Jan 29 IN Ottawa Ray Hnatyshyn sworn in as Canada's 24th Governor General

Jan 16 The Soviet Union sends 11,000 reinforcements to the Caucasus to end the civil war between Armenians and Azerbaijanis.

Jan 17 Who, Simon & Garfunkel, 4 Seasons, 4 Tops, Hank Ballard, Platters & Kinks inducted into Cleveland's Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

Jan 29 Exxon Valdez captain Joseph Hazelwood goes on trial due to oil spill

Jan 31 McDonald's opens its first fast-food restaurant in Moscow.

Jan 24 Japanese MUSES-A (Hiten) launched towards moon

Jan 18 Washington DC, Mayor Marion Barry arrested in drug enforcement sting

Jan 31 The first ever all-sports daily "The National" begins publishing

Jan 09 The space shuttle Columbia leaves earth on a ten-day mission to, among other things, retrieve a drifting satellite.

Jan 10 China lifts martial law (imposed after Tiananmen Square massacre)

Jan 22 Graduate student Robert T. Morris is convicted in federal court for unleashing a malicious "worm" on a computer network.

Jan 06 New York Lotto pays $35 million to one winner (#s are 18-25-26-32-42-44)

Jan 15 Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev declares a state of emergency in parts of Azerbaijan and Armenia, due to increased ethnic violence.

Jan 17 A study concluded it is not oat bran itself, but the substitution of oat bran or other foods for high-fat foods which cuts blood cholesterol.

Jan 18 Washington, D.C., Mayor Marion Barry was arrested in an FBI sting at a downtown hotel and charged with buying and smoking crack cocaine.

Jan 15 6th Soap Opera Digest Awards - Knots Landing wins

Jan 04 Canada defeats Czechoslovakia 2-1 to win World Junior Hockey title.

Jan 16 Moscow rushed 11,000 more troops to Azerbaijan and Armenia to reinforce soldiers trying to quell deadly ethnic violence.

Feb 09 Galileo flies by Venus

Feb 10 US female Figure Skating championship won by Jill Trenary

Feb 15 U.S. President George Bush meets with Bolivian, Colombian, and Peruvian leaders at an anti-drug summit in Colombia.

Feb 25 On a BBC taped interview, rock star Stevie Nicks breaks down, saying that she will never have children &no man can stand her for long

Feb 12 In Hagersville, Ontarioa tire dump fire set by teenage boys forces hundreds of families from their homes, causes massive air pollution

Feb 04 10 Israeli tourists murdered near Cairo

Feb 15 Baseball owners lock out players

Feb 10 Buster Douglas KOs Mike Tyson in 10 to become heavyweight boxing champion

Feb 10 6th Largest wrestling crowd (63,900-Tokyo Dome)

Feb 11 After being in prison for 27 years, Nelson Mandela is freed

Feb 07 USSR Communist party agrees to allow opposition political parties

Feb 02 South African President F.W. de Klerk promises to free imprisoned political prisoner Nelson Mandela and lifts a ban on black membership in the African National Congress.

Feb 22 Grain carrier collides with Polish fishing vessel in Vancouver Harbour; spilling 40,000 litres of diesel fuel

Feb 13 Health Minister Perrin Beatty announces $75-100,000 in compensation for each victim of the drug thalidomide born between 1959 and 1961

Feb 07 Karachi police kill 22 anti-nationalistic demonstrators

Feb 02 South Africa's President F[rederik] W[illem] de Klerk promises to free Nelson Mandela & legalizes African National Congress & 60 other political organizations

Feb 22 First day India vs New Zealand cricket at Auckland New Zealand 5-78 at lunch, 9-387 stumps

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