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International Decade of Water & Sanitation begins
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1/1 - 54th Australian Womens Tennis: Barbara Jordan beats S Walsh (63 63)
1/1 - Victoria is crowned princess of Sweden.
1/1 - Sweden changes order of succession to throne
1/1 - Premier Adbou Diouf becomes president of Senegal
1/1 - Mob storms Russian embassy in Teheran
1/1 - International Decade of Water & Sanitation begins
1/1 - Chrysler UK renamed Talbot
1/1 - Alabama beats Arkansas in Sugar Bowl for college football championship
1/2 - 68th Australian Men Tennis: Guillermo Vilas beat John Sadri (76 63 62)
1/3 - Gold hits record $634 an ounce
1/6 - 1940's Radio Hour closes at St James Theater NYC after 105 perfs
1/6 - Indira Gandhi's Congress Party wins elections in India
1/6 - Phil Flyers set NHL record of 35 straight games without a defeat
1/6 - The beginning of the first GPS epoch.
1/7 - Minn ends Phila Flyers' NHL record 35 game unbeaten streak ends
1/8 - Islander Glenn Resch's 20th shut-out opponent-Canucks 3-0
1/8 - NCAA decides to sponsor women's championships in 5 sports
1/9 - 63 beheaded in Meccap~ Saudi Arabia
1/10 - "Last broadcast of ""Rockford Files"" on NBC"
1/10 - Jim Stewartp~ Bruin's rookie goalie allows 3 goals in his 1st 4 mins & a total of 5 in 1st period: he never again plays in NHL
1/11 - Debut of Pretenders
1/12 - Mike Bratz (Phoenix) begins NBA free throw streak of 57 games
1/13 - Togo's constitution becomes effective
1/13 - Head of narcotic brigade arrested for drug smuggling in Belgium
1/13 - King of Schnorrers closes at Playhouse Theater NYC after 63 perfs
1/14 - Shakuntala Devip~ mentally multiplies 2 13-digit #s in 28 sec
1/15 - "Pam Gems' ""Piaf!p~"" premieres in London"
1/17 - NASA launches Fltsatcom-3
1/18 - Studio 54 owners Steve Rubell & Ian Schrager sentenced to 3_ years in prison for tax evasion & fined $20p~000
1/18 - "Pink Floyd's ""Wall"" hits #1"
1/18 - Gold reaches $1p~000 an ounce
1/20 - President Jimmy Carter announces US boycott of Olympics in Moscow
1/20 - US female Figure Skating championship won by Linda Fratianne
1/20 - US male Figure Skating championship won by Charles Tickner
1/20 - Super Bowl XIV: Pittsburgh Steelers beat LA Ramsp~ 31-19 in Pasadenap~ MVP: Terry Bradshawp~ Pittsburghp~ QB
1/21 - "Les Hensonp~ Virginia Techp~ makes 89' 3"" basketball field goal"
1/21 - Gold hits record $850 an ounce
1/22 - Russian dissidents Andrei Sakharov & Jelena Bonner banished to Gorki
1/22 - PGA begins a senior golf tour
1/22 - West Indies beat England 2-0 to win 1st World Series Cup
1/22 - Andrei Sakharov is arrested in Moscow.
1/25 - Paul McCartney is released from Tokyo jail & deported
1/25 - Highest speed attained by a warshipp~ 167 kphp~ USN hovercraft
1/25 - Dutch government demands boycott of Olympics
1/25 - Bani Sadr elected president of Iran
1/26 - Islanders & Whalers play a NHL penalty-free game
1/26 - Israel & Egypt establish diplomatic relations
1/26 - Mary Decker became 1st woman to run a mile in under 4_ minutes
1/27 - NFL Pro Bowl: NFC beats AFC 37-27
1/27 - Comin' Uptown closes at Winter Garden Theater NYC after 45 perfs
1/28 - 37th Golden Globes: Dustin Hoffman & Sally Field wins
1/28 - USCGC Blackthorn (WLB-391) collides with the tanker Capricorn while leaving Tampa Florida and capsizes killing 23 Coast Guard crewmembers.
1/29 - 6 Iranian-held US hostages escape with help of Canadians
1/29 - Cleveland Cavaliers beat LA Lakers 154-153 in quadruple OT
1/30 - "Edward Albee's ""Lady from Dubuquep~"" premieres in NYC"
1/31 - Police storm occupied Spanish embassy in Guatemala Cityp~ killing 41