1991 Law enforcement officers raid fraternities at University of Virginia seizing drugs

1991 Pamela Smart (HS teacher) found guilty in New Hampshire of manipulating her student-lover to kill her husband

1991 Police fire on pro-democracy protesters in Bamako, Mali, killing 30, in violence that leads up to the overthrow of dictator General Moussa Traore

1992 England beat South Africa in rain-ruined cricket World Cup semi final

1992 US Air New York to Cleveland crashes on take off at La Guardia, 27 die

1993 Intel introduces Pentium-processor (80586) 64 bits-60 MHz-100+ MIPS

1994 Dutch Ambassador to US christens a new tulip (the Hillary Clinton)

1994 South African Government/ANC take power in Ciskei homeland

1994 Soyuz TM-21 lands

1995 Deputy Governor of Bank of England, Rupert Pennant-Rea, resigns following revelations of his affair with a freelance journalist

1995 In Buenos Aires Argentina Victoria BC rower Silken Laumann 1965- tests positive for banned stimulant ephedrine at the Pan-American Games

1996 Cheryl Depew, of Florida, crowned 13th Miss Hawaiian Tropic International

1996 STS 76 (Atlantis 16), launches into orbit

1997 Comet Hale-Bopp Closest Approach to Earth (1.315 AU)

1999 RaiLink Ltd.takes over operation of the CN Coronado, Bonnyville, and Lac La Biche subdivisions, northeast of Edmonton. The line extends from St. Paul Junction, immediately north of Edmonton, to Boyle and northeast to Grande Centre and Elk Point. It also connects with RaiLink's existing Lakeland and Waterways line at Boyle.

1945 Arab League formed by seven Middle East countries

1946 Jordan gains independence from British rule

1599 The birth of Sir Anthony Van Dyck, Flemish artist

1910 The birth of Nicholas Monsarrat, English author

1923 The birth of Marcel Marceau, French Mime artist

1930 The birth of Stephen Sondheim, American songwriter

1948 The birth of Andrew Lloyd Webber, Composer of 'Phantom of the Opera' and 'Cats'

2005 Death of Clemente Domínguez y Gómez, Antipope Gregory XVII (b. 1946)

2006 ETA declares a permanent ceasefire in their campaign for Basque independence from Spain.

2007 NATO troops launch two assaults in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, killing 38 Taliban terrorists. NATO suffers no casualties.

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