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1984 - Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi is assassinated by her two Sikh security guards. Riots soon break out in New Delhi, and some 2,700 Sikhs are killed.

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1984 - Puerto Rican tanker San Francisco explodes spilling two million gallons of oil as the ship catches fire.

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1985 - Death of Poul Reichhardt, Danish actor (born 1913).

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1986 - Death of Robert S. Mulliken, American physicist and chemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (born 1896).

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1987 - First jockey to win nine races in one day (Chris Antley at Belmont).

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1987 - A pair in Coventry, England ties the world record for the longest singles tennis match at 80 hours 21 minutes.

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1987 - Joseph Campbell, American mythologist/writer (Mythic Image), dies at age 83 (born 1904).

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1988 - First Monday Night NFL game in Indianapolis, Indianapolis Colts beat Denver Broncos 55-23.

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1988 - John Houseman, Romanian-born actor and producer, dies of spinal cancer at age 86 (born 1902).

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1988 - Journalists demand greater press freedom in Yugoslavia.

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