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Platinum


1988 Australia unveils 1st platinum coin (Koala)

1986 Impala Platinum fires 20,000 black mine workers in Johannesburg

1984 Michael Jackson awarded a 4-ft-high platinum disc by CBS

1982 Donald Dillaway, actor (Min and Bill, Platinum Blonde), dies at 78

1978 "Platinum" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City after 33 performances

1978 "Platinum" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City for 33 performances

1977 Miss World Contest - Miss U.K. wears $9,500 platinum bikini

1976 Peter Frampton released platinum live album "Frampton Comes Alive"

1972 Dane Cook, born in Boston, Massachusetts, Dane Jeffrey Cook, comedian, stand up comic, released five comedy albums, 'Retaliation' went double platinum, the highest charting comedy album in 28 years, appeared in 15 films since 1997, including 'My Best Friend's Girl'

1970 Decca awards Bing Crosby a 2nd platinum disc for selling 300 million

1481 Bartholomeus Platinum, Italian humanist/pontifical librarian, dies


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