1990 Dean Jones scores twin Test tons vs Pakistan at Adelaide Oval

1991 "Seinfeld" debuts on NBC-TV

1991 High-denomination banknotes withdrawn in USSR

1991 World's largest oil spill, caused by embattled Iraqi forces in Kuwait

1992 In Ottawa the Supreme Court of Canada rules that the federal government can conduct environmental reviews on any projects under its jurisdiction

1993 50th Golden Globes Scent of a Woman, wins

1993 Convicted diet doc killer Jean Harris was freed, discharged from a New York state hospital after heart surgery and with a grant of clemency from the governor.

1993 Graham Gooch scores his 100th 100, on tour at Cuttack

1993 Indian Airlines B737 crashes art Aurangabad, 61 die

1993 New York Newsday reports Oregon's Senator Bob Packwood sexually harassed 23 women

1993 US female Figure Skating championship won by Nancy Kerrigan

1994 Worldwide Day for peace in Bosnia-Herzegovina

1995 British Columbia blocks Alcan's $1.3-billion (Canadian) Kemano power dam development, citing the threat to its salmon fishery.

1995 Defence Minister David Collenette disbands the Canadian Airborne Regiment, effective March 5; after some of its soldiers were found to be involved in the death of a Somali boy during the UN mission

1995 In Toronto Ontario surgeons at The Hospital for Sick Children perform a 17 hour operation to separate Pakistani Siamese twins Hira and Nida Jamal; Nida will died a month later

1995 The Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT), a nationally funded watchdog organization, warned Internet users about sophisticated new hacker techniques

1996 Chris Cairns scores 120, 96 balls, 10x4, 9x6 in Test New Zealand vs Zimbabwe

1996 General Electric threw in the towel in the struggle to keep its Genie online service competitive in the growing battle with the Web. The company announced it would sell the service to Yovelle Renaissance Corporation, which would turn Genie into a Web site.

1997 Madeline Albright was sworn into office to become the first woman secretary of state.

1998 Pope John Paul II condemns US embargo against Cuba

1999 Monica Lewinsky is ordered by a federal judge to submit to an interview in the impeachment trial of U.S. President Bill Clinton.

2004 Senate Democrats demanded an investigation of U.S. government dealings with Halliburton Co. following revelations of kickbacks on Iraq contracts.

1571 The Royal Exchange, in London, is founded

1719 Principality of Liechtenstein created within Holy Roman Empire

1943 British forces capture the city of Tripoli, Libya, from the Germans

1961 Venezuela adopts constitution

1963 Kim Philby, the british/russian double agent, defects to Russia

1991 World's largest oil spill, caused by embattled Iraqi forces in Kuwait

1991 High-denomination banknotes withdrawn in USSR

1783 The birth of Marie Henri Beyle de Stendahl, French writer

1903 The birth of Randolph Scott, American film actor

1928 The birth of Jeanne Moreau, French actress

1957 The birth of Princess Caroline of Monaco

2005 Death of Johnny Carson, American television host (b. 1925)

2006 Stephen Harper wins the federal election in Canada, forming a minority government.

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