"Ipi Tombi" opens at Harkness Theater NYC for 39 performances

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Sara Walsh, South Bend In, fencer-foil (Olympics-96)

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Nancy Spungen, stabbed to death by boyfriend Sid Vicious

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Jenny Schmidgall, ice hockey forward (USA, Oly-98)

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6th American Music Award: Barry Manilow, Linda Ronstadt win

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LA's Hillside Strangler, Kenneth Bianchi, arrested in Bellingham

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Record blizzard struck midwest killing over 100

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Hans Ebeling, cricketer (Vict stalwart, bowled for Aust 1934), dies

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Mike Bratz (Phoenix) begins NBA free throw streak of 57 games

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"Dynasty" with Joan Collins premieres on ABC-TV

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-35øF (-37øC), Chester, Massachusetts (state record)

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Dynasty, a prime time soap opera inspired by Dallas, premieres on ABC

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Isobel Elsom, actress (Unseen, Jane Eyre, Illegal), dies at 87

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Beulah Bondi, actress (It's a Wonderful Life), dies at 89

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NCAA creates football Kickoff Classic to begin in August

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Brooks Robinson and Juan Marichal elected to Hall of Fame

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24th space shuttle (61-C) mission-Columbia 7-launched

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Chic Blackhawk Denis Savard scores at 4 seconds of 3rd period

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Miami Dolphins win AFC football championship

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Marcel Arland, French author (L'ordre, LumiŠre du Soir), dies at 86

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Andrew Lawrence, Phila, actor (Andy Roman-Brotherly Love)

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Britain's Prince Edward resigns from his Royal Marines training

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Naya Rivera, actress (Cindy-Fresh Prince of Bel Air)

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Willie Stargell (Pitts Pirate), elected to Baseball Hall of Fame

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Idi Amin expelled from Zaire

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