1970 The Chicago Seven are found innocent of conspiring to incite riots at the 1968 Democratic national convention.

1970 US President Nixon launches "Nixon-doctrine"

1972 California Supreme Court abolishes death penalty

1972 Giulio Andreotti sworn in as premier of Italy

1972 John & Yoko end a week of co-hosting Mike Douglas Show

1973 54-kg octopus measuring 7 meter across captured in Hood Canal, Washington

1974 NASA launches Italian satellite San Marcos C-2 (235/843 km)

1975 2nd American Music Award

1975 Italy broadens abortion law

1977 George Harrison releases "True Love"

1977 The first space shuttle, Enterprise, makes its maiden flight (carried atop a Boeing 747), over the Mojave Desert.

1978 The first Iron Man Triathlon (swim, bike ride, marathon) held, Kona HI

1979 -52º F (-47º C), Old Forge NY (state record)

1979 Miniseries "Roots The Next Generations" premieres on ABC TV

1979 NASA launches space vehicle S-202

1979 President Zia ur-Rahmans National Party wins elections in Bangladesh

1979 Snow falls in the Sahara Desert

1980 Billy Wyman said he will leave the Rolling Stones in 1983 (Sure!)

1980 Pierre Elliott Trudeau's Liberal Party wins Canada's elections

1984 Revised concordat between Italy & the Vatican signed

1988 Anthony M. Kennedy is sworn in as the 104th justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.

1994 Actor Joe Pantoliano (41) weds model Nancy Sheppard (31)

1995 Pamela Anderson (Baywatch) & Tommy Lee (Motley Crüe) wed

1996 Tendulkar scores 127 in India's Cricket World Cup win over Kenya

1999 Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic is warned by the U.S. to make peace with ethnic Albanians in Kosovo, or face military intervention.

1841 First continuous filibuster in US Senate began, lasting until March 11

1915 During World War 1, Germany blockades Britain with submarines

1921 British troops occupy Dublin, Ireland

1930 Pluto discovered by Clyde Tombaugh

1965 Gambia gains independence

1972 A report suggested that alcohol abuse was the nation's biggest problem

1517 The birth of Mary Tudor, Daughter of Henry VIII

1745 The birth of Alessandro Volta, Italian scientist

1838 The birth of Ernst Mach, British Physicist, after whom Mach speed numbers are named

1896 The birth of Andre Breton, French poet.

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