August 22, 1978
“Some days are just meant to be remembered.”
The alliance announced new restrictions on aid to refugees streaming across the borders. Officials cautioned that humanitarian assistance.
Microsoft trial enters second week as prosecutors detail evidence of monopolistic practices.
Local officials report broad consensus on appropriations measure; committee meets later this week to reconcile differences.
Technology shares led the broader market higher as investors poured cash into Internet stocks. Analysts predict continued growth.
Wall Street closes at record highs for seventh consecutive trading session.
- 2015: A former military aircraft crashed at an airshow at Shoreham Airport in southern England, killing eleven people.
- 2012: Ethnic clashes over grazing rights for cattle in Kenya's Tana River District result in more than 52 deaths.
- 2007: The Texas Rangers defeat the Baltimore Orioles 30–3, the most runs scored by a team in modern Major League Baseball history.
- 2006: Grigori Perelman was awarded the Fields Medal for his proof of the Poincaré conjecture in mathematics but refused to accept the medal.
2012
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- 80°F
- Low
- 61°F
- Humidity
- 68%
- Wind
- 10 km/h
Three Times A Lady
Drunken Master
Kramer vs. Kramer
Grease
Halloween
Superman
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1978
The world on the day you were born