A helicopter carrying nine people, including Kobe Bryant and his daughter, crashed in California with no survivors.
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Ronald Reagan is sworn in as Governor of California.
NBA hired the first African American coach Bill Russell for the Boston Celtics.
San Francisco leaders George Moscone and Harvey Milk are murdered.
The world record for the longest table tennis doubles marathon was broken with a time of 101 hours.
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest premiered at Disneyland Resort, Anaheim, California.
