Jan 31 Ontario to rebate up to $700 in sales tax for purchasers of 1979 model cars; effort to help slumping car sales

Jan 09 63 beheaded in Mecca, Saudi Arabia

Jan 09 Saudi Arabia executes 63 people for their part in a raid on Mecca's Grand Mosque the previous November.

Jan 04 President Carter announces US boycott of Moscow Olympics

Jan 01 Mob storms Russian embassy in Teheran

Jan 06 Philadelphia Flyers set NHL record of 35 straight games without a defeat

Jan 02 68th Australian Men Tennis Guillermo Vilas beat John Sadri (76 63 62)

Jan 21 Canada expels three diplomats from the Soviet Embassy in Ottawa for spying; caught buying secret information from an American citizen in Ottawa.

Jan 04 President Carter announces US boycott of Moscow Olympics

Jan 01 Premier Adbou Diouf becomes President of Senegal

Jan 18 Studio 54 owners Steve Rubell & Ian Schrager sentenced to 3½ years in prison for tax evasion & fined $20,000

Jan 07 Minnesota ends Philadelphia Flyers' NHL record 35 game unbeaten streak ends

Jan 22 Russian dissident Andrei Sacharov is sent to Gorki gulag

Jan 01 Chrysler UK renamed Talbot

Jan 26 Israel &Egypt establish diplomatic relations

Jan 10 Former AFL-CIO president George Meany dies in Washington, DC at age 85.

Jan 20 US male Figure Skating championship won by Charles Tickner

Jan 07 Minnesota ends Philadelphia Flyers' NHL record 35 game unbeaten streak ends

Jan 16 Paul McCartney jailed in Tokyo for 10 days on marijuana possession

Jan 25 Dutch Government demands boycott of Olympics

Jan 01 Sweden changes order of succession to throne

Jan 31 Police storm occupied Spanish embassy in Guatemala City, killing 41

Jan 10 Last broadcast of "Rockford Files" on NBC

Jan 02 68th Australian Men Tennis Guillermo Vilas beat John Sadri (76 63 62)

Jan 03 Gold hits record $634 an ounce

Jan 13 Togo's constitution becomes effective

Jan 01 Premier Adbou Diouf becomes President of Senegal

Jan 23 President Carter reinstated the Selective Service System.

Jan 17 NASA launches Fltsatcom-3

Jan 14 "Blues Brothers" movie with Dan Akroyd & John Belushi opens

Jan 25 Highest speed attained by a warship, 167 kph, USN hovercraft

Jan 25 Paul McCartney is released from Tokyo jail &deported

Jan 18 Gold reaches $1,000 an ounce

Jan 13 Head of narcotic brigade arrested for drug smuggling in Belgium

Jan 03 Gold hits record $634 an ounce

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