1989 Barbara Clementine Harris consecrated first female bishop (Episcopalian)

1989 US female Figure Skating championship won by Jill Trenary

1990 Heavyweight boxing champ Mike Tyson loses the title when he is knocked out in the tenth round in a fight with Buster Douglas in Tokyo.

1990 James "Buster" Douglas KOs Mike Tyson to win heavyweight boxing crown

1990 South African activist Nelson Mandela is freed after 27 years in prison.

1990 US male Figure Skating championship won by Todd Eldredge

1991 UNPO, Unrepresented Nations & People Organization forms in Hague Netherlands

1992 F-16 jet crashes at residential district of Hengelo Netherlands (No deaths)

1993 Baseball pitcher Nolan Ryan announces that he will be retiring after the 1993 season.

1993 Janet Reno is named by president Bill Clinton as the first woman to hold the position of U.S. attorney general.

1993 Janet Reno selected by Clinton as US Attorney General

1994 Lu Parker, (South Carolina), crowned 43rd Miss USA

1994 Space shuttle STS-60 (Discovery 18), lands

1995 The space shuttle Discovery touches down at Cape Canaveral, Florida, ending a mission that included docking with the Russian Mir space station.

1995 US male Figure Skating championship won by Todd Eldredge

1995 West Indies score 5-660 against New Zealand

1997 Celine Dion receives an award for her 50 millionth record sold

1997 STS 82 (Discovery 22) launches

1998 A federal judge rules that golfer Casey Martin, who suffers from a circulatory condition making it hard to walk, is covered by the American with Disabilities Act. Under the ADA, Martin should be allowed to use a golf cart when he competes in PGA tournaments.

1998 KVBC-FM (Las Vegas) offers Monica Lewinsky $5M for interview

1998 Lyrics to "Candle in the Wind 1997," auctioned for $442,500

1999 In Afghanistan a 6.0 earthquake killed 70 and 500 injured, at least 14,000 homeless and 7,000 houses destroyed in Lowgar and Vardak Provinces

1999 Pluto is once again the farthest planet from the sun in our solar system

1943 General Eisenhower selected to command the allied armies in Europe

1945 Yalta agreement signed by FDR, Churchill and Stalin

1970 Japan launches its first satellite into orbit

1990 After being in prison for 27 years, Nelson Mandela is freed

1657 The birth of Bernard Fontenelle, French scientist.

1800 The birth of Henry Fox Talbot, Pioneer of photography

1847 The birth of Thomas Edison, American inventor

1908 The birth of Vivian Fuchs, British Antartic explorer

1909 The birth of Joseph Mankiewicz, American director.

1921 The birth of Eva Gabor, American actress.

1926 The birth of Leslie Nielsen, American actor

1936 The birth of Burt Reynolds, American actor

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