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12/21/1982
Tuesday, December 21, 1982 A great day to be born! Astrologist say you are a Sagittarian; honest, sincere, fair. You share Birthday with famous people: chemical firm founder Irenee du Pont, golfer Walter Hagen, authors Rebecca West and Albert Payson Terhune, actress Jane Fonda, tennis star Chris Evert, and Russia's Joseph Stalin. It is an important day in history Pilgrims land at Plymouth, MA (1620); 250 radical agitators deported to Russia (1919); premiere of Walt Disney's "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" (1937); horse racing banned during World War 2 (1944); Charles de Gaulle elected President of France (1958); US launches Apollo 8 for moon fly-around (1968). Top news today Congress passed an anti-crime bill with stiff sentences for drug traffickers and gun-wielding robbers... a small growth removed from First Lady Nancy Reagan's upper lip was diagnosed as a form of skin cancer curable 95% of the time... NASA announced that Dr. Norman Thagard, 39, will fly on space shuttle Columbia in April and July to study space motion sickness. International news The Soviet Union offered to trim missiles on the Continent to the British and French total, but said NATO must not deploy missiles planned for next year. Weather Wet, windy Pacific Northwest; snow Plains to West Coast mountains, Northeast; fair elsewhere... Sports Highlight LA Dodgers' slugger Steve Garvey ended his free agent status, signing with the San Diego's Padre for about $7 million over 5 years, on the day before his 34th birthday... Philly 76ers beat Boston's Celtics, 122-105 as Moses Malone scored 34 points, helping give coach Billy Cunningham his 300th victory. Television tonite On CBS: "Frosty the Snowman", and "Yogi Bear's Christmas Caper"; On NBC: "Father Murphy", "Gavilan", "St. Elsewhere"; On ABC: "John Denver and the Muppets", "Three's Company", "9 to 5", "Hart to Hart". Signs of the time Women wear mini-skirts, leather and suede fashions, some have double pierced ears... a rage for chocolate product... 1st-class letter 20¢; minimum wage $3.35-hour; gasoline about $1.26-gallon... volunteer crime fighters citizens buy guns for protection... video game arcades gross $6 billion per year... extended wear contact lenses... one of every 5 young children live with a single parent... cordless telephones... themed shoelaces... kids wear earphones, carry radios |
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