1990 McDonald's opens its first fast-food restaurant in Moscow.

1990 The first ever all-sports daily "The National" begins publishing

1991 An earthquake measuring 6.6 occurs in the Hindu Kush Region . Estimated 200-400 people killed, many injured and many homes destroyed or damaged in Konar, Nangarhar and Badakhshan Provinces, Afghanistan.

1991 Battle for Khafji in Saudi Arabia (ends after 3 days)

1991 Robert Gibson flies record 27,040 feet altitude

1992 MTA raised tolls on most New York City NY bridges from $2.50 to $3.00

1992 Sportscaster Howard Cosell retires

1994 Dow Jones hits a record 3,978.36

1997 A state of emergency has been lifted in Durham, Ontario where flooding earlier this month forced the evacuation of 120 homes and businesses. The waters of the Saugeen River have finally stabilized. Damage is estimated at 1.1 million dollars, and 15 families are still unable to return home.

1997 The U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln, a Nimitz class aircraft carrier with a flight deck the size of three football fields, is paying a courtesy visit to Victoria British Columbia today.

1998 STS 89 (Endeavour 12) lands

1999 The Denver Broncos repeat as NFL champions, defeating the Atlanta Falcons 34-19 in Super Bowl XXXIII.

2001 The Montreal Canadians Hockey team is sold by Molsons to an American

1865 Congress passes 13th Amendment, abolishing slavery in America

1929 Leon Trotsky expelled from Russia

1946 Yugoslavia adopts new constitution, becomes a federal republic

1950 President Truman reveals that he ordered the Atomic Energy Commission to develop hydrogen bomb

1958 America launches its first satellite, Explorer I, from Cape Canaverel

1968 The Island of Mauritius gains independence

1994 German based BMW buys Rover cars from British Aerospace for 800 million

1797 The birth of Franz Schubert, Austrian composer

1882 The birth of Anna Pavlova, Celebrated Russian prima ballerina

1921 The birth of Mario Lanza, American Tenor and film actor, who died suddenly aged 38

1938 The birth of Queen Beatrix of The Netherlands

2006 Samuel Alito is sworn in as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.

2007 The Venezuelan National Assembly gives President Hugo Chávez the power to rule by decree for 18 months.

2007 Delta Air Lines creditors officially reject US Airways' hostile takeover bid.

2007 The Mooninite scare occurs in Boston when devices used in a guerrilla marketing campaign for the animated television series Aqua Teen Hunger Force are mistaken for improvised explosive devices.

2009 In Kenya, at lea 113 people are killed and over 200 injured following an oil spillage ignition in Molo, days after a massive fire at a Nakumatt supermarket in Nairobi killed at lea 25 people.

2009 In Kenya, at lea 113 people are killed and over 200 injured following an oil spillage ignition in Molo, days after a massive fire at a Nakumatt supermarket in Nairobi killed at lea 25 people.

2009 In Kenya, at lea 113 people are killed and over 200 injured following an oil spillage ignition in Molo, days after a massive fire at a Nakumatt supermarket in Nairobi killed at lea 25 people.

2009 In Kenya, at lea 113 people are killed and over 200 injured following an oil spillage ignition in Molo, days after a massive fire at a Nakumatt supermarket in Nairobi killed at lea 25 people.

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