1981 Hazel Scott singer/pianist (Hazel Scott), dies at 61

1982 Paul Volcker announces that the war against inflation has gone too far and that he is abandoning his experiment with monetarism

1984 3 cosmonauts return after a record 237 days in orbit

1984 Richard Miller, becomes First (former) FBI agent, charged with espionage

1985 George Savalas actor (Kojak), dies at 58

1985 Rock Hudson actor (MacMillian & Wife), dies at 59 of aids

1985 Sidney Clute actor (Lou Grant, Cagney & Lacey), dies at 69

1986 Sikhs attempt to assassinate Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi

1987 In Peru a 5.4 earthquake killed 3 people and several homes damaged at Santiago de Chuco.

1988 Police breakup domestic disturbance between Mike Tyson and Robin Givens

1999 China and Russia hail 50 years of diplomatic ties with the two neighbours' first joint naval exercises

1870 Rome becomes the capital city of Italy

1993 President Yeltsin declares a State of Emergency in Moscow

1847 The birth of Paul von Hindenberg, German field marshal and politician

1869 The birth of Gandhi, Indian leader of 'passive' resistance

1869 The birth of Groucho Marx, US comedian of the 'Marx' brothers fame

1904 The birth of Graham Greene, English novelist

2005 20 people are killed in a shipwreck in Lake George, NY.

2006 Charles Carl Roberts IV, a 32-yr-old milk-truck driver, kills five female students at an Amish schoolhouse in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania before shooting himself.

2006 Per Westerberg takes office as Speaker of the Riksdag in Sweden.

2007 The second Inter-Korean Summit begins. South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun and North Korean leader Kim Jong-il meet in Pyongyang.

2007 Los Ríos Region of Chile officially begins its functions as a new region.

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