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Results 1 - 67 of 67

1st - CNN airs a videotape that shows that Tamara Rand predicted that Reagan is in danger from someone named Jack Humley (a hoax)
1st - Daylight saving time is introduced in the USSR.
2nd - Belgium's 4th govt of Martens resigns
2nd - Heavy battle between Christian militia & Syrian army in East Lebanon
3rd - Arnie Boldt of Saskatchewan jumped 6' 8.25," with 1 leg
3rd - Race riots in London's Brixton area
4th - Henry Cisneros becomes 1st Mexican-American mayor (San Antonio)
5th - 10th Colgate Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Nancy Lopez
5th - Phila Flyers amass a record 2,621 penalty minutes
6th - Yugoslav govt sends troops to Kosovo
7th - Belgium Eyskens govt forms
7th - Willem Klein mentally extracts 13th root of a 100-digit # in 29 sec
8th - Islanders scored 9 goals against Toronto in playoffs
9th - LA Dodgers Fernando Valenzuela's 1st start, beats Astros 2-0
9th - US sub George Washington rams Japanese freighter Nisso Maru
10th - "Caveman" with Ringo premieres
10th - Computer glitch keeps Space Shuttle Columbia grounded
10th - France performs nuclear test
10th - Imprisoned IRA hunger striker Bobby Sands elected to Brit Parliament
11th - Larry Holmes beats Trevor Holmes in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
11th - Race riot in London area of Brixton
11th - Ronald Reagan arrives home from hospital after Hinkley shot him
11th - Valerie Bertinelli marries Eddie Van Halen
12th - 45th Golf Masters Championship: Tom Watson wins, shooting a 280
12th - Donna Caponi Young wins LPGA American Defender/WRAL Golf Classic
12th - Emmy News & Documentaries Award presentation
12th - Maiden voyage Space Transit System-space shuttle Columbia launched
13th - Pulitzer prize awarded to Beth Henley for "Crimes of the Heart"
13th - Wash Post Janet Cooke wins Pulitzer Prize (later admits story a hoax)
14th - 1st Space Shuttle-Columbia 1-returns to Earth
15th - Janet Cooke says her Pulitzer award 8-year-old heroin addict story is a lie, Wash Post relinquishes Pulitzer Prize on fabricated story
16th - "Copperfield" opens at ANTA Theater NYC for 13 performances
16th - Columbia space shuttle returns [04/24]
17th - Isle Potvin's 3 playoff power-play goals tie NHL record vs Oilers
17th - Ranger's Anders Hedberg is 2nd to score on a Stanley Cup penalty shot
18th - Pawtucket & Rochester start a 33-inning baseball game
19th - Beth Daniel wins LPGA Florida Lady Citrus Golf
19th - Oakland A's runs record to 11-0
19th - William Finn's musical "March of Falsettos," premieres in NYC
19th - Rochester Red Wings & Pawtucket Red Sox play to 2-2 tie in 32 innings, game suspended at 4:07 AM (Pawtucket later wins in 33rd)
20th - 10th Boston Women's Marathon won by Allison Roe of NZ in 2:26:46
20th - 85th Boston Marathon won by Toshihiko Seko of Japan in 2:09:26
20th - Final performance of TV show "Soap" airs
20th - Rocker Papa John Phillips arrested for drug possession
21st - US furnish $1 billion in arms to Saudi-Arabia
22nd - 10,000 copper workers in Chile strike
22nd - Almost 1 million West German metal workers in strike
22nd - Dodgers rookie Fernando Valenzuela tosses his 3rd shutout in 4 starts
22nd - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
24th - Bill Shoemaker wins his 8,000th race, 2000 more than any other jockey
24th - IBM-PC computer introduced
24th - San Antonio blocks 20 Golden State shots to set NBA reg game record
24th - US ends grain embargo against USSR
25th - Maureen Reagan (40) marries 3rd husband, Dennis Revell (28)
25th - Mariners mgr Maury Wills is suspended for 2 games after ordering Seattle's grounds crew to enlarge batter's boxes by one foot
25th - More than 100 workers are exposed to radiation during repairs of a nuclear power plant in Tsuruga, Japan.
26th - "Copperfield" closes at ANTA Theater NYC after 13 performances
26th - Beth Solomon wins LPGA Birmingham Golf Classic
26th - Largest US bank robbery (Tucson Ariz), more than $33 million stolen
27th - 1st female soccer official is hired by NASL
27th - Beatle Ringo Starr marries actress Barbara Bach [Goldbach]
27th - Xerox PARC introduces the computer mouse.
28th - Galician current Statute of Autonomy.
29th - Peter Sutcliffe admits he is the Yorkshire Ripper (murdered 13 women)
29th - Phillie Steve Carlton is 1st lefty to strike out 3,000 batters
30th - "Can-Can" opens at Minskoff Theater NYC for 5 performances
30th - 16th Academy of Country Music Awards: Barbara Mandrell & George Jones