1985 Flight readiness firing of Atlantis' main engines; 20 seconds

1986 240.49 million shares traded in the NY Stock Exchange

1986 US professor Joseph Cicippio is kidnapped and held hostage in Beirut

1988 Gilbert, strongest hurricane ever (160 mph), devastates Jamaica

1990 US, England, France, USSR, East and West Germanys sign agreements allowing the 2 Germanys to merge

1991 Space shuttle STS 48 (Discovery 14) launched

1996 Rocky Mountain Railtours runs the longest passenger train in Canadian history. Three GP40 locomotives hauled 34 cars from Vancouver to Kamloops.

1910 World's first police woman appointed in Los Angeles, USA

1917 In Buenos Aires, South America, German buildings are destroyed by angry mob

1919 Adolf Hitler joins the German Worker's Party

1943 Benito Mussolini, captured by the Allies, is rescued by the Germans

1959 Luna 2, of the USSR, became to first spacecraft to crash on the moon

1972 Two British trawlers sunk by Icelandic gunboats during the 'cod war'

1990 Full sovereignity handed back to the newly unified German state

1888 The birth of Maurice Chevalier, French actor

1913 The birth of Jesse Owens, American Olympic athlete

1941 The birth of Linda Gray, American actress

2005 Norwegian parliamentary election, resulting in a victory for the red-green-coalition. New prime-minister is Jens Stoltenberg from Labour Party.

2005 The Hong Kong Disneyland Resort officially opens.

2005 English cricket team draw the final match to win The 205 Ashes.

2006 A stampede at a rally in Yemen leaves 41 dead.

2006 Pope Benedict XVI gives a lecture in Germany; he quotes a criticism of the Islamic faith, sparking mass protest.

2007 The Sandiganbayan found former Philippines President Joseph Estrada guilty beyond reasonable doubt on the charges of plunder but acquitted on the charges of perjury.

2007 Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announces his resignation, to be effective sep 19.

2007 Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov and his entire cabinet resign.

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