On Tuesday, April 22, 1980, the following events occurred:<\/p>\n
Pennsylvania primary takes place today…..PA poll shows George Bush leading Ronald Reagan, while President Carter and Sen. Ted Kennedy are in dead heat…..European Community decides to support Carter’s sanctions against Iran…..State Dept. sends telegrams to hostage families urging them to abide by ban on travel to Iran…..International Olympic Committee, meeting in Switzerland, undecided about Moscow Olympics boycott…..Canada urges it’s Olympic committee to cancel plans to attend Summer Games…..In Liberia, officials of former government are executed…..Harold Brown (not Carter’s SecDef<\/a> nor the inventor of the electric chair<\/a>) dies in Roanoke, Virginia at the age of 47…..House of Representatives votes in favor of additional funding for draft registration…..Officials suspecting that Rosie Ruiz did not run entire Boston Marathon begin investigation…..10th anniversary of Earth Day is celebrated…..A fire at chemical waste dump in Elizabeth, NJ spreads fumes over large area…..Fire breaks out at fertilizer plant in Ft. Hall, ID…..Potwin, KS is evacuated when toxic vapors leak from Titan II missile silo…..Forest fires reported in MI, MN, ND and WI..<\/font><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
As you can plainly see, it was not a particularly good day, either at home or abroad.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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