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Japanese performer Kyu Sakamoto, who had an international hit with Sukiyaki, dies when Japan Airlines Flight 123, crashes into two ridges of Mount Takamagahara in Ueno, Gunma. 520 people are killed in the crash, making it the deadliest single-aircraft accident in history.