1977 Toronto's Ian Turnbull scores 5 goals, NHL record for a defenseman

1980 The U.S. learns of an FBI sting operation named "Abscam" that targeted members of Congress using agents posing as Arab businessmen.

1980 FBI releases details of Abscam, a sting operation that targeted 31 elected & public officials for bribes for political favors

1982 "Late Night with David Letterman" premieres on NBC

1982 Government troops & Moslem-fundamentalists battle in Hamah Syria

1983 Chicago Archbishop Joseph L Bernardin is among 18 new cardinals invested

1984 Lebanese army fight in Beirut

1984 Medicare scheme formally adopted in Australia.

1985 US male Figure Skating championship won by Brian Boitano

1986 Dalai Lama meets Pope John Paul II in India

1986 Oscar Arias Sanchez elected President of Costa Rica

1987 Philippines adopts constitution

1988 David Boon's 6th Test Cricket century, 184 vs England at Sydney

1989 F[rederik] W[illem] de Klerk replaces Botha as South Africa's Nationalist Party leader

1990 South African President F.W. de Klerk promises to free imprisoned political prisoner Nelson Mandela and lifts a ban on black membership in the African National Congress.

1990 Marina Ogilvy (daughter of English princess Alexandra) weds Paul Mowatt

1990 South Africa's President F[rederik] W[illem] de Klerk promises to free Nelson Mandela & legalizes African National Congress & 60 other political organizations

1991 Aravinda De Silva scores 267 vs New Zealand at Wellington

1991 US postage is raised from 25¢ to 29¢

1992 IRS & Willie Nelson settle on $9 million tax bill (of $16.7 million)

1993 Frito Lay pays court ordered $2,500,000 to Tom Waits for using his song, "Step Right Up"

1993 Rebels fire rockets on besieged Afghan capital of Kabul, killing 72 people. (What's changed?)

1995 Egyptian, Israeli, Jordanian and Palestinian leaders meet in Cairo to restore peace in the Middle East.

1995 Henry Olonga no-balled for throwing in Zimbabwe-Pakistan Test Cricket

1995 US space shuttle Discovery launched

1996 Actor and dancer Gene Kelly dies at his Beverly Hills, California, home at age 83.

1996 Ali Landry, 22, (Louisiana), crowned 45th Miss USA

1998 Philippine DC-9 crashes apparently killing all 104 on board

1999 A Portland, Oregon jury decrees that a person who created an Internet site listing the names and addresses of abortionists pay $107 million in damages.

2001 Former President Clinton and Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton say they will pay for $US86,000 worth of White House gifts they'd chosen to keep.

1653 New Amsterdam (later renamed New York) is founded

1914 Cub Scouts founded in England

1933 Three days after becoming chancellor, Adolf Hitler dissolves Parliament. Göring bans communist meetings/demonstrations in Germany

1943 Battle of Stalingrad ends with final surrender of the German army, leaving 600,000 dead

1650 The birth of Nell Gwynne, Comedy actress and mistress of Charles II

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