35 years ago on this date, Canada began accepting 50,000 Vietnamese boat people into the country; 24,000 of the refugees were sponsored by the government and the rest through some 7000 private humanitarian groups. (1979)- Uruguay adopted its first constitution (1830)
- Happy Birthday to English entrepreneur and environmentalist Sir Richard Branson, founder of Virgin Records and Virgin Airlines, who turns 64 (1950)
- Canadian Parliament passed a law controlling the purchase and use of firearms (1977)
And, on this day in 1976, the 14-year-old star gymnast of Romania, Nadia Comaneci, scored the first ever perfect 10 at the Olympics, performing on the uneven parallel bars. She was the sweetheart and darling of the Montreal Olympics, going on to collect seven perfect scores, three gold medals, a silver and a bronze, and later won two gold and two silver medals in the 1980 Olympic games. Where is she now?Nadia is doing very well for herself, using her talent for gymnastics, and is married and living in Norman, Oklahoma.
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