1984 South-Africa &Mozambique sign non attack treaty

1985 Associated Press correspondent Terry Anderson taken hostage in Beirut

1985 Denny McLain, pitcher; convicted of racketeering, sentenced to 25 years

1985 In the Leeward Islands a 6.8 earthquake injured 6 and damage (VI) on Guadeloupe. Minor damage on Montserrat. Also felt on Antigua, St. Kitts and Puerto Rico.

1988 As part of the Iran-Contra affair, Lieutenant Colonel Oliver L. North and Vice Admiral John M. Poindexter of the National Security Council (NSC) are indicted on charges of conspiracy to defraud the United States

1988 Federal grand jury indicts Marine Lt. Col. Oliver L. North &Navy Vice Adm. John M. Poindexter in Iran-Contra affair

1988 North-Ireland Protestant fires on Catholic funeral, 3 killed

1988 US sends 3000 soldiers to Nicaragua's neighbor Honduras

1991 7 members of Reba McEntire's band are killed in a plane crash

1991 New York Lotto pays $33.3 million to one winner (#s are 18-21-32-33-35-38)

1992 Matt Keough, in the dugout, is hit flush in the head by a batted ball

1993 Edmonton, Alberta Police use pepper spray and batons to control over 100 youths who attacked passers-by in the Eaton Centre and Edmonton Centre malls, after a screening of the rap movie spoof CB4

1994 Moravcik forms Slovakia government

1994 Tonya Harding pleads guilty to felony attack on Nancy Kerrigan

1995 Dow-Jones hits record 4069.15

1995 Mississippi House of Representatives ratifies 13th Amendement-formally abolishes slavery

1995 World best 7th wicket stand 461 by Bhupinder Singh Jr &P Dharmani

1996 Mike Tyson KOs Frank Bruno in 2nd round

1997 Donna Andrews wins LPGA Welch's/Circle K Championship

1802 West Point, the first United States Military Academy, opens its doors

1900 Discovery of the ancient city of Knossos on the island of Crete

1926 Robert Goddard launches the first oil and liquid oxygen powered rocket

1935 In Germany Hitler introduces conscription, renouncing the Treaty of Versailles

1751 The birth of James Madison, Former (4th) American President

1926 The birth of Jerry Lewis, American comedian

2005 Ripudaman Singh Malik and Ajaib Singh Bagri, accused of the bombing of the Air India Flight 182 in 1985, are found not guilty on all counts.

« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Next Page »