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Margaret Thatcher becomes longest-serving British PM this century
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Margaret Thatcher becomes longest-serving British PM this century
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1/1 - Miami beats Oklahoma for college football championship
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1/2 - Mulroney & Reagan sign Canada-US free trade agreement
1/3 - "Israel orders 9 Palestinian ""instigators"" deported from W Beirut"
1/3 - Margaret Thatcher becomes longest-serving British PM this century
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1/8 - Hewlett-Packard introduces HP-28S Advanced Scientific Calculator
1/8 - Dow Jones down 140.58 points
1/8 - "9th largest NBA crowd 38,873-Chicago at Detroit"
1/9 - "August Wilson's ""Piano Lesson,"" premieres in Boston"
1/9 - US male Figure Skating championship won by Brian Boitano
1/10 - Don't Get God Started closes at Longacre Theater NYC after 86 perfs
1/11 - USSR announces it will participate in Seoul Summer Olympics
1/11 - "Test debut of Phil Simmons, WI v India, Madras"
1/12 - "Willie Stargell (Pitts Pirate), elected to Baseball Hall of Fame"
1/13 - LA Dodger/SD Padre Steve Garvey retires
1/13 - "Supreme Court rules (5-3) public school officials have broad powers to censor school newspapers, plays & other expressive activities"
1/15 - "Kiran More stumps five WI batsman at Madras, world Test record"
1/15 - Narendra Hirwani takes 16-136 (8-61 & 8-75) v WI on Test debut
1/16 - NFL St Louis Cardinals announce move to Phoenix
1/16 - "Jimmy ""the Greek"" Snyder fired from CBS for racial remarks"
1/16 - 4th Soap Opera Digest Awards - Days of Our Live wins
1/17 - Teddy & Alice closes at Minskoff Theater NYC after 77 performances
1/17 - Leslie Manigay elected president of Haiti
1/18 - "Airliner crashes in SW China, killing all 108 on board"
1/19 - 48 Hours premiers on CBS-TV
1/20 - Arizona committee opens hearing on impeachment of Gov Evan Mecham
1/20 - Andre Hoffman skates world record 1500m (1:52.06)
1/21 - "US accepts immigration of 30,000 US-Vietnamese children"
1/22 - "1st-class cricket debut of Brian Lara, Trinidad & Tobago v Leeward Is"
1/22 - "1st-class cricket debut of Hansie Cronje, OFS v Transvaal"
1/23 - "45th Golden Globes: Last Emperor, Sally Kirkland, Michael Douglas"
1/23 - 62nd Australian Womens Tennis: Steffi Graf beats Chris Evert (6-1 7-6)
1/23 - Bob Benoit bowls 1st 300-pt game in a televised title match
1/24 - Cerebral Palsy telethon
1/24 - Australia beat New Zealand 2-0 to win Cricket's World Series Cup
1/24 - 9th ACE Cable Awards
1/24 - 76th Australian Mens Tennis: M Wilander beats P Cash (63 67 36 61 86)
1/24 - 1st WWF Royal Rumble - Jim Duggan wins
1/25 - "VP George Bush & Dan Rather clash on ""CBS Evening News"" as Rather attempts to question Bush about his role in Iran-Contra affair"
1/25 - Ramsewak Shankar sworn in as pres of Suriname
1/25 - Longest winless streak in Toronto Maple Leaf history (15 games)
1/25 - "George Harrison releases ""When We Was Fab"""
1/25 - "15th American Music Award: Anita Baker, Paul Simon & Whitney Houston"
1/26 - "Phantom of the Opera opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 4,000+ perfs"
1/27 - Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously approves nomination of Judge Anthony M Kennedy to US Supreme Court
1/28 - Saratina! opens at Cort Theater NYC for 597 performances
1/28 - Canada's Supreme court declares anti-abortion law unconstitutional
1/29 - "United Airlines Boeing 747SP, circles world in 36h54m15s"
1/29 - "Largest NBA crowd-Boston Celtics at Detroit (61,938)"
1/29 - Detroit's Kirk Gibson signs a 3-year contract with Dodgers
1/29 - Canadian Ben Johnson breaks own 50-yard dash world record at 5.15
1/30 - Hansie Cronje gets a pair in 2nd 1st-class game (OFS v N Tvl)
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