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THE T V GUIDE FOR APRIL 17 – 23, 1982

TV Guide Magazine: The Cover Archive 1953 - today! | 1982 | April 17, 1982

How 'Happy Days' brought the '50s back - plus the opening credits & theme song - Click Americana

The TV sitcom Happy Days aired first-run on the
ABC network from January 15, 1974, to July 19, 1984, with a total of 255 half-hour episodes spanning
11 seasons. Created by Garry Marshall, it was one
of the most successful series of the 1970s.

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FIRST FEMALE TO WIN AN INDYCAR RACE

  Who is Danica Patrick? | The US Sun   
    
    
    
    
   
On April 20, 2008, then a 26-year-old Danica Patrick (42) won 
the Indy Japan 300 at Twin Ring Motegi in Motegi, Japan,
making her the
first female winner in IndyCar racing history.

Danica Patrick's Winless NASCAR Career Wasn't Her Biggest Racing Regret - MobSports
NASCAR

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SPRINT CUP

Danica Patrick through the years | Danica patrick, Patrick, Sue patrick

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PASSENGER JET FORCED DOWN ON THIS DAY

Korean Air Flight 902, Soviets Shoot Down Passenger Plane – Vintage Airliners

Soviet aircraft forced a Korean Air Lines passenger jet to land
in the
Soviet Union after the jet veers into Russian airspace.

Two people were killed and several others injured when the jet
made a rough landing on a frozen lake about 300 miles south
of Murmansk.

The jet was on a flight from Paris to Seoul when the incident
occurred.

Korean Air Lines Flight 902 incident in 1978

KAL 902 is Down: When the Soviets Attacked an Airliner

Korean Air Lines Flight 902 incident in 1978

See related image detail. Korean Air Lines Flight 902 incident in 1978         
 

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SCHOOL MASSACRE ON THIS DAY IN 1999

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25 Years After the Columbine Massacre, Is There Any Hope to End America’s Epidemic of Gun ...

On April 20, 1999, two teenage gunmen killed 13 people in a
shooting spree at
Columbine High School in Littleton,
Colorado, south of Denver.

At approximately 11:19 a.m., Dylan Klebold, 17, and Eric Harris,
18, dressed in trench coats, began shooting students outside
the school before moving inside to continue their rampage. By
11:35 a.m., Klebold and Harris had killed 12 fellow students and
a teacher and wounded another 23 people. Shortly after noon,
the two teens turned their guns on themselves and died by
suicide
  .

The event prompted a national debate on gun control and school
safety, as well as a major investigation to determine what
motivated the teen gunmen. In the days immediately following
the shootings, it was speculated that Klebold and Harris
purposely chose jocks, minorities and Christians as their
victims.

Columbine shooting’s myths: Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold weren't Trench Coat Mafia or outcasts ...

How we "fix-it" (school shootings) from the horses' mouths

Columbine School Shooting

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