1988 Ben Johnson named the Associated Press (AP) male athlete of the year, the first Canadian track athlete so honoured

1988 First WWF Royal Rumble - Jim Duggan wins

1989 Serial killer Ted Bundy is put to death in Florida's electric chair.

1989 The first reported case of AIDS transmitted by heterosexual oral sex

1990 Japanese MUSES-A (Hiten) launched towards moon

1993 14th annual star-athon $24,000,000

1993 Former Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall dies in Bethesda, Maryland, at age 84.

1993 Polish ferry boat John Heweliusz sinks, 52 killed

1993 Soyuz TM-16 launches

1993 US male Figure Skating championship won by Scott Davis

1994 Dow Jones closes above 3,900 for first time (3,914.48)

1839 Charles Darwin elected member of Royal Society

1848 Gold is first discovered in California,starting the gold rush

1902 Denmark sells Virgin Islands to USA

1924 Russian city of St Petersburg renamed Leningrad

1924 Italian dictator Mussolini disallows non-fascists work union

1935 Canned Beer is sold for the first time, in Virginia (United States)

1978 A Russian satellite accidently crashes in Canada's Northwest Territory

1984 Apple unveils its Macintosh personal computer, the first with a graphical interface

1985 The space shuttle 'Discovery' is launched on its first military mission

1732 The birth of Pierre de Beaumarchais, French writer

1862 The birth of Edith Wharton, American writer

1917 The birth of Ernest Borgnine, American actor

1941 The birth of Neil Diamond, American singer/songwriter

1949 The birth of John Belushi, American actor

1961 The birth of Nastassja Kinski, German actress

2007 The Israeli Ministry of Justice announces that the President of Israel, Moshe Katsav, will be charged with rape and abuse of power.

2009 Pope Benedict XVI rescinds e excommunications of four bishops consecrated wiout papal consent in 1988 by Archbishop marcel Lefebvre.

2009 Pope Benedict XVI rescinds e excommunications of four bishops consecrated wiout papal consent in 1988 by Archbishop marcel Lefebvre.

2009 Pope Benedict XVI rescinds e excommunications of four bishops consecrated wiout papal consent in 1988 by Archbishop marcel Lefebvre.

2009 Pope Benedict XVI rescinds e excommunications of four bishops consecrated wiout papal consent in 1988 by Archbishop marcel Lefebvre.

2009 Pope Benedict XVI rescinds e excommunications of four bishops consecrated wiout papal consent in 1988 by Archbishop marcel Lefebvre.

2009 Pope Benedict XVI rescinds e excommunications of four bishops consecrated wiout papal consent in 1988 by Archbishop marcel Lefebvre.

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