1984 South African Bishop Desmond Tutu received his Nobel Peace Prize

1986 Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel accepts 1986 Nobel Peace Prize

1987 "Nightline" is seen in the USSR for first time

1988 Massive Earthquake in Armenia kills 100,000 in cities of Leninakan and Spitak

1990 Space Shuttle STS 35 (Columbia 11) lands

1903 Marie Curie becomes the first woman to receive a Nobel prize

1851 The birth of Melvil Dewey, Devised the library classification system

1960 The birth of Kenneth Branagh, British actor

2005 Death of Richard Pryor, American comedian (b. 1940)

2006 STS-116: Space Shuttle Discovery lifts off from the Kennedy Space Center on the first night launch since the 2003 loss of Columbia.

2006 Christer Fuglesang becomes the first Swede in space.

2006 The Nobel Prize ceremonies take place in Stockholm and Oslo.

2006 Chivas defeats Toluca in the final of the Mexican Soccer League.

2007 The United Nations deadline for a negotiated settlement on the future of Kosovo passed without an international agreement.

2007 Led Zeppelin reunites in London, England, for the Ahmet Ertegün tribute.

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