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Results 1 - 56 of 56

1st - CTUC, Commonwealth Trade Union Council, established
1st - Hilbert van der Duim becomes world champion all-round skater
1st - Patti Smith & MC5 guitarist Fred Sonic Smith wed in Detroit
1st - Snow falls in Florida
2nd - 3rd Islander scoreless tie-Penguins in Pitts
2nd - Jan Stephenson wins LPGA Sun City Golf Classic
2nd - Mike Bratz (Phoenix) ends NBA free throw streak of 57 games
3rd - France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
3rd - The USS Nautilus is stricken.
4th - 40th hat trick in Islander history-Mike Bossy
4th - Robert Mugabe's ZANU-PF wins parliamentary election in Zimbabwe
5th - Earth satellites record gamma rays from remnants of supernova N-49
6th - Emmy 7th Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 1st time
6th - Princess Theater (Latin Quarter, Cotton Club) opens at 200 W 48th NYC
6th - French Academy, founded in 1635, elects it 1st woman novelist (Marguerita Youcenar)
8th - Greg Chappell 235 & Yallop 172, for 217 stand at Faisalabad
8th - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
8th - The first festival of rock music kicks off in the Soviet Union.
9th - Flemish/Walloon battles in Belgium, 40 injured
9th - Joanne Carner wins LPGA Sunstar '80 Golf Tournament
10th - Willard Scott becomes the weather forcaster on the Today Show
11th - Rod Marsh bowls 10 overs for 51 runs in dull Aust v Pak cricket draw
12th - Jury finds John Wayne Gacy guilty of murdering 33 in Chicago
12th - NY Islanders 3rd scoreless tie, vs Pittsburgh Penguin
13th - Eric Heiden skates world record 1000m (1:13.60)
13th - Ford Motor Co found innocent in death of 3 women in a fiery Pinto
13th - Men's Figure Skating Championship in Dortmund won by Jan Hoffmann GDR
14th - 3rd Emmy Sports Award presentation
14th - Ice Dance Championship at Dortmund W Germany won by Regoczy & Sallay
14th - Ice Pairs Championship at Dortmund won by Cherkasova & Shakhrai (USSR)
14th - Polish airliner crash kills all 87 aboard (22 are US amateur boxers)
14th - Worlds Ladies Figure Skating Champ in Dortmund won by Anett Potzsch
16th - Joanne Carner wins LPGA Honda Civic Golf Classic
18th - Vostok rocket exploded on launch pad while being refueled, killing 50
20th - The Mi Amigo ship containing England's pirate Radio Caroline sinks
20th - US appeals to International Court on hostages in Iran
21st - On TV show Dallas, J.R. is shot
23rd - Border completes 150 in each inning of Test Cricket v Pakistan
23rd - Donna Caponi Young Pro-Am wins LPGA National Golf Tournament
23rd - France performs nuclear test
23rd - Shah of Iran arrives in Egypt
24th - 42nd NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Louisville beats UCLA 59-54
24th - ABC's nightly Iran Hostage crisis program renamed "Nightline"
24th - Capitol Records releases some rare Beatles tracks
26th - Bombay gets its 1st rock concert in 10 years (The Police)
27th - "Happy New Year" opens at Morosco Theater NYC for 17 performances
27th - "Reggae" opens at Biltmore Theater NYC for 21 performances
27th - Elevator in Vaal Reef S Afr gold mine crash 1900m down (23 die)
27th - Mount St Helens becomes active after 123 years
27th - The Norwegian oil platform Alexander Kielland collapses in the North Sea, killing 123 of its crew of 212.
30th - Mark Medoff's "Children of a Lesser God," premieres in NYC
30th - Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Women's Kemper Golf Open
31st - Larry Holmes TKOs Leroy Jones in 8 for heavyweight boxing title
31st - Mike Weaver KOs John Tate in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
31st - President Jimmy Carter deregulates banking industry
31st - The Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific railroad operates its final train after being ordered to liquidate its assets due to bankruptcy and debt owed to creditors.