March 7 - Menudo hits the United States charts with "Indianapolis" and "Like a Cannonball", both of which were on the soundtrack of Cannonball Run 2[?]. Ironically, this would be the beginning of the end of Menudo's golden era.
August 1 - Michael Jackson purchases the publishing rights for most of the Beatles' music for $47 million, much to the dismay of the surviving members of the band.
... and Some Yakuts. The Gilyaks in the north support themselves by fishing and hunting.
The Ainus inhabit the south part of the island. From the 32,000 Russians ...