1981 E Bowell discovers asteroids #2383 Bradley and #2433 Sootiyo

1981 Philadelphia Flyers amass a record 2,621 penalty minutes

1982 Lord Carrington, British foreign secretary resigns due to Falkland Islands war

1982 St Louis Cardinals' Jim Kaat pitches in record 24th consecutive season

1983 France throws out 47 Soviet diplomats

1983 New York Mets' Tom Seaver's sets record 14th National League Opening Day assignment

1984 "Human Comedy" opens at Royale Theater NYC for 13 performances

1984 A Mrkos discovers asteroid #3364

1984 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar breaks Wilt Chamberlain's all-time career scoring record of 31,419 points (31,421)

1986 2 US soldiers & Turkish woman killed in West Berlin discotheque bombing

1986 Record for a throw-and-return boomerang toss is set (121 meters)

1986 US soldier and Turkish woman killed in West Berlin disco bombing

1987 16th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Betsy King

1987 Fox TV network premieres showing Married With Children & Tracey Ullman

1987 Wayne Gretzky wins 7th straight NHL scoring title

1988 Democratic convention picks Michael Dukakis as their pres candidate

1989 David Letterman becomes 1st network TV series to use dolby stereo

1989 Orel Hershiser ends his 59 consecutive scoreless pitched inning streak

1989 Solidarity granted legal status in Poland

1990 John Stockton reaches 1000-assist mark for NBA record 3 years in a row

1990 New York Rangers beat New York Islanders 2-1 in 1st game of preliminaries

1990 Paul Newman wins a court victory over Julius Gold, to keep giving all profits from Newman foods to charity

1991 Joe Dumaars (Detroit) ends NBA free throw streak of 62 games

1991 Kitty Kelly publishes a book knocking Nancy Reagan

1991 Southeast Airlines Embracer 120 crashes in Georgia, killing 23

1991 Space Shuttle STS 37 (Atlantis 8) launched

1991 US begins air drops to Kurdish refugees in Northern Iraq

1992 "Search & Destroy" closes at Circle in Square Theater NYC after 46 performances

1992 11th NCAA Women's Basketball Champion Stanford beats Western Kentucky 78-62

1992 4th Seniors Golf Tradition Lee Trevino

1992 Comedian Sam Kinison marries live-in girlfriend Malika Souiri

1992 Dana Lofland wins Las Vegas LPGA Golf International

1992 Game 2 of Mayor Challenge - New York Yankees sweep New York Mets 6-5 at Shea Stadium

1992 Peru's President Alberto Fujimori suspend constitution & dissolved Congress

1992 Thailand General Suchinda Kraprayoon installed as president

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