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1988  Arizona House of Representatives vote to impeach Republican Governor Evan Mecham.   

1988  Mikhail Gorbachev and President Reagan nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize   

1988  Panamanian General Manuel Noriega indicted by US grand jury for drugs.   

1988  The inaugural prime-time wrestling match in 30 years-Andre the Giant beats Hulk Hogan   

1989  Kareem Abdul-Jabar is recorded as becoming inaugural NBA player to score 38000 points.   

1989  Joe Raposa, composer/songwriter (Sesame Street), dies at 51.   

1991  A Michigan court bars Dr Jack Kevorkian from assisting in suicides.   

1991  Dean Jagger, US actor (Mr Novak, Rawhide, Oscar), dies at about 87   

1992  Jury selection begins in the Los Angeles cops beating Rodney King case   

1992  Last day of Test Cricket cricket for Dilip Vengsarkar.   

1992  Mike Whitney career-best 7-27 at WACA in Test Cricket win vs India   

1992  Donald Zimmerman, editor, dies   

1993  Grenade explodes in Sarajevo, killing 63 and injuring 160   

1993  R James Woolsey, is recorded as becoming 16th director of CIA   

1993  Jack Young, cricketer (8 Tests for England 1947-49, 17 wickets), dies   

1994  "Where On Earth Is Carmen San Diego," debuts on Fox TV.   

1994  Medgar Evers' murderer Byron De La Beckwith sentenced to life, in Jackson MS, 30 years after the crime   

1994  Fred de Bruyne, Flemish cyclist/gang leader (Paris-Nice), dies at 63.   

1995  Japan's Shinshinto Party win local elections.   

1995  Courtenay E Benson, broadcaster, dies at 79   

1997  3 Swiss banks create $70 million Holocaust fund.   

1997  Brook Lee, Hawaii, crowned 46th Miss USA (en route to Miss Universe)   

1998  Alberto Acciarito convicted of harassing his ex-wife Ingrid Rossellini.   

1999  Former heavyweight boxing champ Mike Tyson is sentenced to a year in a Maryland jail for assaulting two motorists after a traffic accident   

2006  The Pittsburgh Steelers win Super Bowl XL, defeating the Seattle Seahawks 21-10.   

2009  e United ates Navy guided missile cruiser Port Royal runs aground off Oahu, Hawaii, damaging e ship as well as a coral reef   

2012  In this year, Quarterback Eli Manning claims his second Superbowl Most Valuable Player Award after leading the New York Giants to a 21-17 victory over the New England Patriots in Superbowl XLVI.   

2013  UK House of Commons votes in favour of same-sex marriage   

2014  Archaeologists decrypt the 13th C Viking jötunvillur runic code   

2017  African Cup of Nations 2017: Cameroon defeat Egypt 2-1 in Libreville.   

2017  Romanian government scraps corruption degree after 6 days of mass demonstrations   

2017  Heavy metal band Black Sabbath play their last concert in their home town Birmingham, England   

2018  In this year, A share market sell off starts on Wall Street with Dow Jones sinking 4.6%, spreads around the globe   

2019  The Taliban results in the deaths of at least 47 people in attacks while Afghan–Taliban peace talks are taking place in Moscow. 12 others are injured.   

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0976  Sanjō: Emperor of japan   

1505  Aegidius tschudi: Swiss historian   

1519  René of châlon:   

1534  Giovanni de' bardi: Italian writer   

1589  Honorat de brueil seigneur de racan: French playwright/poet   

1589  Esteban manuel de villegas: Spanish poet   

1608  Gaspar schott: German mathematician   

1626  Marie de rabutin-chantal: Marquise de sévigné, french author   

0995  William iv: Duke of aquitaine (b. 937)   

1520  Sten sture the younger: Regent of sweden (b. 1493)   

1578  Giovanni b moroni: Italian portrait painter,   

1591  Death of Gerard de jode: Flemish publisher,   

1658  Death of Maria margaretha van angels: Dutch prioress at oirschot,   

1679  Joost van den vondel: Dutch poet (gysbreght van aemstel),   

1705  Death of Jean gilles: Composer,   

1721  Death of James stanhope 1st earl of stanhope: English general,