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Friday, 27 March 2026
Dec 16 Political cult leader Lyndon LaRouche convicted of tax, mail fraud 
Dec 17 USS Tennessee, inaugural sub to carry Trident 2 missiles, commissioned.
Dec 19 NASA unveils plans for lunar colony and manned missions to Mars
Dec 19 Unexploded WW II bomb are discovered in Frankfurt, Germany-5000 evacuated
Dec 20 Animal rights terrorists fire-bomb Harrod's department store, London.
Dec 20 Max Robinson, 1st black network (ABC) TV anchor, dies of AIDS at 49
Dec 20 NBC signs lease to stay in NYC, 33 more years
Dec 21 After a record 365 days in space, two Russian and one French cosmonaut return to Earth
Dec 21 Bob Steele, [Robert Bradbury], dies after short illness at 60
Dec 21 Drexel agrees guilt to security felonies, pays a $650 million fine
Dec 21 Pan Am "Flight 103" explodes over Lockerbie, Scotland, killing 270
Dec 22 2 robbers wearing police uniforms rob armored truck of $3 M in NJ
Dec 22 South Africa signs accord granting independence to South-West Africa.
Dec 22 Tucker Smith, singer/dancer (Cool-West Side Story), dies.
Dec 22 Tug hits oil barge, spreads 231000 gal on 300 mi of WA and BC coast.
Dec 26 John Loder, actor (Sabotage, Java Head), dies at 90
Dec 27 Bulgaria formally ends jamming Radio Free Europe after more than 3 decades.
Dec 27 Fox Harris, actor (Alienator, Warlords, Sid and Nancy), dies
Dec 28 Hal Ashby, academy-award winning director, dies of cancer at 59.
Dec 28 US 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals affirms Yonkers is guilty of racism.
Dec 29 Soviet Red Army Team edges New York Islanders, 3-2 at Nassau Coliseum.
Dec 29 Victorian Post Office Museum in Australia closes.
Dec 30 Canadian Senate OK's free trade pact; with US
Dec 30 Former Soviet President Brezhnev's son-in-law sentenced to 12-yr (bribery).
Dec 30 Mercedes-Benz pays $20.2-M fine failed to meet '86 government fuel standard.
Dec 30 North subpoenas Reagan and Bush as defense witnesses for upcoming trial.
Dec 30 The Yugoslavian government steps down over problems in Serbia.
Dec 30 Yugoslav government steps down
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