The series finale of M*A*S*H, Goodbye, Farewell and Amen aired.
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Swedish Prime Minister, Olof Palme, was shot at point-blank range on the busiest road in Sweden.
An anti-government uprising took place in Taiwan, where around 28,000 people lost their lives.
The first killer whale calf was born in captivity at Marineland in Los Angeles, California.
The FBI publicly confirmed that they believed COVID-19 originated in a lab in Wuhan, China.
The erroneous word 'Dord' was added to Webster's New International Dictionary, Second Edition.