Hawaii was shaken by an eruption of the Mauna Loa volcano that lasted 300 days and destroyed a coastal village.
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Prospect Creek Camp in Alaska recorded -80°F, making it the coldest temperature recorded in US history.
The last signal from the Pioneer 10 space probe was received.
Adrian Hidalgo set the world record for spinning a diabolo around his leg 117 times in 1 minute.
The programming language 'Java' was released.
American action-adventure series 'A-Team' first aired on NBC.
