1981 Maureen Reagan (40) marries 3rd husband, Dennis Revell (28)

1982 British commandos invade South Georgia

1982 Don Wilson TV announcer (Jack Benny Show), dies at 81

1982 E Bowell discovers asteroids #2688 Halley, #3275 Oberndorfer & #3692

1982 In accordance with Camp David, Israel completes Sinai withdrawl

1983 "Nightline" expands from « hour to a full hour

1983 Yuri Andropov invites US schoolgirl Samantha Smith to USSR

1984 Richard Benedict actor, dies at 64 of a heart attack

1984 Rock group Wings disbands

1985 For 2nd time, Wayne Gretzky, scores 7 goals in a Cup game

1985 Murray Matheson actor (Felix-Banacek), dies at 72

1985 Richard Haydn British actor, dies at 80

1988 "Nightline" goes on location to Jerusalem Israel

1988 NASA launches space vehicle S-211

1989 Mike Tyson gets a speeding ticket for drag racing in Albany NY

1989 Near Coast of Guerrero, Mexico a 6.8 quake killed 3 people, and few injured and some damage at Mexico City

1990 25th Academy of Country Music Awards (Clint Black & Kathy Mattea win)

1990 Dexter Gordon jazz saxophonist, dies at 67 in Philadelphia

1990 Hubble space telescope is placed into orbit by shuttle discovery

1990 Violeta Barrios de Chamorro begins a 6 year term as Nicaragua's pres

1991 Designer Mary McFadden (52) announces divorce of Kohie Yohannan (23)

1991 Lisa Olson brings suit against NFL NE Patriots for sexual harassment

1991 The Interprovincial Pipeline mothballed; Quebec refiners can buy oil cheaper offshore; Sarnia to Montreal 832 km line built in 1974 energy crisis.

1992 In Petrolia, California a 7.1 earthquake resulted in ninety-eight people injured and considerable damage in southwestern Humboldt County

1792 Guillotine used for the first time in France on a highwayman

1859 Work begins on the Suez Canal, Egypt

1961 Robert Noyce patents integrated circuit

1982 In accordance with Camp David, Israel completes Sinai withdrawl

1599 The birth of Oliver Cromwell, English civil war leader and Lord Protector

1874 The birth of Guglielmo Marconi, Inventor of radio

1908 The birth of Edward R Murrow, American journalist

1918 The birth of Ella Fitzgerald, US jazz singer

1940 The birth of Al Pacino, American actor

2005 A passenger train derails in Amagasaki Hyogo Prefecture Japan killing 107 people and injuring another 456. (see Amagasaki rail crash)

2007 The Dow Jones Industrial Average gains 135.95 points to close at 13089.89; its first close above 13000 in its history.

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