1975 "Tommy" premieres in London

1975 Ottawa raises minimum wage for federal employees from $2.20 to $2.60 per hour.

1976 American League approves purchase of Toronto franchise by LaBatt Brewing for $7M

1976 Wings release "Wings at the Speed of Sound" album

1977 Elvis Costello releases his first record "Less Than Zero"

1979 Camp David peace treaty between Israel &Egypt

1980 Bombay gets its first rock concert in 10 years (The Police)

1981 Police &Albanian demonstrators battle in Kosovo Yugoslavia

1981 Soyuz T-4 lands

1982 Ground-breaking in Washington DC for Vietnam Veterans Memorial

1982 Paul McCartney &Stevie Wonder release "Ebony &Ivory" in the UK

1982 Soap opera "Capitol" premieres

1983 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site

1985 In Ottawa Ontario Brian Mulroney 1939- announces that his government is ending the National Energy Program, Alberta starts singing "Happy Days are Here Again"

1986 Geffen records signs Guns &Roses

1987 Hyderabad beat Delhi on first innings to win Ranji Trophy

1987 NASA launches Fltsatcom-6, it failed to reach orbit

1989 Allison Finney wins LPGA Standard Register Turquoise Golf Classic

1989 First free elections in USSR 190 M votes cast; Boris Yeltsin wins

1990 62nd Academy Awards "Driving Miss Daisy", Daniel Day-Lewis, Jessica Tandy win

1991 Fuel pipe explodes under 58th street &Lexington Ave, New York NY

1991 Victoria beat New South Wales by 7 wickets to win Sheffield Shield Final

1992 Mike Tyson sentenced to 10 years in rape of Desiree Washington

1992 NHL New York Rangers clinch first NHL regular season championship in 50 years

1994 Talk show hostess Ricki Lake weds Rob Sussman

1995 15th Golden Raspberry Awards Color of Night wins

1995 24th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Nanci Bowen

1995 Mashonaland beat Mashonaland U-24 by 165 runs to win Logan Cup

1995 Ottawa passes legislation ordering 30,000 striking railway employees back to work

1996 Canada's Anik E-1 communications satellite suffers electronic fault in Space, loses 50% of its capacity.

1996 Last day of 1st-class cricket for Allan Border (Queensland vs Victoria)

1997 NHL announce Might Ducks &Vancouver Canucks to open 1998 in Japan

1981 The British Social Democratic Party is founded by the 'Gang of Four'

1859 The birth of A.E Housman, English poet

1886 The birth of Chico Marx, American actor

« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Next Page »