1957 Entertainers Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme are married in Las Vegas.

1957 Singers Steve Lawrence and Edie Gorme wed in Las Vegas

1958 TV soap "Young Dr Malone" debuts

1965 Supremes release "My World is Empty Without You"

1967 Parliament drops death penalty for murder, except policemen or prison guards; for five-year trial period.

1967 Star Trek's "The Trouble With Tribbles" first airs ( a classic)

1972 Eastern Tristar Jumbo Jet crashes near Everglades killing 101

1975 11 killed, 75 hurt by terrorist bomb at LaGuardia Airport in NYC

1975 Eleven people die when a bomb explodes in the main terminal at LaGuardia Airport in New York.

1978 Shah of Iran, asks Shapour Bahktiar to form a civilian government

1979 Red Army beats New York Islanders 3-2 at Nassau Coliseum

1980 Shuttle STS-1 moves from Vandenberg AFB to Launch Complex 39A

1983 Arnold Schwarzenegger was cited for driving without a license after he drove his Jeep into a ditch with Maria Shriver aboard. No one was hurt.

1983 US announced withdrawal from UNESCO

1984 Indian PM Rajiv Gandhi claims victory in parliamentary elections

1988 Soviet Red Army Team edges New York Islanders, 3-2 at Nassau Coliseum

1988 Victorian Post Office Museum in Australia closes

1989 Canada is the first country in the world to ban smoking on domestic airlines.

1989 Vaclav Havel becomes the first non-communist elected as president of Czechoslovakia in 40 years.

1989 Wayne Gretzky and Martina Navratilova are named athletes of the decade by the Associated Press

1996 A peace accord is signed in Guatemala, ending 36 years of civil unrest there.

1997 Kmart announces the closure of 10 stores across Canada; finding it difficult to compete against WalMart.

1890 The last ever battle between American natives and US troops takes place

1937 The Irish Republic changes its name to Eire

1766 The birth of Charles Macintosh, Inventor of waterproof clothing

1937 The birth of Mary Tyler-Moore, US actress and comedienne

1938 The birth of Jon Voight, American actor

2006 War in Somalia: Ethiopian and Transitional government troops capture Mogadishu without resistance.

2007 After defeating the New York Giants 38-35, the New England Patriots become the second team in NFL history to finish the regular season undefeated.

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