1984 Franz Weber of Austria skis downhill at a record 209.8 kph

1986 Geraldo Rivera opens Al Capone's vault on TV & finds nothing

1988 Barbra Striesand records "You'll Never Know"

1990 "Cartoon All Stars to the Rescue" shown on all 4 TV networks

1990 National League umpire is arrested for stealing baseball cards

1992 "High Rollers" opens at Helen Hayes theater on Broadway

1789 John Adams sworn in as first US Vice President, 9 days before Washington is sworn in as president

1898 Spanish-American War begins

1961 French army revolts in Algeria

1972 Apollo 17, the last Apollo mission lands on the Moon.

1989 100,000 chinese students gather for quiet protest in Tiananmen Square

1782 The birth of Friedrich Froebel, German educationalist

1816 The birth of Charlotte Bronte, British writer

1838 The birth of John Muir, American naturalist

1864 The birth of Max Weber, German sociologist

1915 The birth of Anthony Quinn, American actor

1926 The birth of Elizabeth II, British Queen

1935 The birth of Charles Grodin, American actor

2005 A bus crash in Vietnam's Central Highlands kills thirty Vietnamese war veterans.

2005 A gunfight on the edge of the Saudi city of Mecca kills two militants and two members of the security forces.2007 Presidential elections are held in Nigeria.

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