May 02 Argentina's only cruiser is sunk by a British submarine with a loss of more than 320 lives

May 02 Falklands War Argentine cruiser General Belgrano sunk by British submarine Conqueror, killing more than 350 men

May 02 Falklands War: Argentine cruiser General Belgrano sunk by British submarine Conqueror, killing more than 350 men

May 28 Leonard Maltin's first appearance on Entertainment Tonight

Jan 01 MTA launches 5 year capital program to overhaul New York City NY subway system

Jan 05 Arkansas judge rules against obligatory teaching of creation

Jan 05 Arkansas judge rules against obligatory teaching of creation

Jan 27 Mauno Koivisto installed as President of Finland

Jan 01 30 Something stars Ken Olin & Patricia Wettig meet, later they marry

Jan 05 Elizabeth Bagshaw dies at age 100; one of Canada's first female doctors

Jan 27 Roberto S Cordova installed as President of Honduras

Jan 31 10 Arabian oryx (extinct except in zoos) released in Oman

Jan 08 AT&T agrees to divest itself of the 22 Bell System companies

Jan 08 Statistics Canada reports Canada's unemployment rate at 987,000 or 8.6% of the work force; highest since figures first taken in 1946.

Jan 19 Australia-West Indies one-day game that produced a Privy Council libel case

Jan 01 Pope John Paul II prays for an end to martial law in Poland

Jan 01 MTA launches 5 year capital program to overhaul New York City NY subway system

Jan 02 San Diego Chargers beat Miami Dolphins, 41-38 in 13 52 of OT

Jan 02 "Camelot" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City NY after 48 performances

Jan 31 10 Arabian oryx (extinct except in zoos) released in Oman

Jan 27 West Indies beat Australia 3-1 to win World Series Cup

Jan 08 American Telephone & Telegraph agrees to be broken up in settlement of an anti-trust suit filed in 1974.

Jan 30 US female Figure Skating championship won by Rosalynn Sumners

Jan 13 Hank Aaron &Frank Robinson elected to Hall of Fame

Jan 02 70th Australian Mens Tennis Johan Kriek beats S Denton (62 76 67 64)

Jan 05 Ottawa bans hiring skilled foreign workers in several mining, manufacturing and construction sectors; to protect Canadian jobs.

Jan 08 Justice Department withdraws antitrust suit against IBM, pending since 1969

Jan 09 5.9 earthquake in New England & Canada; first since 1855

Jan 31 In Ottawa Ontario Pierre Elliott Trudeau urges end to Polish martial law on the 'Let Poland be Poland' TV broadcast; supporting the Polish Solidarity movement

Jan 27 West Indies beat Australia 3-1 to win World Series Cup

Jan 27 Mauno Koivisto installed as President of Finland

Jan 01 Javier Pérez de Cuellar becomes Secretary-General of UN

Jan 04 Chris Wallace becomes co-anchor of the Today Show

Jan 11 Atlanta GA's temperature goes below zeroº F

Jan 19 Heater explodes at Star Elementary School-Oklahoma, kills 6 kids & teacher

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