It Was 20 Years Ago Today
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Director Roman Polanski flees to London before a sentencing hearing after he is convicted of having sex with a 13-year-old girl.
The state gives preliminary approval for the construction of two oil platforms nine miles off Huntington Beach.
Synanon founder Charles (Chuck) Dederich resigns after 19 years as executive director and chairman of the board of the controversial communal society that began as a drug rehabilitation program.
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