1987 Gerber survey find most popular names for newborns (Jessica & Matthew)

1987 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site

1989 27th space shuttle mission, STS-29 (Discovery 8), returns to Earth

1989 California Quake amusement ride opens at Universal Studios

1990 32-day lockout by baseball owners ends

1990 A Tampa little leaguer, dies, after being struck by a pitch

1990 In a step towards the unification of Germany, the Conservative alliance wins the East German parliamentary elections with 48 per cent of vote.

1990 Largest Art robbery in the history (Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston), where 12 paintings valued at $100 million are stolen

1990 The first free elections in German Democratic Republic, Conservatives beat Communists

1991 Apple computer head Steve Jobs weds Laurene Powell

1991 Mike Tyson beats Razor Ruddock in the 7th round

1991 More than 70,000 people mass in the streets of several east German cities demanding an end to economic woes.

1992 Donna Summer gets a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame

1992 Leona Helmsley sentence to 4 years for tax evasion

1992 Zimbabwe beat England by 9 runs in World Cup at Albury

1993 Amsterdam stock exchange hits record ƒ12.2 billion

1993 Eddie Murphy marries Nicole Mitchell in NYC

1994 South Africa Goldstone committee reveals existence of secret police

1994 Space shuttle STS-62 (Columbia 16), lands

1994 Zsa Zsa Gabor files for bankruptcy

1995 Michael Jordan announces he is ending his 17 month NBA retirement

1995 Spanish princess Elena (31) weds Jaime de Marichalar y Saenez Tejada

1995 STS 67 (Endeavour 8) lands after 16½ days

1997 Russian AN-24 plane crashes in Turkey, 50 die

1662 First public bus service started by King Louis XIV in Paris for the poor of the city

1850 American Express company formed in Buffalo, New York

1931 First electric razors made in the United States

1949 NATO set up by seven European countries

1965 Soviet astronaut Alexei Leonov is first man to walk in space

1990 East Germany's first elections in over sixty years

1844 The birth of Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Russian composer

1858 The birth of Rudolf Diesel, German inventor of the Diesel engine

1869 The birth of Neville Chamberlain, Former British prime minister

2007 The 2007 Formula 1 World Championship Begins with the Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne

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