1983 US President Ronald Reagan introduces "Star Wars"-plan (SDI)

1984 World Ice Dance Championship in Ottawa won by J Torvill & Chris Dean (Great Britain)

1985 Billy Joel weds supermodel Christie Brinkley

1985 Discovery moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 51-D mission

1985 Julian Lennon's first concert (San Antonio TX)

1985 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site

1986 Heavyweight Trevor Berbick KOs Pinklon Thomas

1987 Near Kamloops, BC an avalanche kills six American skiers and their Canadian guide.

1987 Soap opera "Bold & Beautiful" premieres

1987 US offers military protection to Kuwaiti ships in the Persian Gulf

1987 West Germany SPD chairman Willy Brandt resigns

1989 2 Utah scientists claim they have produced fusion at room temperature

1989 Joel Steinberg sentenced to 25 years for killing his adopted daughter

1990 Former Exxon Valdez Captain Joseph Hazelwood ordered to help clean up Prince William Sound & pay $50,000 in restitution for 1989 oil spill

1991 20 Tornadoes kill 5 in Tennessee

1992 WordStar announced it would buy Delrina Corporation, makers of a fax program called WinFax.

1993 Belgian government of Dehaene, resigns

1994 Amy Fisher's lover, Joey Buttafuoco, released from jail after 4 months & 9 days

1994 Howard Stern formally announces his Libertarian run for New York Governor

1994 Russian Airbus A-310 crashes in Siberia (74-75 killed)

1995 Dollar equals 88.41 yen (record)

1997 17th Golden Raspberry Awards Striptease wins

1997 Wrestlemania XIII in Chicago, Undertaker beats Psycho Sid for title

1998 70th Academy Awards Titanic, Jack Nicholson, Helen Hunt win

2000 Papua New Guinea agrees to create an autonomous government on Bougainville island and says it may hold a referendum on independence following autonomy;

1925 The teaching of Darwins theory of evolution banned in Tennessee schools

1971 Bangladesh, formerly East Pakistan, proclaims its independence

1887 The birth of Juan Gris, Spanish painter

2005 The United States' 11th Circuit Court of Appeals' 2-1 decision refuses to order the reinsertion of Terri Schiavo's feeding tube.

2007 Naval forces of Iran's Revolutionary Guard seize Royal Navy personnel in disputed Iran-Iraq waters.

2007 Eight human skeletons are discovered in Fort Myers, Florida, later linked to suspected serial killer Daniel Conahan.

2007 Naval forces of Iran's Revolutionary Guard seize Royal Navy personnel in disputed Iran-Iraq waters.

2007 Eight human skeletons are discovered in Fort Myers, Florida, later linked to suspected serial killer Daniel Conahan.

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