Cosatu union centre forms
Dec 2nd - "Mystery of Edwin Drood" opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 608 perfs
Dec 2nd - Philipine Chief staff Gen Fabian speaks of B Aquino's murder
Dec 2nd - Rupert Holmes' musical "Mystery of Edwin Drood," premieres in NYC
Dec 3rd - 23rd Shuttle Mission (61-B)-Atlantis 2-lands at Edwards AFB
Dec 4th - "Les Miserables" opens at Palace Theatre, London
Dec 4th - French President Mitterrand receives Polish leader Jaruzelski
Dec 4th - Pres Reagan appoints Vice Adm John Poindexter as security adviser
Dec 5th - Dow Jones Industrial Average rose above 1,500 level for 1st time
Dec 5th - Great Britain performs nuclear test
Dec 5th - Sam Shepard's "Lie of the Mind," premieres in NYC
Dec 7th - 51st Heisman Trophy Award: Bo Jackson, Auburn (RB)
Dec 7th - Atlantis returns to Kennedy Space Center via Kelly AFB
Dec 8th - 60th Australian Womens Tennis: M Navratilova beats C Evert (62 46 62)
Dec 8th - Ken O'Brien's 96 yard TD pass (NY Jet record) to Wesley Walker
Dec 8th - Laurie Rinker/Larry Rinker wins LPGA J C Penney Golf Classic
Dec 9th - 74th Australian Mens Tennis: S Edberg beats Mats Wilander (64 63 63)
Dec 9th - Jerry Rice begins NFL streak of 100+ consecutive game receptions
Dec 9th - Phoenix Arizona, gets 3" of snow
Dec 10th - Bill to balance the federal budget passed by Congress
Dec 10th - Junta leaders Videla & Massera sentenced in Buenos Aires
Dec 11th - Computer store owner in Sacramento Calif killed by package bomb
Dec 11th - Dow Jones closes above 1,500 for 1st time (1,511.70)
Dec 11th - General Electric acquires RCA Corp & its subsidiary, NBC
Dec 11th - NHL Record 62 points scored, Edmonton (36) beats Chicago (26) 12-9 & ties record of 21 goals
Dec 12th - 248 US soldiers & 8 crew members die in Arrow Air charter crash
Dec 12th - DC-8 crashes near Gander, Newfoundland; 258 die
Dec 12th - NASA launches space vehicle S-207
Dec 13th - David Boon's 1st Test century, 123 v India at Adelaide
Dec 13th - Test debut of Merv Hughes, Geoff Marsh & Bruce Reid (v India)
Dec 14th - US Foreign Minister George Shultz arrives in West Berlin
Dec 15th - Sylvester Stallone & Brigitte Nielson wed
Dec 16th - Challenger moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 51-L mission
Dec 18th - "Jerry's Girls" opens at St James Theater NYC for 139 performances
Dec 18th - UN Security Council unanimously condemns "acts of hostage-taking"
Dec 19th - "Wind in the Willows" opens at Nederlander Theater NYC for 4 perfs
Dec 19th - Mary Lund is 1st woman to receive a Jarvik VII artificial heart
Dec 19th - STS 61-C scrubbed at T -13s because of SRB auxiliary power problem
Dec 20th - Denis Potvin passes Bobby Orr as NHL defenseman scorer (916 points)
Dec 20th - Howard Cosell retires from television sports after 20 years with ABC
Dec 20th - Position of American Poet Laureate established (Robert Warren is 1st)
Dec 21st - ARCO Anchorage runs aground near Port Angeles, WA
Dec 21st - Alice Miller/Don January wins LPGA Mazda Golf Championship
Dec 21st - Heart's "Heart," album goes #1
Dec 22nd - "Wind in the Willows" closes at Nederlander Theater NYC after 4 perfs
Dec 22nd - 74th Davis Cup: Sweden beats Germany in Munich (3-2)
Dec 22nd - STS 51-L vehicle moves to Launch Pad 39B
Dec 26th - Test Cricket debut of Steve Waugh, v India at the MCG
Dec 27th - Terrorists kill 20 & wound 110 attacking El Al at Rome & Vienna airports, President Reagan blames Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi
Dec 28th - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
Dec 28th - Warring Lebanese Moslem & Christian leaders sign peace agreement
Dec 30th - IBM-PC DOS Version 3.2 released
Dec 30th - Pakistan restores constitution

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