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Results 1 - 55 of 55

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