1987 President Reagan's veto of Clean Water Act is overridden by Congress

1987 Stars &Stripes beats Australia's Kookaburra 3, sweeps America's Cup

1988 Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega indicted on drug charges

1989 Dean Jones scores 216 vs West Indies at the Adelaide Oval

1990 10 Israeli tourists murdered near Cairo

1991 Hall of Fame's board of directors vote 12-0 to bar Pete Rose

1991 US postage raises from 25¢ to 29¢

1993 Admiral Studeman, ends term as acting director of CIA

1993 Marge Schott suspended from baseball for 1 year due to racism

1993 Russian space agency tests a 82' wide space mirror

1994 10th Soap Opera Digest Awards - Days of Our Lives wins

1994 20 die in armed assault on mosque in Khartum Sudan

1997 73 Israelis die when army copters collide

1997 A civil jury finds O.J. Simpson liable for the deaths of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her companion, Ronald Goldman.

1997 In Turkmenistan-Iran Border Region a 6.8 earthquate occured. At least 88 people killed, nearly 2,000 injured, about 5,500 houses destroyed and 11,000 houses damaged in the Bojnurd-Shirvan area, Iran

1997 Secretary of State Margaret Albright announces she just discovered that her grandparents were Jewish

1998 Bill Gates gets a pie thrown in his face in Brussels Belgium

1998 In the Tajikistan Border region of Afghanistan a 6.1earthquate at least 2,323 people killed, 818 injured, 8,094 houses destroyed, 6,725 livestock killed and landslides occurred in the Rostaq area, Afghanistan

1783 England officially proclaims an end to hostilities in America

1938 Adolf Hitler takes command of the German Army

1945 Winston Churchill, Franklin Roosevelt and Joseph Stalin meet at Yalta in the Crimea to discuss plans for the defeat of the Axis powers and to decide on the post-war future

1971 Rolls Royce goes bankrupt after a disastrous contract to supply aero engines to Lockheed Aircraft

1688 The birth of Pierre De Marivaux, French writer.

1881 The birth of Fernand Leger, French painter.

1900 The birth of Jacques Prevert, French poet.

1902 The birth of Charles Lindbergh, American pilot

1913 The birth of Rosa Parks, American civil rights activist

1921 The birth of Betty Friedan, American philosopher.

1947 The birth of Dan Quayle, Former American Vice-President2006 The Wowowee stampede occurred at the PhilSports Arena. 61 killed.

2007 The Indianapolis Colts defeat the Chicago Bears 29-17 in Super Bowl XLI, played at Dolphin Stadium, Miami.

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