1986 Kathy Ormsby, a 21-year-old member of the NC State track team jumps off a bridge permanently paralyzing herself

1988 George Bush makes campaign promise to support reparations for WW II Japanese-American internees (promise broken, May 1989)

1991 Dana Plato receives 6 yr suspended sentence for robbing a video store

1991 The Canadian Supreme Court rules 6-1 that public servants can work on election campaigns; except for top bureaucrats, who must remain neutral.

1994 A Chinese passenger jet crashes, killing all 160 people on board.

1994 In Colombia a 6.7 quake results in at least 295 people killed, 500 missing, 13,000 homeless and severe damage caused to houses, highways and bridges by the earthquake and ensuing landslides

1999 Central Manitoba Railway, a subsidiary of Cando Contracting, takes over the operation of the former CN Carman sub. from m. 0.13 to m. 50.50.

1944 Invasion of Normandy, D-Day, by allied forces

1967 Egypt closes the Suez canal as Israel seizes Gaza

1778 The birth of George (Beau) Brummell, Fashion leader

1862 The birth of Henry Newbolt, English poet

1868 The birth of Robert F. Scott, English antartic explorer

1875 The birth of Thomas Mann, German writer and Nobel prize winner

2005 Syrian Vice President Abdul Halim Khaddam resigns.

2005 Apple Computer announces in a keynote address that they would begin production of Intel-chiped Macintosh computers in 206.

2005 Death of Dr. Maurice Rabb, Jr., African American ophthalmologist (b. 1932)

2005 Death of Anne Bancroft, American Actress (b. 1931)2006 The Union of Islamic Courts gains control of Somalia's capital Mogadishu, ending warlord rule of the city.

2006 The 6bone (testbed network for the IPv6 network protocol) is phased out.

2007 Twelve people are killed by cyclone Gonu in Oman.

2007 The Anaheim Ducks defeat the Ottawa Senators 4 games to 1 to win the NHL's Stanley Cup.

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