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Events:
Nuclear power plant accident at Three Mile Island, Pa., releases radiation (March 28).
In 1979 a cooling malfunction caused part of the core to melt in the # 2 reactor at Three Mile Island in USA. The reactor was destroyed.
Some radioactive gas was released a couple of days after the accident, but not enough to cause any dose above background levels to local residents.
There were no injuries or adverse health effects from the accident.
Some radioactive gas was released a couple of days after the accident, but not enough to cause any dose above background levels to local residents.
There were no injuries or adverse health effects from the accident.
Music:
The Sugar Hill Gang releases the first commercial rap hit, "Rapper's Delight," bringing rap off the New York streets and into the popular music scene.
Movies:
Apocalypse Now, All That Jazz, Kramer vs. Kramer, Breaking Away
Books:
Penelope Fitzgerald, Rites of Passage
Stephen King, The Dead Zone
Norman Mailer, The Executioner's Song
Jayne Anne Phillips, Black Tickets
William Styron, Sophie's Choice
Tom Wolfe, The Right Stuff
