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1986 Vladimir Horowitz performs in his Russian homeland 
1987 "Starlight Express"posted the largest week’ s gross in Broadway history. The roller-skating musical earned $606081 at the box office
1987 In this year, Rosa Mota claims the women's division of the Boston Marathon
1987 Antony Tudor, dancer/choreographer (Amer Ballet Theater) dies at 78
1990 Pete Rose pleads guilty to hiding $300000 in income
1990 Horst Sinderman, RDA 1st minister (1973-76), dies.
1991 Raghib "Rocket" Ismael signs with Toronto Argonauts for $26.2 million.
1991 Don[ald] Siegel, US director (Coogan's Bluff/Dirty Harry), dies at 78
1992 100th episode of "Murphy Brown" airs.
1992 Expo '92 opens in Seville Spain
1992 Benny Hill, comedian (Benny Hill Show), dies of a heart attack at 67
1993 Cantinflas, [Mario Moreno], Mexican actor (Pepe), dies at 81.
1994 Jean Carmet, French actor (Merci la Vie, Le Sucre), dies at 72.
1995 Milovan Djilas, Yugoslavian politician (1945-54), dies.
1996 Cecilia Grace Hunt Reeves Gillie, bBC Executive, dies at 88.
1999 "A bug's Life" is the inaugural DVD to be transfered directly from the digital source making it the inaugural 100 percent digital DVD.
1999 Victims and shooters of the Columbine High School massacre.
2002 Layne Staley, American grunge singer of Alice in Chains
2005 Fifty six hurt as earthquake hits Fukuoka and Kasuga, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. The earthquake measured a magnitude of 5.8 on the Richter scale.
2006 Iran announces a uranium enrichment deal with Russia, involving a joint uranium enrichment firm on Russian soil; nine days later Iran announces that it will not move all activity to Russia, thus leading to a de-facto termination of the deal.
2010 The Deepwater Horizon oil platform explodes in the Gulf of Mexico, killing eleven workers. The resulting oil spill, one of the largest in history, spreads for several months, damaging the waters and the United States coastline, and prompting international debate and doubt about the practice and procedures of offshore drilling
2012 Plane crash near Islamabad, Pakistan, results in the deaths of 127 people
2013 193 people are killed and 11826 are injured after a magnitude 7.0 earthquake strikes Lushan County, China.
2017 Terrorist attack on police van on Champs Élysées, Paris 1 police officer killed, 2 injured.
2018 Mexican court bars sales of controversial Frida Kahlo Barbie doll
2018 Arsène Wenger announces he will leave London EPL club Arsenal after 22 years as manager.
2018 Commonwealth countries decide Prince Charles will suceed Queen Elizabeth as the next head of the Commonwealth
2018 Actress Allison Mack arrested on charges of sex trafficking in relation to sex cult NXIVM in New York.
2018 King Mswati III of Swaziland changes the name of Swaziland to eSwatini, or “land of the Swatiâ€.
2020 Oil prices reach a record low, with West Texas Intermediate falling into negative values
2020 The Industrial Bank of Korea agrees to pay US$86 million and will enter a two-year deferred prosecution agreement to settle lawsuits with the U.S. Department of Justice and the state of New York over a 2011 scheme to help transfer US$1 billion to Iran.
2020 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Blue and White Alliance leader Benny Gantz agree on a deal to form a unity government, thus ending more than a year of political deadlock. As part of the deal, Netanyahu will hold onto his position for 18 more months, with Gantz replacing him afterwards
2021 Former police officer Derek Chauvin convicted of the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis, in a case that prompted huge nationwide racial justice protests [1]
2021 Idriss Déby, President of Chad, is killed in clashes with rebel forces after 30 years in office. The constitution is suspended and a Transitional Military Council is established to govern the country for 18 months
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