Last week was the 41st anniversary of this week's headlining event. The Beatles had broken up long before this day, but that didn't make the mourning from around the world any less significant when John Lennon was murdered in New York City. What else was being reported on the same day?

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Associated Press. “Cracker Jack Prizes Pop High in Value.” Standard-Speaker (Hazelton, Pennsylvania), December 9, 1980. www.newspapers.com.

Associated Press. “Santa Cruz Man Escapes From Eureka Jail.” Santa Cruz Sentinel (Santa Cruz, California), December 9, 1980. www.newspapers.com.

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Al Jolson. “I’ll Say She Does.” www.pixabay.com/music.

Lucille Hegamin and The Dixie Daisies. “Cold Winter Blues.” www.pixabay.com/music.

Sophie Tucker. “Reuben Rag.” www.pixabay.com/music.