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1983 Yuri Andropov invites US schoolgirl Samantha Smith to USSR. 
1984 Richard Benedict actor, dies at 64 of a heart attack
1984 Rock group Wings disbands
1984 Richard Benedict, actor (Okinawa), dies at 64 of a heart attack
1985 For 2nd time, Wayne Gretzky, scores 7 goals in a Cup game
1985 Murray Matheson actor (Felix-Banacek), dies at 72
1985 Richard Haydn British actor, dies at 80.
1988 "Nightline" goes on location to Jerusalem Israel
1988 NASA launches space vehicle S-211
1988 Boris Kremenliev, composer, dies at 76.
1989 Mike Tyson gets a speeding ticket for drag racing in Albany NY.
1989 Near Coast of Guerrero, Mexico a 6.8 quake killed 3 people, and few injured and some damage at Mexico City.
1989 George Coulouris, actor (Papillon, Runaway Bus), dies at 85
1990 25th Academy of Country Music Awards (Clint Black and Kathy Mattea win).
1990 Dexter Gordon jazz saxophonist, dies at 67 in Philadelphia.
1990 Hubble space telescope is placed into orbit by shuttle discovery
1990 Violeta Barrios de Chamorro begins a 6 year term as Nicaragua's pres.
1990 Dexter Gordon, Jazz saxophonist, dies of kidney failure at 67.
1991 Designer Mary McFadden (52) announces divorce of Kohie Yohannan (23).
1991 Lisa Olson brings suit against NFL NE Patriots for sexual harassment
1991 The Interprovincial Pipeline mothballed; Quebec refiners can buy oil cheaper offshore; Sarnia to Montreal 832 km line built in 1974 energy crisis
1991 Frank Hamilton, actor (Subterraneans), dies at 66.
1992 In Petrolia, California a 7.1 earthquake resulted in ninety-eight people injured and considerable damage in southwestern Humboldt County.
1992 Brian Macleod, Canadian musician, dies of cancer at 39
1993 Rosita Moreno, actress (Walls of Gold), dies of heart attack at 85
1994 David Langton, British actor (Upstairs Downstairs), dies at 82.
1995 Art Fleming, game show host (Jeopardy), dies at 74
2005 A passenger train derails in Amagasaki Hyogo Prefecture Japan killing 107 people and injuring another 456. (see Amagasaki rail crash).
2007 Representative Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio), introduces articles to impeach Vice President Dick Cheney.[9].
2007 The Burj Dubai reaches the height of the Sears Tower on its way to becoming the tallest building in the world.
2007 The Dow Jones Industrial Average gains 135.95 points to close at 13089.89; its inaugural close above 13000 in its history
2011 At least 300 people killed in deadliest tornado outbreak in the Southern United States since the 1974 Super Outbreak
2012 The United Kingdom dips back into recession after the economy shrunk 0.2% in the inaugural quarter of 2012.
2013 The United Kingdom reopens its embassy in Somalia after 22 years.
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