1973 USSR's Lunakhod 2 begins radio-controlled exploration of the Moon

1974 "Jaws" by Peter Benchley is published

1974 L A Landslide kills 9, Canyonville OR

1976 "Donny & Marie" [Osmond] musical variety show premieres on ABC TV

1978 5th American Music Award Stevie Wonder, Fleetwood Mac & Conway Twitty

1978 Soyuz 27 returns to Earth

1979 Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlevi of Iran flees Iran for Egypt

1980 Paul McCartney jailed in Tokyo for 10 days on marijuana possession

1981 Ivan Lendl intentionally loses a match in the Volvo Masters in order to avoid having to play Björn Borg

1981 John Lennon releases "Woman" in UK

1981 Leon Spinks is mugged, his assailants even take his gold teeth

1981 Protestant gunmen shoot & wound Bernadette Devlin McAliskey & husband

1984 11th American Music Award Michael Jackson

1984 Extortionist sends letter to Queensland Primary Industries Department threatening to release foot and mouth virus unless state jails are reformed.

1984 Paul & Linda McCartney arrested in Barbados-possession of cannabis

1984 President Reagan called for peaceful competition with Moscow. He authorized research and development on space-age weapons capable of destroying incoming nuclear missiles, the program known as Star Wars.

1985 "Playboy" announces end of stapling centerfolds

1986 Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi said Libya would train, arm and protect Arab guerrillas for Palestinian suicide and terrorist missions, his first explicit endorsement of terrorism.

1986 Police arrested 3 IRA-terrorists in Amsterdam

1987 Hu Yaobang resigns as head of China's Communist Party, accepting blame for policy mistakes stemming from student turmoil

1988 4th Soap Opera Digest Awards - Days of Our Live wins

1988 Jimmy "The Greek" Snyder fired from CBS for racial remarks

1989 Police arrest writer Vaclav Havel in Prague

1989 Three days of riots begin in Miami after a police officer shoots and kills a black motorcyclist, which also claims the life of the passenger in the ensuing crash.

1989 USSR announces plan for 2-year manned mission to Mars

1990 2 Bank of Credit & Commerce members plea guilty to money laundering

1990 Canadian Rail Operating Rules are approved by the Minister of Transport

1990 Moscow rushed 11,000 more troops to Azerbaijan and Armenia to reinforce soldiers trying to quell deadly ethnic violence.

1990 The Soviet Union sends 11,000 reinforcements to the Caucasus to end the civil war between Armenians and Azerbaijanis.

1991 Operation Desert Storm begins - US & 27 allies attack Iraq for occupying Kuwait (US times)

1991 The Persian Gulf War began with the allied bombing of Baghdad. President Bush drew the largest TV audience in history with an address to the nation on the commencement of hostilities against Iraq.

1991 The White House announces the start of Operation Desert Storm to drive Iraqi troops from Kuwait.

1992 Representatives of the El Salvadoran government and rebels sign a pact in Mexico City ending 12 years of civil war.

1993 Windsor Castle was reopened just two months after a fire swept through the British landmark.

1994 At a joint news conference in Geneva with President Clinton, Syrian President Hafez Assad indicated a willingness to negotiate a peace treaty with Israel.

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