1991 95 share in Madrid Spain $1.3 billion lottery (#47996)

1991 El Sayid Nosair acquitted of killing Meir Kahane

1991 Ted Turner and Jane Fonda wed

1620 The Mayflower lands at Plymouth, Massachusetts

1958 Charles de Gaulle elected President of France

1986 Over 50,000 students demonstrate in Shanghai's Peoples Square, for democracy and freedom in China

1988 After a record 365 days in space, two Russian and one French cosmonaut return to Earth

1401 The birth of Masaccio, 'Florentine' painter

1804 The birth of Benjamin Disraeli, British politician

1879 The birth of Joseph Stalin, Russian revolutionary leader

1937 The birth of Jane Fonda, American actress

2006 Saparmurat Niyazov, the dictator of Turkmenistan dies unexpectedly, sparking world concern over a possible power vacuum and instability in this energy-rich country.

2006 Australian cricketer Shane Warne announces his retirement from the sport.

2007 Queen Elizabeth II became the oldest-ever Monarch of the United Kingdom, surpassing Queen Victoria, who lived for 81 years, 7 months and 29 days.

2007 The Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia join the Schengen border-free zone.

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