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January

Rubik's Cube


Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1 2 3 4 5Federal minimum wage

set at $3.10 an hour.

Alabama def. Arkansas in

Sugar Bowl for NCAA

Championship.

Carter meets with

National Security Council

regarding Soviet

aggression in

Afghanistan.

Carter asks Senate to

delay debate on SALT II

arms treaty with USSR.

Carter proclaims US grain

embargo against USSR.

Iowa farmers angry over

grain embargo against

USSR as market prices

decline.

New Year's Day

6 7 8 9 10 11 12Indira Gandhi's Congress

Party wins election in

India.

Carter authorizes $1.5

billion loan bail out of

Chrysler Corp.

NCAA decides to sponsor

women's championships

in 5 sports.

63 people beheaded in

Saudi Arabia for 1979

raid on Grand Mosque in

Mecca.

Last broadcast of

"Rockford Files" on NBC

Honda announces it will

build Japan's first US auto

plant in Ohio.

Iran threatens oil embargo

against any UN nation

voting for sanctions.

13 14 15 16 17 18 19Conrail freight train

carrying toxic chemicals

derails in Athens, OH.

UN votes 104-18

deploring Soviet acts in

Afghanistan.

Carter praises UN

resolution calling for

Soviet withdrawal from

Afghanistan.

Paul McCartney arrested

in Tokyo for marijuana

possession.

Pink Floyd's "The Wall"

hits #1.

Studio 54 owners

sentenced to 3 years in

prison for tax evasion.

Iran says return of Shah is

a condition of releasing

American hostages.

20 21 22 23 24 25 26Pittsburgh Steelers defeat

LA Rams to win Super

Bowl.

Gold peaks at $875 a troy

ounce.

PGA begins a senior golf

tour.

Carter's State of the

Union address

In reaction to Soviet

aggression US announces

intention to sell military

equipment to China.

Black Entertainment

Television launched.

Rubik's Cube named

BATR Toy of the Year in

London.

Israel and Egypt establish

diplomatic relations.

M. L. King Jr. Day

27 28 29 30 31US Olympic Committee

calls for Moscow games

to be moved, postponed,

or cancelled.

Carter sends 1981 Budget

to Congress.

Six Iranian held US

hostages escape using

Canadian passports.

First ever Chinese

Olympic team arrives in

New York for Winter

Games.

Spanish embassy in

Guatemala seized by

terrorists is stormed by

police killing 41.


February

Miracle on Ice


Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday1 2

Olympic torch passes

through Washington DC

on way to Lake Placid.

Reports surface of FBI

sting targeting members

of Congress with phony

bribes.

3 4 5 6 7 8 9Death toll of New Mexico

prison riot still

undetermined.

Eight Congressmen under

investigation as a result of

2 year FBI operation

ABSCAM.

Egypt ends boycott of

Israel.

Sen. Kennedy challenges

Pres. Carter to debate.

Taiwan refused Olympic

accreditation unless it

changes national anthem

and flag.

Israeli troops clash with

Palestinians in Lebanon.

Carter calls for draft

registration to include

women.

Soviets reinforce

Jalalabad, Afghanistan as

guerrilla efforts intensify.

10 11 12 13 14 15 16Illegal aliens from Haiti

pouring into Florida; INS

denies them political

asylum.

100th day of Iranian

hostage crisis

Soviet troops and Afghan

rebels battle in Kabul.

Opening ceremony for

Lake Placid Winter

Olympics

Walter Cronkite

announces retirement

from CBS News.

Elvis Costello releases

"Get Happy."

Statehood is major issue

in Puerto Rican

Republican primary.

Valentine's Day

17 18 19 20 21 22 23Buddy Baker wins

Daytona 500.

Pierre Trudeau's Liberal

Party wins Canadian

elections.

Supreme Court allows

federal abortion payments

for poor women,

overruling the Hyde

Amendment.

Production of Susan B.

Anthony dollars

temporarily halted.

Pres. candidate Reagan

criticizes Supreme Court

ruling allowing fed. gov.

to pay for abortions.

US hockey team defeats

USSR at Olympics in a

game called the Miracle

on Ice.

Skater Eric Heiden wins

5th gold medal.

President's Day

24 25 26 27 28 29US hockey wins Olympic

gold defeating Finland.

Moscow's puppet

government in

Afghanistan reportedly in

shambles.

Reagan wins New

Hampshire Republican

presidential primary.

Billy Joel wins album of

the year at Grammy

Awards.

Rep. candidates Reagan,

Bush, Baker, and

Connally debate in S.

Carolina.

Gordie Howe becomes

first NHL player to score

800 goals.


March

Soviet BM-27 Multiple Rocket Launcher used in Afghanistan


Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday1

Voyager 1 probe confirms

existence of Janus, moon

of Saturn.

2 3 4 5 6 7 8Snow falls in Florida Major Soviet offensive in

Afghanistan

Rhodesia renamed

Zimbabwe.

Sen. Ted Kennedy wins

Mass. Democratic

Presidential primary.

USSR denies refugee

accusations of using

nerve gas in Afghanistan.

Soviet embassy in West

Berlin bombed by Afghan

resistance fighters.

Confrontation with

militants ends plan to

have Iran gov't take

custody of hostages.

9 10 11 12 13 14 15Plant disease destroying

much of Cuba's tobacco

crop.

Willard Scott becomes

"Today Show" weather

man.

Carter urges Congress to

ratify SALT II. Israel

seizes Arab land in east

Jerusalem.

John Wayne Gacy

convicted of 33 murders.

Ford Motor Co. found

innocent in deaths caused

by fiery Pinto.

Polish airline crash kills

87 including 22 of US

amateur boxing team.

Former Pres. Ford denies

he will seek Republican

nomination.

Daylight Saving Time

16 17 18 19 20 21 22NBC, ABC, and PBS

plan to offer subtitled

broadcasts for the deaf.

Economists predict

recession this year.

Soviet Vostok rocket

explodes on launch pad

killing 50.

Nicaragua and USSR sign

a trade agreement.

Commerce Dept. reports

inflation still on the rise.

President Carter

announces boycott of

Moscow Summer

Olympics.

Sen. Kennedy anti-

inflation plan includes

wage-price freeze.

St. Patrick's Day

23 24 25 26 27 28 29Journey releases

"Departure."

Louisville def. UCLA in

NCAAB championship.

ABC Iranian Hostage

show renamed

"Nightline."

Israel rejects US request

to halt West Bank

settlements.

Sen. Kennedy pulls off

upset wins in NY and

Conn. Primaries.

Mt. St. Helens, 123 yrs

dormant, spews ash,

steam, crater forms at

summit, north face

bulges.

Prime lending rate is

record high at 19.5%.

Baseball team owners

seek help from federal

mediators to avoid strike.

Easter

30 31Jesse Owens dies. Index of economic

indicators reports rate of

inflation at all time high

of 14.76%.


April


Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday1 2 3 4 5

John Anderson

considering third-party

candidacy.

Fixed mortgage rate at

16.33%.

Prime lending rate

reaches 20%.

Carter wants fee on

imported oil.

France performs nuclear

test.

US performs nuclear test.

USSR performs nuclear

test.

National Guard sets up

roadblocks as tourism

around volcanic Mount

St. Helens soars.

April Fool's Day

6 7 8 9 10 11 12Post-It notes introduced. World Health Org. reports

spread of smoking in

developing nations as

tobacco co.'s seek new

markets.

Iranian diplomats ordered

to leave US by midnight.

Soviet Soyuz 35

launches.

Soviet cosmonauts dock

with Salyut 6 Space

Station.

NASA Viking 2 Mars

Lander ends

communication.

EEOC issue sexual

harassment regulations.

Andy Warhol and other

artists donate prints for

Kennedy's pres. campaign

fundraising.

13 14 15 16 17 18 19Steve Ballesteros wins

Masters.

After 3,388 performances

"Grease" closes on

Broadway.

"Kramer vs. Kramer"

wins Academy Award for

Best Picture and Dustin

Hoffman for Best Actor.

Jean-Paul Sartre dies. Arthur Ashe retires from

tennis after heart surgery.

Housing starts at lowest

level in 20 years.

Israel attacks Palestinian

guerrillas in Lebanon.

George Bush wins

Maine's Republican state

convention.

20 21 22 23 24 25 26Mariel Boatlift from Cuba

begins.

Howard Stern begins

broadcasting in Detroit.

Officials investigate Rosie

Riuz and her record

Boston Marathon time.

Bush and Kennedy are

winners in yesterday's

Pennsylvania primaries.

US military operation

Eagle Claw to save 52

hostages in Iran fails, 8

die.

Carter announces to the

public that a rescue

attempt of Iranian held

hostages failed.

Iranian militants scatter

US hostages from

embassy.

27 28 29 30Bodies of US servicemen

killed in rescue mission

displayed on Iranian TV.

Florida National Guard

called to deal with influx

of Cuban refugees.

Alfred Hitchcock dies. Carter refuses to debate

rival Kennedy.

Anderson facing legal

problems getting name on

some state ballots.


May

Mount St. Helens erupts


Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday1 2 3

Tent city erected at Elgin

AFB in Florida to

accommodate Cuban

boatlift refugees.

Pope John Paul II begins

African Tour.

Genuine Risk becomes

2nd filly to win Kentucky

Derby.

4 5 6 7 8 9 10Death of Yugoslavian

President Tito announced.

Rubik's Cube introduced

into the US from

Hungary.

System processing Cuban

refugees nears collapse.

Dow Jones closes at 816.

Marines sent to help

Florida National Guard

with Cuban refugee crisis.

World Health

Organization announces

eradication of smallpox.

35 motorists die when

Liberian freighter rams

and collapses a Tampa

Bay bridge.

"Friday the 13th"

premieres.

11 12 13 14 15 16 17Henry Hill busted on drug

possession.

Cuban refugees arriving

in Key West yesterday is

highest daily total.

Numerous criminals,

mental, and terminal

cancer patients among

Cuban refugees.

Carter attempts to order

end of Cuban boatlift.

Refugee boats ignore

Coast Guard and continue

to arrive in Florida.

L.A. Lakers win NBA

championship defeating

Philadelphia 76ers.

Codex wins the

Preakness.

Mother's Day

18 19 20 21 22 23 24Mount St. Helens erupts. Apple III home computer

introduced at National

Computer Conference in

Anaheim.

Quebec independence

referendum rejected by

60% of voters.

Love Canal declared a

disaster area.

"Empire Strikes Back"

premieres.

Phil Donahue marries

Marlo Thomas.

Mt. St. Helens erupts

again.

"The Shining" premieres.

NY Islanders defeat

Philadelphia Flyers for

Stanley Cup.

25 26 27 28 29 30 31Johnny Rutherford wins

3rd Indy 500.

Haiti asks US to accept

50,000 Haitian refugees a

year.

South Korean police end

a people's uprising that

left 2,000 dead.

NASA's Pioneer

spacecraft maps surface of

Venus.

Larry Bird named NBA

rookie of the year.

Pope John Paul's visit

marks first papal visit to

France since 1814.

US threatens to veto any

UN resolution declaring

an independent

Palestinian state.

Memorial Day


June

Mariel Boatlift landing in Key West, Florida


Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday1 2 3 4 5 6 7

CNN begins

broadcasting.

Additional troops arrive

at Ft. Chaffee, AR to

maintain order after

yesterday's Cuban refugee

riot.

Soviet Soyuz 35 returns

to Earth after linkup with

Salyut 6 Space Station.

Democrats worry about

potential convention fight

for delegates between

Carter and challenger

Kennedy.

Soyuz T2 launched to

dock with Salyut 6.

Bjorn Borg defeats John

McEnroe for Wimbledon

title.

Castro sending boatloads

of prisoners to Florida.

Justice Dept. to deport

Cuban refugee criminals.

8 9 10 11 12 13 14Bjorn Borg wins French

Open.

Richard Pryor suffers near

fatal burns free basing

cocaine.

Senate votes to end

filibuster of Carter's draft

registration bill.

Adjustable rate mortgage

announced at 13.74%

Special task force to

process huge number of

recent Cuban refugees.

Mt. St. Helens erupts for

3rd time.

Sen. Kennedy vows to

keep fighting for

Democratic presidential

nomination.

Flag Day

15 16 17 18 19 20 21Jack Nicklaus wins US

Open.

"Blues Brothers"

premieres in Chicago.

Survey shows lack of

consumer confidence in

economy.

Democratic party

platform calls for national

health insurance.

"Superman II" premieres. Roberto Duran defeats

Sugar Ray Leonard to win

WBC welterweight

championship in

Montreal.

President Carter meets

with Pope John Paul II in

Italy.

Father's Day Summer Solstice

22 23 24 25 26 27 28London demonstrators

protest cruise missile

deployment in Britain.

Morning talk show "The

David Letterman Show"

debuts.

Senate approves halting

of interest-free student

loans.

Dow Jones closes at 887. Reagan campaign begins

search for running mate.

Carter signs draft

registration bill into law.

Richard Pryor taken off

critical list at California

hospital.

29 302nd quarter losses worst

in US auto industry

history.

Queen releases "The

Game."


July


Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday1 2 3 4 5

"O Canada" proclaimed

Canada's national anthem.

Devo releases "Freedom

of Choice."

"Airplane" premieres. Largest beer sales in

Texas history attributed to

heat wave.

Nolan Ryan 4th to strike

out 3,000.

Bjorn Borg defeats John

McEnroe for Wimbledon

title.

Independence Day

6 7 8 9 10 11 12Top 3 auto makers now

GM, Toyota, and Nissan

following decline of Ford

and Chrysler.

Fighting reported along

Iran-Iraq border.

US automakers criticize

Carter for not helping

industry.


Seven die in stampede to

see Pope in Brazil.

Ayatollah Khomeini

orders release of hostage

Rich Queen because of

health reasons.

FDA reports that Valium

is most prescribed drug in

US.

Republican right wing

strongly opposes

moderates Bush and

Baker as potential Reagan

VP candidates.

13 14 15 16 17 18 19Over 600 arrested in Iran

for plotting to overthrow

government.

Republican National

Convention opens in

Detroit.

Ford meets with Reagan,

reportedly declines offer

to run as Republican VP.

29 nations compete in

Liberty Bell Classic in PA

as one of several

alternative events to

Moscow Olympics.

Ronald Reagan's

Republican Convention

acceptance speech, picks

George Bush as running

mate.

Sony Walkman

introduced into US

market.

Opening ceremonies for

Moscow Summer

Olympics.

20 21 22 23 24 25 26Tom Watson wins British

Open.

Zoop Zoetemelk wins

Tour de France.

Draft registration begins

in US.

Senate debates bill to

protect land in Alaska

from oil drilling.

Congress Republicans

call for investigation into

Billy Carter's dealings

with Libya.

Senate Judiciary

Committee joins

investigation of Billy

Carter's relationship with

Libya.

Peter Sellers dies. AC/DC "Back in Black"

released.

"Caddyshack" premieres.

Cuban refugees housed in

Orange Bowl ousted to

make way for Miami

Dolphins football team.

27 28 29 30 31Shah of Iran dies of

cancer in Cairo.

Ford Motor Company

reports largest 2nd quarter

loss in US history.

8 million said to be

starving in Eastern Africa.

Justice Dept. reports

Libya paid Billy Carter to

help acquire C-130

transport planes

embargoed by brother.

Chrysler's 2nd quarter

loss largest ever.


August

Iranian leader Ayatollah Khomeini


Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday1 2

Khomeini supporters go

on hunger strike in front

of White House.

Actor's strike in CA.

Terrorist bombing of train

station in Bologna, Italy.

3 4 5 6 7 8 9Closing ceremonies of

Moscow Olympic games.

President Carter's

"Billygate" press

conference.

Riot at Cuban refugee

camp in Indiantown Gap,

PA.

Chrysler Chairman Lee

Iacocca drives first K-car

off assembly line.

Hurricane Allen, 2nd

strongest in recorded

history, heads toward

Texas coast.

Carter has lowest poll

ratings in Presidential

history.

Hurricane Allen makes

landfall between

Brownsville and Corpus

Christi.

10 11 12 13 14 15 16Jack Nicklaus wins PGA

Championship.

Dem. convention begins

at Madison Sq. Garden.

Reggie Jackson hits 400th

home run.

Kennedy withdraws from

presidential race.

Khomeini tightens

censorship in Iran.

Plane hijacked to Cuba by

refugees, 2nd in 4 days,

hijackers arrested in

Havana.

Carter-Mondale ticket

nominated for 2nd term.

17,000 Polish workers go

on strike.

"Smokey and the Bandit

II" premieres.

Census Bureau reports

80% increase in single

parent families

17 18 19 20 21 22 23Viking 1 Mars Orbiter

powers down after over

1,400 orbits.

Veterans of Foreign Wars

endorse Reagan, first

presidential endorsement

by VFW in 80 yrs.

Israel conducts biggest

raid in 2 years into

Lebanon.

Reports of US developing

new Stealth bomber that

is invisible to radar.

Billy Carter testifies

before subcommittee

investigating his dealings

with Libya.

Department of Defense

confirms the leaks

regarding Stealth aircraft

technology.

Polish government agrees

to meet with strike leader

Lech Walesa.

24 25 26 27 28 29 30Communist Party

dismisses top Polish

officials over handling of

workers' strike.

Communist Party leader

makes concessions to

striking workers in

Poland.

Concern that Polish labor

unrest might lead to

Soviet intervention.

Jetliner hijacked to Cuba

is seventh in three weeks.

Striking workers in

Poland break off

negotiations.

300th day of Iranian

hostage captivity.

Carter refuses debate with

John Anderson.

Polish gov't agrees to

strikers' demands of right

to unionize and strike.

31Poland's Solidarity labor

union forms under the

leadership of Lech

Walesa.


September


Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday1 2 3 4 5 6

Gallon of gas costs $1.26. Forced busing for school

integration ordered in

Pittsburgh, St. Louis, Los

Angeles.

NATO and Warsaw Pact

military maneuvers taking

place in Europe.

Independent presidential

candidate John Anderson

ruled eligible to receive

federal matching funds.

World's longest auto

tunnel opens in Swiss

Alps.

Chris Evert Lloyd wins

US Tennis Open.

Labor Day

7 8 9 10 11 12 13Emmy Award winners

include "Taxi" and Ed

Asner for "Lou Grant."

McEnroe defeats Borg for

US Open title.

Eastern Airline flight

hijacked to Cuba.

Troops sent to violent

Cuban refugee camp in

Ft. McCoy, WI.

Britain closes embassy in

Iran, begins deporting

Iranian protesters arrested

in London.

Surgeon General

approves dispensing

marijuana pills to cancer

patients.

Apple III goes on sale to

the public for $4,300.


Military coup in Turkey. Chemical dumping

suspected in outbreak of

mystery illnesses in area

of Memphis, Tenn.

14 15 16 17 18 19 20Polish gov't rules

regarding new unions too

strict, workers threaten

new strike.

Community backlash

expected after Cuban

refugee from Ft. McCoy,

WI is arrested for murder

of citizen.

Forced integration busing

starts in L.A.

House testimony blames

NSA aide for stealth leak.

Iran-Iraq border dispute

escalating.

Soviet Soyuz 38 carries

two cosmonauts to Salyut

6 space station.

Cuban and Soviet

cosmonauts dock with

space station.

Carrier Dome opens in

Syracuse, NY.

21 22 23 24 25 26 27Presidential debate in

Baltimore between

Republican Ronald

Reagan and Independent

John Anderson.

Iraq declares war on Iran. Iraq bombs Iranian oil

refinery, world's largest.

Iran bombs Iraqi chemical

plant in Basra.

Left and right wing

extremists continue to

clash in El Salvador.

Led Zeppelin drummer

John Bonham dies.

Surgeon General

recommends women stop

using tampons due to risk

of toxic shock syndrome.

US embassy in Beirut

under heavy guard after

attack by pro-Iranian

group.

28 29 30Carl Sagan's "Cosmos"

premieres on PBS.

Poland trade unions set to

strike with promised

wages not met.

NATO war games end in

West Germany.

DIX standard for Ethernet

established.


October


Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday1 2 3 4

Iranian airstrikes hit Iraqi

nuclear plant.

Larry Holmes defeats

Mohammad Ali in Las

Vegas, first time Ali is

knocked out.

Polish workers begin 1st

legal strike in Communist

nation. Reagan speech

appeals to religious right.

Banks unwilling to lend

money to independent

presidential candidate

John Anderson.

5 6 7 8 9 10 11West German Chancellor

Helmut Schmidt wins

parliamentary election.

Supreme Court refuses to

intervene in school busing

cases.

Independent presidential

candidate John Anderson

is now on all 50 state

ballots after Georgia

ruling.

Talking Heads "Remain

in Light" is released.

Carter set to sign

legislation authorizing

relocation of Cuban

refugees to Puerto Rico.

Algerian earthquake kills

an estimated 4,500. Pac-

Man is released in US.

Two Soviet cosmonauts

who have set new record

for space endurance

return to Earth.

12 13 14 15 16 17 18Iraq forces within a few

miles of Iran's largest oil

refinery.

Battle rages for Iranian

Abadan oil refinery. Iraqi

planes bomb Isfafan,

Iran's 2nd largest city.

Reagan promises 1st

woman Supreme Court

Justice.

Iran bombs Baghdad.

Iran and Iraq conduct air

raids. Iran begins gas

rationing.

Major battle between

Soviet troops and Afghan

rebels reported near

Kabul.

Israeli troops target

terrorist camps in

Lebanon.

Kidnapping and killing of

black children in Atlanta

continues.

Columbus Day

19 20 21 22 23 24 25Islamic holiday ceasefire

ignored in Iran-Iraq War.

FDA recommends

warning labels on

tampons regarding toxic

shock syndrome.

Philadelphia Phillies

defeat Kansas City for

World Series title.

Census Bureau says

median family income in

US at $20,000.

Israel considers annexing

Golan Heights.

CIA official David

Barnett convicted of

spying for Soviets.

In Atlanta over 2000

volunteers search for

more missing black

children.

26 27 28 29 30 31Iraq launches missiles

against Dizful, Iran.

Terrorist bombs explode

in Jerusalem and Tel

Aviv.

Pope John Paul II

criticizes birth control and

organ transplants.

Presidential debate in

Cleveland between Carter

and Reagan.

Federal budget deficit

reported to be largest in

US history.

Soviet leader Brezhnev

meets with Polish

officials. Carter with

Lech Walesa at campaign

stop in Mich.

Polish labor unions

winning concessions.

Halloween


November

Saturn's rings


Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday1

Greyhound bus drivers

plan to strike tomorrow.

2 3 4 5 6 7 8Ford and Kissinger

accuse Iran of attempting

to influence US elections.

Another black child found

dead in Atlanta is latest

victim of serial killer.

Ronald Reagan elected

40th President of US.

GOP picks up 53 seats in

House, 13 in Senate.

Voter turnout said to be

lowest in decades at

52.6%.

Steve McQueen dies of

cancer.

Joint Soviet-Polish

military exercises an

intimidation factor against

planned labor strikes.

Daylight Saving Ends Election Day

9 10 11 12 13 14 15Voyager I transmits

images of Saturn's rings

to Earth.

Labor strikes in Poland

cancelled.

ITO: Jap. imports not

cause of US auto slump.

Congress lame-duck

session tomorrow said to

be 1st since 1948.

Study shows certain type

of cholesterol prevents

heart attacks in humans.

Voyager passes out of

solar system.

Polish labor leader Lech

Walesa meets with

Communist Party boss.

Pope John Paul II visits

West Germany, first papal

visit to that country in

200 yrs.

Veteran's Day

16 17 18 19 20 21 22Brush fires burn out of

control in southern

California.

Supreme Court rules

against Kentucky law

requiring schools post 10

Commandments.

Iran attacks civilian

convoy in Kuwait

claiming they are

supplying Iraq.

CBS bans Calvin Klein's

jean ad featuring Brooke

Shields.

Polish police raid offices

of Solidarity.

Iraqi planes attack

Khomeini headquarters.

Largest TV audience in

history watch "Dallas" on

CBS to find out who shot

J.R.

Eddie Murphy debuts on

Saturday Night Live.

23 24 25 26 27 28 29Earthquake in Naples,

Italy kills more than

5,000.

Senate approves

"superfund" for clean up

of hazardous waste sites.

Sugar Ray Leonard

becomes WBC

welterweight champ after

Roberto Duran claims

"No Mas."

Arrest of Polish labor

leaders expected to result

in strikes.

Iranian hostages spend

2nd Thanksgiving in

captivity.

Italy earthquake death toll

reaches 10,000.

Soviet cosmonauts board

Salyut space station.

Syrian and Jordanian

troops square off along

border.

Thanksgiving Day

30Saudi Arabia engaged in

preventing war between

Syria and Jordan.


December


Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday1 2 3 4 5 6

George Rogers of South

Carolina wins Heisman

Trophy. IBM delivers

first PC prototype to

Microsoft.

President Carter signs

Alaska Land Bill.

Carter warns USSR not to

invade Poland. Syria-

Jordan crisis intensifies,

Soviets accused of aiding

Syria.

Led Zeppelin breaks up. US suspends aid to El

Salvador following rape

and murder of 4

American nuns.

Soviet military poised to

seize Poland. Polish gov't

cracking down on labor

unions.

7 8 9 10 11 12 13Soviets mobilize troops

along Polish border.

Syria and Jordan

withdraw troops from

their common border.

John Lennon shot and

killed in NYC.

Soviet-Poland tension;

US sends AWAC planes

to NATO, USSR sends

troops to East Germany

and Czech.

Lennon's killer, Mark

David Chapman,

undergoing psychiatric

evaluation at Bellevue

Hospital.

"Magnum PI" premieres

on CBS.

Apple Computer's Initial

Public Offering of 4.6 mil

shares at $22, largest IPO

since Ford in 1956.

President Carter vetoes

anti-busing legislation.

Nun's letter claimed US

aid to El Salvador being

used to kill civilians.

14 15 16 17 18 19 20Memorial vigils for John

Lennon held in major

cities across US and

England.

Dave Winfield becomes

highest paid baseball

player in history after

signing deal with

Yankees.

Colonel Sanders dies. Chrysler near bankruptcy.

AT&T earnings said to be

largest ever reported by a

corporation.

National Christmas tree

not lit out of respect for

Iranian hostages.

Prime lending rate at

21.5%.

Syria shells Israeli backed

Christian stronghold in

Lebanon.

21 22 23 24 25 26 27Severe food shortage

reported in Poland.

Chinese newspaper

attacks the late Mao Tse

Tung.

Solidarity rejects gov't.

offer of every other

Saturday off.


Pope's Christmas mass

broadcast in Poland as a

concession to Solidarity.

Pope John Paul II focuses

on abortion in Christmas

message.

President-elect Reagan

expected to increase

defense spending.

First anniversary of the

Soviet invasion of

Afghanistan.

Winter Solstice Christmas Day

28 29 30 31President elect Ronald

Reagan named Times

Man of the Year.

"Raging Bull" premieres. NBC airs last episode of

"The Wonderful World of

Disney."

Heat wave in California,

cold wave in New

England.


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