... that Operation PBFORTUNE, organized by the CIA to topple Guatemalan President Jacobo Árbenz, was terminated when the coup attempt became too widely known?
American actress, screenwriter, and author Carrie Fisher dies at the age of 60, and her mother, actress and singer Debbie Reynolds(pictured), dies one day later at the age of 84.
English singer, songwriter, and record producer George Michael dies at the age of 53.
1853 – The United States purchased approximately 29,600 sq mi (77,000 km2) of land south of the Gila River and west of the Rio Grande from Mexico for $10 million.
1903 – In the deadliest single-building fire in United States history, the Iroquois Theatre fire claimed over 600 lives in Chicago.
Six hundred and fourteen medals were earned at the 1982 Asian Games (also known as the IX Asiad), a multi-sport event held in Delhi, India, from 12 November to 4 December 1982. A total of 3,411 athletes from 33 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) participated in these games, competing in 147 events in 21 sports and 22 disciplines. The number of participating countries was the greatest in Asian Games history. Handball, equestrian, rowing and golf were included for the first time; fencing and bowling were excluded. Athletes from 23 participating NOCs won at least one medal; athletes from 16 of these NOCs secured at least one gold. Athletes from China won 61 gold medals, the most of any nation at these games, and led the gold-medal count for the first time in their Asiad history. Athletes from both China and Japan won the most total medals, with 153. South Korea finished third in total medals. North Korea finished fifth in total medals, and fourth in the gold-medal count. Host nation India finished the games with 57 medals overall (13 gold, 19 silver and 25 bronze, its best performance since 1951), in fifth spot in terms of total gold medals. (Full list...)
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