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Results 1 - 84 of 84

1st - "Day in Hollywood, A Night..." opens at John Golden NYC for 588 perf
1st - 15th Academy of Country Music Awards: Barbara Mandrell wins
1st - Sabres & Islanders play to 1:20 of 5th period in a playoff
1st - Amer Book Award: William Styron (Sophie Choice)/T Wolfe (Right Stuff)
2nd - Joseph Doherty & 3 other IRA men arrested for murder
2nd - Pink Floyd's "Another Brick in Wall (Part II)" is banned in S Africa
2nd - Pope John Paul II begins African tour
2nd - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
3rd - 106th Kentucky Derby: Jacinto Vasquez on Genuine Risk wins in 2:02
3rd - Giants 1st baseman Willie McCovey hits his 521st & final HR
3rd - Texas Ranger Ferguson Jenkins becomes 4th to win 100 games in AL & NL
4th - Dodgers bat out of order against Phillies in 1st inning
4th - Hollis Stacy wins LPGA CPC Women's Internationalional Golf Tournament
4th - White Sox 1st baseman Mike Squires catches final inning of 11-1 loss to Brewers, becoming 1st lefty to catch since Dale Long in 1958
5th - Siege at Iranian Embassy in London ends; British commandos & police stormed the building
5th - Constantine Karamanlis is elected for the first time President of Greece.
7th - Josip Tito, Yugoslav president, buried
7th - Samm-Art Williams' "Home," premieres in NYC
8th - Sabres take only 15 shots, Islanders 22, in a playoff game
8th - World Health Organization announced smallpox had been eradicated
9th - 35 motorists die as a Liberian freighter rams a Tampa Bay Bridge
10th - "Happy New Year" closes at Morosco Theater NYC after 17 performances
11th - Pam Higgins wins LPGA Lady Michelob Golf Tournament
11th - Pete Rose, 39, steals second, third, & home in one inning for Phillies
12th - 1st nonstop crossing of US via balloon (Maxie Anderson & son Chris)
12th - West Ham United wins the FA Cup, beating Arsenal 1-0 at Wembley Stadium. Midfield playmaker Trevor Brooking scores the winner with a rare header.
13th - Cincinnati Red Ray Knight hits 2 HRs in 5th inning vs NY Mets
14th - "Musical Chairs" opens at Rialto Theater NYC for 15 performances
14th - Dept of Health & Human Services begins operation
14th - Valencia wins 20th Europe Cup II
14th - Bucky Dent hits an inside park HR, Royals walk 14 Yanks including 5 with bases loaded, Yanks win 16-3
15th - 1st trans-US balloon crossing
15th - Flyers score 8 goals against Islanders in playoffs
15th - Shawn Weatherly, (SC (will win Miss Universe), crowned 29th Miss USA
16th - 34th NBA Championship: LA Lakers beat Phila 76ers, 4 games to 2
16th - Brian May of rock group Queen collapses on stage with hepatitis
16th - Paul McCartney releases "McCartney II" album
16th - Former Buggles members Geoff Downes & Trevor Horn replace Jon Anderson & Rick Wakeman in Yes
17th - 106th Preakness: Angel Cordero Jr aboard Codex wins in 1:54.2
17th - Kumar Anandan balanced on one foot for 33 hours
17th - Major race riot in Miami Florida - 16 killed, 300 injured
17th - Paul & Linda McCartney appear on Saturday Night Live
18th - Belgium 3rd govt of Martens forms
18th - China PR launch 1st intercontinental rocket
18th - Donna White wins LPGA Coca-Cola Golf Classic
18th - Fernando Belaunde Terry elected president of Peru
18th - Mount St Helens blows its top in Washington State, 60 die
18th - Gwangju Massacre: Students in Gwangju, South Korea begin demonstrations, calling for democratic reforms.
19th - "Blackstone" opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 104 performances
19th - Ringo & Barbara Bach are involved in a car crash
20th - 710 families in Love Canal area (Niagara Falls NY) are evacuated
20th - Drummer Peter Criss quits Kiss
20th - Fire in nursing home in Kingston Jamaica, kills 157
20th - In a referendum, 59.5% of Quebec voters reject separatism
21st - "Empire Strikes Back" premieres
21st - Eintracht Frankfurt wins 9th UEFA Cup at Frankfurt
21st - Ensign Jean Marie Butler is 1st woman to graduate from US service acad
22nd - Marlo Thomas & Phil Donahue marry
23rd - ABC Masters Bowling Tournament won by Neil Burton
24th - "Rock Lobster" by B-52's hits #56
24th - Iran rejects a call to World Court to release US hostages
24th - Stanley Cup: NY Islanders beat Phila Flyers, 4 games to 2
25th - "Musical Chairs" closes at Rialto Theater NYC after 15 performances
25th - Donna Caponi Young wins LPGA Corning Golf Classic
25th - Jacek Wszoka of Poland sets high jump record (7'8")
26th - Dietmar Mogenburg of West Germany ties high jump record at 7'8"
26th - Phillie Steve Carlton is 1st NLer to record 6, 1-hitters
26th - Soyuz 36 carries 2 cosmonauts (1 Hungarian) to Salyut 6
27th - South Korean police ends people's uprising; 2,000 killed
27th - The Gwangju Massacre: Airborne and army troops of South Korea retake the city of Gwangju from civil militias, killing at least 207 and possibly many more.
28th - 2 Oakland A's steal home in 1st inning
28th - Joe Darby does a standing long jump of 12'5"
28th - Nottingham Forrest wins 25th Europe Cup 1 in Madrid
29th - "Billy Bishop Goes to War" opens at Morosco Theater NYC for 12 perfs
29th - 53rd National Spelling Bee: Jacques Bailly wins spelling elucubrate
29th - Attempted assassination on Vernon Jordan Jr National Urban League pres
29th - J Turners "Juliet & Her Nurse" sold for $6,400,000 in NYC
29th - Larry Bird beats out Magic Johnson for NBA rookie of year
30th - 1st papal visit to France since 1814
30th - Tiger reliever John Hiller, 37, (who had a 1971 heart attack), retires
30th - Turner's painting "Juliet & Her Nurse" sells for $6.4 million
30th - Twins Ken Landreaux ends his hitting streak after 31 games
31st - "Love Stinks" by J Geils Band peaks at #38
31st - Police & youthful rebels battle in Zurich