1980 Ted Turner's Cable News Network begins broadcasting

1984 Weightlifter Alexander Gunyashev of USSR snatches a record 211 kg

1985 Richard Greene actor (Adv of Robin Hood), dies at 67

1990 CNN, the Cable News Network, makes its debut today.

1990 Dow Jones Avg hits a record high of 2,900.97

1991 Mount Pinatubo (Phillipines) erupts for first time in 600 years

1952 East Germany closes its links with West

1958 General De Gaulle named the premier of France

1973 Greece becomes a republic, scrapping its monarchy

1926 The birth of Andy Griffith, American film and television actor

1926 The birth of Marilyn Monroe, American film actress

1937 The birth of Morgan Freeman, American film actor ('Driving Miss Daisy')

2005 Dutch referendum on the European Constitution votes to reject, the second country to do so.

2007 A 2100 year old melon is discovered by archaeologists in western Japan[11]

2007 U.S. warships bombard a Somali village where Islamic militants had set up a base[12]

2007 A 2100 year old melon is discovered by archaeologists in western Japan[11]

2007 U.S. warships bombard a Somali village where Islamic militants had set up a base[12]

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