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'E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial please phone home.
I took my Grandmother. This was the first movie she had been to
in years, and she really liked it. I will never forget her
enjoyment. The movie was re-released in
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Great Britain's Laker Airways, a pioneer of cheap transatlantic air fares,
collapsed.
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Men
at Work, an Australian band whose debut album, Business As Usual, hit the U.S.
Charts in late 1982 and stayed there until mid 1983 |
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Mark David Chapman, John
Lennon's assassin, gets 20 years to life (August 24).
In 2002 he will denied bail, and
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CANADIAN REACHES PEAK OF CLIMBING CAREER Nepal
- Laurie Skreslet 1950- reaches the top of 8,848 m (29,002
ft) Mt. Everest; Calgary native the first Canadian to achieve this goal. |
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Brisbane Australia - Canada wins 26 gold, 23
silver and 33 bronze medals, finishing 3rd at Commonwealth Games, Brisbane.(October 9) |
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Lindy and Michael Chamberlain, who claim a dingo killed their baby, go on trial for
murder in Australia. |
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