1995 Beatles song, "Free As A Bird", with late John Lennon as lead singer, is released, first Fab Four single in more than 30 years

1995 Dow-Jones hits 4083.68 (record)

1995 In Tokyo, Japan, at the height of the morning rush hour, five two-man terrorist teams from the Aum Shinrikyo religious cult, riding on separate subway trains, converge at the Kasumigaseki station and secretly release lethal sarin gas into the air

1995 Poison Gas released in Tokyo subway 12 killed, 4,700 injured

1996 Erik &Lyle Menendez found guilty of killing their parents

1996 UK admits humans can catch CJD (Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease aka Mad Cow Disease)

1997 Tobacco company Liggett admits cigarettes are addictive

1602 Dutch East India Company founded

1956 Tunisia gains independence from France

1990 Namibia gains independence after 105 years

1908 The birth of Sir Michael Redgrave, British actor

1950 The birth of William Hurt, American film actor

2005 At least 250 people in Japan are injured and at least one killed by when a magnitude 7 earthquake struck west of Kyushu Island, just 9km (5.5 miles) below the ocean floor.

2006 Tropical Cyclone Larry makes landfall in Queensland, Australia.

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