Mount Vesuvius violently spewed forth a deadly cloud of super-heated tephra and gases to a height of 33 km, ejecting molten rock, pulverized pumice and hot ash at 1.5 million tons per second. The remains of over 1.500 people have so far been found. The total number of fatalities remains unknown. (24 August 79)
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Monday 10th of March 1980 (-) — Cardiologist Herman Tarnower is shot four times at close range by his 57-year-old lover Jean Struven Harris. Harris supposedly got mad at Tarnower when she found lingerie of 38-year-old secretary-receptionist at the Scarsdale Medical Center and love rival Lynne Tryforos in the bedroom.