1992 In Kyrgyzstan a 6.2 quake resulted in three people killed, 5,500 houses completely destroyed and more than 4,000 houses damaged

1992 New York department store chain Alexanders announces closing of all 11 stores

1993 Jane Seymour & James Kesch marry

1995 China People's Republic performs nuclear test at Lop Nor People's Rebublic of China

1902 Portugal declares itself bankrupt

1908 Artist Claude Monet destroys some of his paintings, which he didn't like

1988 Soviet troops begin their withdrawl from Afghanistan

1859 The birth of Pierre Curie, French physicist

1909 The birth of James Mason, British actor

2005 A passenger ferry capsizes and sinks in strong winds in the Bura Gauranga River in Bangladesh, leaving over 10 people missing.

2007 Coalition government of Fatah and Hamas in Palestinian National Authority appeared to break down, as massive fighting breaks out in Gaza Strip.

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