1978 Laura Nickel &Curt Noll find 25th Mersenne prime, 2 ^ 21701-1

1979 NASA launches space vehicle S-203

1979 Richard Arrington elected mayor of Birmingham

1980 Honduras &El Salvador settle their boundary dispute

1980 NASA launches Flt Satcom-4

1985 22nd Space Shuttle Mission (61-A)-Challenger 9-launched

1986 Discovery moves to OPF where more than 200 modification are made

1988 2 gambling clubs &1 player share 61.38 M California lotto jackpot

1991 Mid East peace conference begins in Madrid Spain

1995 Quebec Separatists narrowly defeated ( 50.6 percent to 49.4) in a vote to remain within the federation of Canada

1996 RaiLink-Ottawa Valley takes over operation of the former CP line between Smiths Falls and Cartier, Ont as well as the Mattawa to Temiskaming branch in Quebec.

1905 Aspirin developed by the German company Bayer

1735 The birth of John Adams, 2nd American President

1741 The birth of Angelica Kauffman, Swiss painter

1885 The birth of Ezra Pound, American poet

1935 The birth of Michael Winner, American director

2005 Hurricane Beta hits the coast of Nicaragua. It is the thirteenth hurricane of 205, breaking the 1969 record of 12 hurricanes.

2006 Former President of Chile augo Pinochet is placed under house arrest for crimes committed at the Villa Grimaldi detention centre.

2006 An airstrike on a madrasah in Bajaur kills dozens of suspected al-Qaeda and Taliban militants.

2006 The Esperanza Fire burns over 61 square miles of Cabazon, California mountain territory.

2007 Brazil is announced as the host of the FIFA World Cup 2014.

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