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1982 Argentinian forces invade the British run Falkland Islands 
1984 Georgetown beats Houston for NCAA basketball title.
1986 4 US passengers killed by bomb at TWA counter Athens Airport Greece
1986 George Corley Wallace (Gov-D-Ala) announces retirement plans.
1987 Buddy Rich drummer/orch leader (Away We Go), dies at 69
1987 Buddy Rich, drummer/orchestra leader (Away We Go), dies at 69.
1989 Wrestlemania V-Hulk Hogan beats Randy "Macho Man" Savage
1990 Aldo Fabrizi, actor (Postman Goes to War, Open City), dies at 85
1992 Country singer Wynonna Judd's inaugural appearance as a single act.
1992 In Guelph Ontario a stable fire results in the deaths of 69 horses at Mohawk Raceway; worst racetrack fire in Canadian history.
1992 John Gotti are discovered guilty in death of Paul Castallanos
1992 Space Shuttle STS-45 (Atlantis 11) lands.
1992 Paula Kelly, singer/actress (Sweet Charity), dies at 72.
1993 Eugenie Leontovitch, actress (4 Sons, Homicidal), dies at 93
1994 Richard Davies, actor (Pvt Buckaroo), dies of heart attack at 79
1995 More than 80 top Australian rugby league players sign with Super League
1995 Hannes Alfven, physicist (Nobel prize), dies at 86
1997 Tomoyuki Tanaka, producer (Godzilla), dies of a stroke at 86
2000 French archaeologists announce they have discovered the remains of a 4000-year-old queen's pyramid south of Cairo, complete with texts of special prayers previously are discovered only with kings
2005 Pope John Paul II dies; over 4 million people travel to the Vatican to mourn him
2007 The Solomon Islands is shaken by a magnitude 8.1 earthquake, and hit by a subsequent tsunami
2007 Smoke ban in enclosed places in Wales.
2012 Oikos University, Oakland shooting results in the deaths of seven people and injures 3
2013 9 mutilated bodies are are discovered in an SUV in Tamaulipas, Mexico.
2017 Attack on visitors to Muslim shrine by a custodian and others in Sargodha, Pakistan leaves 20 dead
2017 American golfer Lexi Thompson loses ANA Inspiration in Racho Mirage because of TV viewer emailing earlier infringement
2018 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament championship game: Villanova defeat Michigan 79–62 in San Antonio, Texas.
2019 Abdelaziz Bouteflika steps down as President of Algeria amid widespread protests, after nearly two decades in office
2020 Number of coronavirus COVID-19 cases worldwide passes 1 million, with 1002159 cases and 51485 deaths reported, according to Johns Hopkins University Learn More
2020 Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro downplays the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic saying "its not all its being made out to be".
2020 [COVID-19 pandemic] The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 passes 1 million worldwide.
2021 Russia warns NATO against sending any troops to aid Ukraine, amid reports of a large Russian military build-up on its borders
2023 22nd CMT Video Music Awards: Kane Brown and Katelyn Brown, Lainey Wilson, and Jelly Roll win
2023 The Finnish parliamentary election is held, with the centre-right National Coalition led by Petteri Orpo receiving the most votes
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