1977 Ottawa starts $41 million program to upgrade the East Coast fishery.

1977 Supreme Court rules "Live Free or Die" may be covered on NH licenses

1977 Woody Allen's film "Annie Hall" premiers

1979 Johnny Carson was said to be leaving "The Tonight Show". Newspapers around the country gave details about why the comedian and late-night host was said to be unhappy after 17 years on the show

1981 Final performance of TV show "Soap" airs

1981 Rocker Papa John Phillips arrested for drug possession

1982 Businessman Peter Pocklington held hostage in his home for almost 12 hours by a gunman demanding $1 million

1983 Soyuz T-8 launched; mission aborted when capsule fails to dock

1985 Karyn Marshall of NYC lifted 303 lbs in a clean-and-jerk lift

1986 Vladimir Horowitz performs in his Russian homeland

1987 "Starlight Express"posted the largest week’ s gross in Broadway history. The roller-skating musical earned $606,081 at the box office

1987 Rosa Mota wins the women's division of the Boston Marathon

1990 Pete Rose pleads guilty to hiding $300,000 in income

1991 Raghib "Rocket" Ismael signs with Toronto Argonauts for $26.2 million

1992 100th episode of "Murphy Brown" airs

1992 Expo '92 opens in Seville Spain

1999 "A bug's Life" is the first DVD to be transfered directly from the digital source making it the first 100 percent digital DVD

1441 During the Council of Florence, Pope Eugenius IV issues the bull "Etsi non dubitemus," which asserts the superiority of the pope over the Councils

1775 British begin siege of Boston As a result, New York adopts new constitution as an independent state

1782 Netherlands recognizes US

1902 Marie Curie isolate radioactive element radium

1929 The first Italian parliament made up completely from Mussolinis Fascists opens

1945 Soviet troops enter Berlin

1961 Revolt in the South African country of Angola

1745 The birth of Philippe Pinel, First psychiatrist

1889 The birth of Adolf Hitler, Dictator of Germany

1893 The birth of Harold Lloyd, American silent film star

1893 The birth of Joan Miro, Spanish artist

1941 The birth of Ryan O'Neal, American actor

1949 The birth of Jessica Lange American actress

2005 Fifty six hurt as earthquake hits Fukuoka and Kasuga, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. The earthquake measured a magnitude of 5.8 on the Richter scale.

2005 Death of Zygfryd Blaut, Polish football player (b. 1943)

2005 President Lucio Gutiérrez of Ecuador is said to have fled after Congress voted to sack him amid growing protests.2006 Iran announces a uranium enrichment deal with Russia, involving a joint uranium enrichment firm on Russian soil; nine days later Iran announces that it will not move all activity to Russia, thus leading to a de-facto termination of the deal.

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