1996 Space Shuttle STS 76 (Atlantis 16), lands

1996 The sun set on eWorld as Apple pulled the plug on its struggling two-year-old online service.

1996 Wrestlemania XII Shawn Michaels beats Brett Hart for WWF title

1997 "Daytime to Remember" a series showing old soaps premieres on ABC-TV

1997 Pioneer 10, ends its mission

1999 Australian aid workers Steve Pratt and Peter Wallace are arrested by Serb authorities

1492 Queen Isabella of Castilia and Ferdinand of Aragon expels Jews, who had lent them money for Columbus' journey

1889 The Eiffel Tower in Paris, 985ft tall, was officially opened

1920 British parliament accept Irish "Home Rule"-law

1939 Britain and France agree to support Poland if Germany takes any action against it

1986 The largest local government in the world, 'The Greater London Council', is abolished

1596 The birth of Rene Descartes, French philosopher

1732 The birth of Franz Joseph Haydn, Austrian composer of symphonies and quartets

1811 The birth of Robert Bunsen, German who invented the 'Bunsen' burner

1914 The birth of Octavio Paz, mexican writer and poet

1943 The birth of Christopher Walken, american actor

1948 The birth of Al Gore, American senator and vice-president

1971 The birth of Ewan McGregor, Scottish actor

2005 Death of Terri Schiavo, American right-to-die and right-to-life cause célèbre (b. 1963)

2007 Sydney, Australia, turns off its lights for 1 hour between 7:30pm and 8:30pm as a political statement for Global Climate Change.

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