December 5, 1980
“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.
- 2014: Exploration Flight Test-1, the first flight test of Orion, is launched.
- 2013: Militants attack a Defense Ministry compound in Sanaa, Yemen, killing at least 56 people and injuring 200 others.
- 2007: A gunman killed nine people at a shopping mall in Omaha, Nebraska.
- 2007: Westroads Mall shooting: Nineteen-year-old Robert A. Hawkins kills nine people, including himself, with a WASR-10 at a Von Maur department store in Omaha, Nebraska.
2017
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- 38°F
- Low
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- Humidity
- 34%
- Wind
- 21 km/h
The Shining
Braindead
Cannibal Holocaust
The Empire Strikes Back
Airplane!
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1980
The world on the day you were born