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1982 - New Jersey Devils' first exhibition game, beating the Washington Capitals 3-1 in Hershey, Pennsylvania.

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1983 - Birth of Jennifer Peña; American singer.

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1983 - Vanessa Lynn Williams is crowned Miss America, in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

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1984 - On the seventeenth anniversary of his first major league home-run, Reggie Jackson hits his 500th career home run.

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1984 - Brian Mulroney sworn in as Canada's 18th Prime Minister succeeding John Turner.

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1984 - New York Mets' Dwight Goodin becomes second to strikeout 32 over two consecutive games.

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1985 - Birth of Alexander Ovechkin; Russian hockey player.

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1985 - Soyuz T-14 carries three cosmonauts to Salyut 7 space station.

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1985 - Death of Laura Ashley, Welsh designer (born 1925).

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1986 - Marina Stepanova of USSR sets the 400m hurdle woman's record (52.94).

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