1987 43 die in Pacific Southwest Airline crash in California (man shot pilots)

1987 Gorbachev arrives in the US for a summit meeting

1988 Armenian SSR rocked by earthquake, 8 on Richter scale (55,000 die)

1988 Gorbachev announces 10% unilateral Soviet troop reductions at UN

1988 Mikhail Gorbachev cheered by Wall St crowds upon arrival in NYC

1988 Yasser Arafat recognizes existence of Israel

1990 Iraqi parliament endorses Saddam's decision to free hostages

1990 Ted Turner and Jane Fonda announce their engagement

1993 South African transitional executive council set up

1995 Bill Gates announced that Microsoft would shift its entire business focus to the Internet.

1995 Galileo arrives on Jupiter

1431 Henry VI of England is crowned King of France

1941 Pearl Harbour attacked without a declaration of war by Japanese aircraft, sinking much of the US fleet

1863 The birth of Pietro Mascagni, Italian composer

1915 The birth of Eli Wallach, American actor

1932 The birth of Ellen Burstyn, American actress

2005 A U.S. Federal Air Marshal fatally shoots Rigoberto Alpizar on a jetway at Miami International Airport in Florida.

2005 European Union TLD .eu is launched, and replaced .eu.int. Initially this will be only for business purposes. From 7 April 206 onwards, EU citizens can also register .eu domains.

2007 Uranus' orbit will be positioned such that the sun shines directly above its equator (i.e. an equinox)

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