The first episode of Breaking Bad premiered on AMC.
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Air Inter Flight 148 crashed in the Vosges Mountains in France while circling to land at Strasbourg Airport.
In a letter and on television, President Jimmy Carter announced that the Olympics should not take place in Moscow, Russia.
Jacob Sartorius released his debut album, "The Last Text EP."
The USA's first African-American President, Barack Obama, conducted his first address.
US hostages were released in Iran after 444 days.
