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Untitled Document 1996 22nd People's Choice Awards: Apollo 13, Tom Hanks win
1995 Car bomb explodes in Karachi at shiite mosque, 17+ killed
1992 6th Soul Train Music Awards: Natalie Cole &Color Me Badd win
1991 Marc Girardelli of Luxembourg clinches his 4th slalom World Cup
1991 Laura Davies wins LPGA Inamori Golf Classic
1990 World Ice Pairs Figure Skating Championship in Halifax won by Ekaterina Gordeeva &Sergei Grinkov (USSR)
1990 4th American Comedy Awards: When Harry Met Sally
1989 In Malawi a 6.2 earthquake occured, at least 9 people killed, 100 injured and damage in the Salima-Dedza-Mchinji area. About ...
1989 An Air Ontario jet crashes after take off from Dryden, killing 24, injuring 45; inquiry later blames wing icing for the crash...
1985 World Men's Figure Skating Championship in Tokyo won by Alexandr Fadeev (USSR)
1985 World Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Tokyo won by Katarina Witt (German Democratic Republic)
1985 World Ice Dance Championship in Tokyo won by Natalia Bestemianova &Andrei Bukin (USSR)
1982 President Reagan proclaims economic sanctions against Libya
1978 Soyuz 28 returns to Earth
1974 Christian Democrats win Belgium parliamentary election
1973 Morocco adopts constitution
1971 Senate approves amendment lowering voting age to 18
1970 South Africa complete 4-0 series drubbing of Australia
1966 Dutch crown princess Beatrix marries Claus von Amsberg
1966 5 time Horse of the Year, Kelso, retires
1965 Dutch Princess Margriet &Pieter van Vollenhoven, get engaged
1964 US reconnaissance plane shot down over East Germany
1963 Pete Rose debuts with hits in his two first at bats in spring training
1956 General strike in Cyprus protesting exile of archbishop Makarios
1945 US troops lands on Mindanao
1945 Patton's 3rd Army makes contact with Hodge's first Army
1945 Japan declares Vietnam Independence
1945 Germany blows-up Wessel Bridge on Rhine
1937 An audience of 21,000 jitterbuggers jammed the Paramount Theatre in New York City to see Benny Goodman whom they would crown,...
1934 US Men's Figure Skating Championship won by Roger Turner
1934 Longest undefeated streak in Toronto Maple Leaf history (18 games)
1933 Nevada becomes first US state to regulate narcotics
1933 Major earthquake in Long Beach CA
1927 Bavaria lifts ban on Hitler's speeches
1927 Albania mobilize by threat of Serbian, Croatian &Slovenes
1909 Jack Johnson fights Victor McLaglen to no decision in 6 for box title
1906 Coal dust explosion kills 1,060 at Courrieres France
1893 New Mexico State University cancels its first graduation ceremony, its only graduate Sam Steele was robbed &killed the ni...
1888 Heavyweight Boxing champion John L Sullivan draws Charlie Mitchell in 30 rounds
1880 Salvation Army of England sets up US welfare &religious activity
1880 General Wolseley opens new legislative council in Pretoria
1865 Battle of Monroe's Crossroads, North Carolina
1792 John Stone patented the pile driver on this day.
1734 Spanish army under Don Carlos (III) draws into Naples
1681 English Quaker William Penn receives charter from Charles II, making him sole proprietor of colonial American territory Penns...
1661 French King Louis XIV ends office of premier
1624 England declares war on Spain
1578 Queen Elizabeth I gives Johan Casimir £20,000 to aid Dutch rebellion
1526 Emperor Charles V marries princess Isabella of Portugal

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