1982 Mauno Koivisto elected President of Finland

1983 Dutch/British infrared satellite IRAS launched from California

1984 Federal government announces land claims settlement with Yukon first nations, who receive $620 million and title to 20,000 sq km

1984 US navy exhibits Piasecki helistat-4 helicopters &a blimp able to lift 26 tons-Lakehurst New Jersey

1985 42th Golden Globes Amadeus wins

1985 Edmonton Oiler Wayne Gretzky scores 50th goal in 49th game of season

1986 Yoweri Museveni's rebel army conquerors Kampala Uganda

1987 14th American Music Award Whitney Houston, Lionel Richie &Alabama

1987 Hart Foundation beat British Bulldogs for WWF tag team title

1988 "Phantom of the Opera" opens at Majestic Theater New York City NY for 4,000+ performances

1988 Australia's 200th anniversary-parade of tall ships in Sydney Harbor

1988 CIBC buys 65% of Wood Gundy for $190 million, mostly in shares

1989 AT&T reports first loss in 103 years; $1.67 B in 1988

1989 Test debut of Mark Taylor, Australia vs West Indies, Sydney

1989 US computer security expert warns of catastrophic virus

1990 Annular eclipse visible over Antarctica &South Atlantic

1991 Alfaro Vive guerrilla group of Ecuador gives arms to Catholic church

1991 Jan Stenerud becomes first pure placekicker to make NFL Hall of Fame

1992 Americans with Disabilities Act went into effect

1993 Brian Tobin sworn in as Premier of Newfoundland

1993 Jeanne Sauvé dies in hospital; Sauvé served as Canada's first woman Governor General

1993 West Indies defeat Australia by one run in 4th Test at Adelaide

1995 New Jersey Governor Christine Whitman, dedicates a rest stop to Howard Stern

1996 "Les Miserables," opens at Musichall Theatre, Duisburg

1998 25th American Music Award Spice Girls &Babyface win

1998 Intel launches 333 MHz Pentium II chip

1998 President Clinton says "I want to say one thing to the American people, I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Miss Lewinsky"

1998 U.S. President Bill Clinton categorically denies having an affair with White House intern Monica Lewinsky, saying "I did not have sexual relations with that woman ... Miss Lewinsky."

1788 The first English convicts arrive in Australia

1841 Hong Kong becomes a British soverign territory

1905 The world's largest diamond iss found near Pretoria, South Africa

1939 Fascist Franco conquers Barcelona

1945 Soviet forces reach Auschwitz concentration camp

1948 Executive Order981, which puts an end to segregation in US Armed Forces, is signed

1950 India becomes a democratic republic within the Commonwealth

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