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1988 New Jersey Devils beat Chicago Blackhawks, 4-3 in OT, to clinch their 1st ever playoff spot. 

1988 Somalia and Ethiopia sign accord about Ogaden desert 

1988 Milton A Caniff, US cartoonist (Terry and the Pirates), dies at 81. 

1989 "Sunrise" a Gannett newspaper begins publishing for the Bronx 

1989 51st NCAA Men's Basketball Champion Michigan beats Seton Hall 80-79 (OT). 

1989 Mets win 11th consecutive home opener 8-4 over St Louis at Shea Stadium. 

1989 Norman Woolard, actor (Guilty, Saul and David, Medeleine), dies at 79 

1990 Katharine Balfour, actress (Love Story), dies of ALS at 69 

1991 "Penn and Teller - Refrigerator Tour" opens at Eugene O'Neill NYC. 

1991 12th Emmy Sports Award presentation. 

1991 Bo Jackson signs 1-year contract with Chicago White Sox 

1991 Thomas Bos skates world record 3 km (3 65.16) 

1991 In this year, UN Security Council formally adopts Gulf War truce resolution 

1991 Graham Greene, Brit writer (3rd Man, Our man in Havana), dies at 86. 

1992 1st exhibition game at Oriole Park at Camden Yards-Baltimore Orioles beat New York Mets. 

1992 inaugural five coed recruit companies from Orlando, FL Naval Training Center granduate 

1992 Lloyd "Slim" Andrews, actor (Buf Bill in Tomahawk Territory), dies 

1993 Alexander Mnouchkine, French movie producer (Professional), dies at 83. 

1994 13th NCAA Women Basketball Championship North Carolina beats Louisiana Tech 60-59. 

1994 1st roster of Silver Bullets (all-female pro baseball team) announced 

1994 6th Seniors Golf Tradition Ray Floyd 

1994 Betty Furness, actress/news consumer reporter (WNBC), dies at 78. 

1995 57th NCAA Men's Basketball Champion UCLA Bruins beats Arkansas 89-78. 

1995 Howard Stern gets in trouble for disparaging remarks about Selena. 

1995 David Alexander Reginald Herbert, writer, dies at 86 

1996 South Australia grab exciting draw vs Western Australia to win Sheffield Shield 

1996 St Francis Fighting Saints scores college baseball run record 71-1. 

1996 Carl Stokes, 1st black mayor of a major US city (Cleve), dies. 

1997 "Dream-Johnny Mercer Musical", opens at Royale NYC for 109 performance. 

1998 World Ice Dance Figure Skating Championship in Minneapolis MN; Russians Anjelika Krylova and Oleg Ovsyannikov win. 

2000 62nd NCAA Men's Basketball Championship at RCA Dome Indianapolis 

2007 Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko dissolves the Ukrainian Parliament following defections that increased the majority of his opponents. It has been nicknamed the "Second Orange Revolution" 

2009 In this year, Auralia formally formally adopts e United Nations Declaration on e Rights of Indigenous Peoples 

2012 Spanish unemployment reaches record high, youth unemployment stands at 50% 

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