Diary Entry - 12/31/1983
Key Facts
The President and the First Lady attend a New Year's Eve party.
Nigerian army officer Saleh Abacha announces that President Shehu Shagari has been overthrown in a military coup.
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The usual wonderful time with good friends. Golf in the day time and the Wilson, Jorgenson dinner at Eldorado Fri. The big New Year party at the Annenbergs Sat. nite. It was a wonderful, warm affair. A little excitement early in the evening when a local, somewhat mentally disturbed woman used Joan Clark’s name to gain entry She was taken away but then some one said she had a package of some kind when she came in but not when she left. A sniffer dog was brought in but—must have been a false alarm according to the dog. Sun. a smaller dinner party—informal & fun.
