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1985 Atlantis returns to Kennedy Space Center via Kelly AFB 
1985 Potter Stewart, 94th Supreme Court Justice (1958-81), dies in NH at 70
1987 43 die in Pacific Southwest Airline crash in California (man shot pilots).
1987 Gorbachev arrives in the US for a summit meeting
1988 Armenian SSR rocked by earthquake, 8 on Richter scale (55000 die).
1988 Gorbachev announces 10% unilateral Soviet troop reductions at UN
1988 Mikhail Gorbachev cheered by Wall St crowds upon arrival in NYC
1988 Yasser Arafat recognizes existence of Israel.
1988 Andrei P Ershov, Russian computer pioneer, dies.
1988 Armenian earthquake in Armenia killing 25000 people.
1990 Iraqi parliament endorses Saddam's decision to free hostages
1990 Ted Turner and Jane Fonda announce their engagement
1990 Delecta "Dee" Clark, US singer (Raindrops), dies at 52.
1992 Maurice Coutinho, writer/translator (Silent Struggle), dies at 79.
1993 South African transitional executive council set up
1993 Félix Houphouet-Boigny, pres of Ivory Coast (1960-93), dies at 88.
1994 Elga Andersen, German/French model/actress (Global Affair), dies at 58.
1995 Bill Gates announced that Microsoft would shift its entire business focus to the Internet.
1995 Galileo arrives on Jupiter.
1995 Larry Bartlett, photographer, dies at 42
1996 Eugene Izzi, mystery writer, hangs himself at 43
2005 A U.S. Federal Air Marshal fatally shoots Rigoberto Alpizar on a jetway at Miami International Airport in Florida.
2005 European Union TLD .eu is launched, and replaced .eu.int. Initially this will be only for business purposes. From 7 April 206 onwards, EU citizens can also register .eu domains.
2007 Uranus' orbit will be positioned such that the sun shines directly above its equator (i.e. an equinox)
2014 The Syrian military accuse Israel of carrying out two air strikes on Syria.
2017 Naples' pizza spinning given UNESCO intangible heritage status along with Germany's organ music, Kyrgystan's Kok boru and India's Kumbh festival.
2017 Australia's parliament votes to legalize gay marriage
2017 Virtual currency Bitcoin rises in value, passing $18440 on some exchanges.
2017 Unrest in West Bank and Gaza, schools closed and a general strike in response to America's recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital.
2017 In this year, Cristiano Ronaldo claims his 5th FIFA Ballon d’Or to equal Lionel Messi's record
2017 Pantone's 2018 Colour of the Year is Ultra Violet
2017 Former US gymnastics physician Larry Nasser is sentenced to 60 years on child pornography charges.
2017 Crumbling French château La Mothe-Chandeniers in Les Trois-Moutiers is bought by 9000 people
2017 Same-sex marriage is legalised in Australia.
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