1982 1st-class debut of Richie Richardson, Leeward Islands vs Barbados

1982 France performs nuclear test

1982 Joan Jett &Blackhearts' "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" goes #1 for 7 weeks

1982 Reverend A Treurnicht forms Conservative Party of South Africa

1983 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Women's Kemper Golf Open

1984 Andy Kaufman &Fred Blassie's "My Breakfast With Blassie" premieres

1984 Senate rejects amendment to permit spoken prayer in public schools

1985 Libby Riddles is first woman to win Iditarod Trail Dog Sled Race

1986 228 KPH gust of wind strikes Cairngorm (UK record)

1986 Jacques Chirac become Prime Minister of French government

1986 Sondra Gotlieb, wife of Canada's then-ambassador to the USA Alan Gotlieb, slaps an aide in public during a reception for Prime Minister Brian Mulroney.

1987 FDA approves sale of AZT (AIDS treatment)

1987 Soap opera "Capitol" final episode

1987 Soviet filmmakers arrive in Hollywood for an entertainment summit

1988 David Henry Hwang's "M Butterfly", premieres in New York NY

1988 Mike Tyson KOs Tony Tubbs in 2 for heavyweight boxing title

1989 Baseball announces Reds manager Pete Rose is under investigation

1989 Richard J Kerr replaces Robert M Gates as deputy director of CIA

1990 Singer Gloria Estefan breaks her collarbone in a bus accident

1990 The Canadian government to pass law forcing financial institutions to keep records of large cash transactions; so criminals cannot launder money

1991 Consumer and Corporate Affairs reports that personal and business bankruptcies reached their highest level ever; up 68% from 1990.

1991 Court awards Peggy Lee $3 million in contract violation suit against Disney

1991 Michael Jackson signs $65M six album deal with Sony records

1991 US forgives $2 billion in loans to Poland

1992 Janice Pennington is awarded $1.3M for accident on Price is Right set

1992 Noriega's wife Felicidad arrested for stealing buttons from dresses

1993 IRA-bomb kills 3 year old in Warrington England

1993 Morton Downey Jr weds Lori Krebs

1994 14th Golden Raspberry Awards Indecent Proposal wins

1994 Brett Hart wins WWF championship at Wrestlemania X

1994 El Salvador's first Presidential election following 12-year-old civil war

1994 Laura Davies wins LPGA Standard Register Ping Golf Tournament

1994 Mashonaland U-24 beat Matabeleland on first inn to win Logan Cup

1994 Wrestlemania X at Madison Square Garden New York, Bret Hart pins Yokozuna

1994 Zulu-king Goodwill Zwelithini founds realm in South Africa

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