1978 Wings release "London Town" album

1980 Larry Holmes TKOs Leroy Jones in 8 for (WBC) heavyweight boxing title

1980 Mike Weaver KOs John Tate in 15 for (WBA) heavyweight boxing title

1980 President Jimmy Carter deregulates banking industry

1981 53rd Academy Awards "Ordinary People", Robert De Niro, Sissy Spacek win

1982 Arkas tanker at Montz LA, spills 1.47 million gallons of oil

1982 Canada's first fibre optics cable manufacturing plant opens in Saskatoon.

1982 Rock group Doobie Brothers split up

1983 Earthquake in Colombia kills some 5,000 people

1983 In Colombia a 5.5 quake occurred Between 250 and 350 people killed, many injured and extensive damage (VIII) in the Popayan area

1984 One-legged runner Steve Fonyo dips his artificial leg in St. John's Harbour to start run across Canada to raise money for cancer research

1984 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site

1985 El Salvador's President Duartes Christian-Democrats win election

1986 167 die when Mexicana Airlines Boeing 727 crashes

1986 English Hampton Court palace destroyed by fire, 1 dead

1986 In Central California a 5.5 quake occurred Six people were treated for minor injuries. Slight damage (VI) in the Fremont area and power outages in parts of Fremont and San Jose

1988 Death of Sir William McMahon, Australian Liberal prime minister

1988 Last East Limburg coal mine closes in Gent Belgium

1989 Donald Trump purchases Eastern's Northeast Shuttle

1990 "Carol and Company" starring Carol Burnett premieres on NBC-TV

1990 Riots began in London over the new poll tax laws

1990 Thousands riot against new poll tax in central London, leaving 75 civilians and 58 police injured and 341 demonstrators under arrest.

1991 Albania offers first multi-party election in 50 years

1991 Danny Bonaduce attacks a transvestite prostitute in Phoenix AZ

1991 Soviet Republic of Georgia endorsed independence; Warsaw Pact dissolves

1992 Delhi beat Tamil Nadu on first innings to win cricket Ranji Trophy

1992 UN Security Council voted to ban flights and arms sales to Libya

1993 On this day in 1993, Lou Gerstner was approved as IBM's next chairman at a salary of $3.5 million in 1993-$2 million in base salary and a $1.5 million bonus for reaching performance goals.

1994 James Farentino pleads no contest to stalking Tina Sinatra

1995 Bombay beat Punjab on first innings to win cricket Ranji Trophy

1995 Federal judge orders injunction to end baseball strike

1995 Microsoft Bob, a much ballyhooed "social interface" from Microsoft, started shipping.

1996 25th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Patty Sheehan

1996 Karnataka defeat Tamil Nadu on first innings to win Ranji Trophy

1996 Radio Canada International's final shortwave broadcast

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