1989 Egypt, Iraq, Jordan & North Yemen form common market

1989 Jane Fonda & Tom Hayden separate after 16 years of marriage

1989 William Hayden becomes governor-General of Australia

1991 Dutch PPR, Political Party Radicals, disbands

1991 US female Figure Skating championship won by Tonya Harding

1992 Former silver Goodyear blimps are now painted yellow & blue

1994 6.5 earthquake strikes SE Sumatra, kills 200

1994 Over 200 people die as a powerful earthquake rocks the Indonesian island of Sumatra.

1994 Premier Alfonso Bustamente ends government in Peru

1996 Gary Kirsten scores 188 for South Africa vs UAE at Rawalpindi

1997 At age 25, Jeff Gordon is youngest winner in Daytona 500 history

1998 Tellabs Inc acquires Coherent Communications Systems for $670 million

1999 Testimony begins in the Jasper, TX, murder trial of John William King, charged in the dragging death of James Byrd, Jr.

1913 President Taft agrees not to intervene in Mexican civil war

1937 Nylon is patented

1956 Britain abolishes the death penalty

1959 Fidel Castro becomes the President of Cuba, overthrowing Fulgenico Batista

1960 The nuclear powered submarine 'Triton' sets off on its round the world underwater voyage

1866 The birth of Johann Strauss, Austrian composer.

1920 The birth of Patti Andrews, Of the 'Andrews Sisters'

1926 The birth of John Schlesinger, American director

2005 The Kyoto Protocol went into effect, without the support of the United States and Australia.

2005 The National Hockey League canceled its 204-205 season becoming the first North American professional league to cancel a season due to a labour dispute.2006 Kobe Airport, a controversial offshore airport in Kobe, Japan, opens for airline service.

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