May 27 John Hinckley attempts suicide by overdosing on Tylenol

May 26 Marine jet crashes on flight deck of USS Nimitz, killing 14

May 09 Kazimiroff Blvd in the Bronx named for a Bronx historian

Jan 31 Gaetan Boucher skates world record 1000m (1 13.39)

Jan 02 Sylvester Clarke knocks out spectator with brick, West Indies vs Pakistan

Jan 01 Roger Smith becomes CEO of General Motors

Jan 04 "Peter Pan" closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater New York City NY after 578 performances

Jan 20 Admiral Stansfield Turner, USN (Retired), ends term as 12th director of CIA

Jan 08 India all out 63 in one-day international vs Australia

Jan 14 FCC frees stations to air as many commercials an hour as they wish

Jan 11 British team led by Ranulph Fiennes completes longest &fastest crossing of Antarctica, reaching Scott base after 75 days (2,500 miles)

Jan 01 Palau (Trust Territory of Pacific Is) becomes self-governing

Jan 20 Ronald Reagan inaugurated as President

Jan 01 Palau (Trust Territory of Pacific Is) becomes self-governing

Jan 04 "Frankenstein" opens & closes on Broadway

Jan 01 Roger Smith becomes CEO of General Motors

Jan 02 Sylvester Clarke knocks out spectator with brick, West Indies vs Pakistan

Jan 20 Iran releases the 52 American hostages it had held for over a year.

Jan 06 50th hat trick in Islander history-John Tonelli scored 5 goals

Jan 18 Wendy O Williams arrested in Milwaukee for on-stage obscenity

Jan 16 Leon Spinks is mugged, his assailants even take his gold teeth

Jan 30 8th American Music Award Kenny Rogers wins

Jan 20 Ronald Reagan was inaugurated as the 40th president of the United States. That same day, 52 American hostages were released by Iran after 444 days in captivity.

Jan 17 Philippino President Marcos ends state of siege

Jan 31 "The Tide Is High" by Blondie hits #1

Jan 28 Olympic Glory tanker at Galveston Bay, Texas, spills 1 million gallons of oil in a ship collision

Jan 17 Philippino President Marcos ends state of siege

Jan 31 Gaetan Boucher 1958- skates the 1000m in a world record time of 1:13.39; native of Charlesbourg, Quebec will go on to win gold in the 1000m and 1500m, and a bronze in the 500m at the 1984 Sarajevo Winter Olympics

Jan 31 38th Golden Globes Ordinary People, Coal Miner's Daughter

Jan 28 William J Casey becomes the 13th director of CIA (until 1987)

Jan 11 Palau adopts constitution

Jan 04 British police arrest Peter Sutcliffe, the "Yorkshire Ripper"

Jan 19 Muhammad Ali talks a despondent 21 year old out of committing suicide

Jan 19 US & Iran sign agreement to release 52 American hostages

Jan 23 Jochem Bird elected mayor of West Berlin

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