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1989 US female Figure Skating championship won by Jill Trenary. 
1989 George O'Hanlon, actor/director (Bop Girl, Zamba), dies at 71
1990 After being in prison for 27 years, Nelson Mandela is freed.
1990 Heavyweight boxing champ Mike Tyson loses the title when he is knocked out in the tenth round in a fight with Buster Douglas in Tokyo
1990 James "Buster" Douglas KOs Mike Tyson to win heavyweight boxing crown.
1990 South African activist Nelson Mandela is freed after 27 years in prison
1990 US male Figure Skating championship won by Todd Eldredge
1991 UNPO, Unrepresented Nations and People Organization forms in Hague Netherlands.
1991 Oscar Nitzchke, German architect (Alcoa building), dies at 90.
1992 F-16 jet crashes at residential district of Hengelo Netherlands (No deaths)
1992 Ray Danton, US actor/director (Psychic Killer), dies at 60.
1993 Baseball pitcher Nolan Ryan announces that he will be retiring after the 1993 season.
1993 Janet Reno is named by president Bill Clinton as the inaugural woman to hold the position of U.S. attorney general.
1993 Janet Reno selected by Clinton as US Attorney General
1993 George A Stephen, inventor (Weber Kettle Grill), dies at 71.
1994 Lu Parker, (South Carolina), crowned 43rd Miss USA.
1994 Space shuttle STS-60 (Discovery 18), lands
1994 Antonio Martin, Spanish cyclist, dies in cycling accident at 23
1995 The space shuttle Discovery touches down at Cape Canaveral, Florida, ending a mission that included docking with the Russian Mir space station
1995 US male Figure Skating championship won by Todd Eldredge.
1995 West Indies score 5-660 against New Zealand.
1996 Amelia Rosselli, poet, dies at 65
1997 Celine Dion receives an award for her 50 millionth record sold
1997 STS 82 (Discovery 22) launches
1997 Don Porter, actor (Gidget), dies at 84.
1998 A federal judge rules that golfer Casey Martin, who suffers from a circulatory condition making it hard to walk, is covered by the American with Disabilities Act. Under the ADA, Martin should be allowed to use a golf cart when he competes in PGA tournaments.
1998 KVBC-FM (Las Vegas) offers Monica Lewinsky $5M for interview.
1998 Lyrics to "Candle in the Wind 1997," auctioned for $442500
1999 In Afghanistan a 6.0 earthquake killed 70 and 500 injured, at least 14000 homeless and 7000 houses destroyed in Lowgar and Vardak Provinces
1999 Pluto is once again the farthest planet from the sun in our solar system.
2005 The Computer game World of Warcraft was launched in Europe.
2006 U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney accidentally shoots his friend and lawyer, Harry Whittington, in the face with a shotgun on a south Texas ranch.
2007 Portuguese voters agree to legalise abortion in a national referendum
2007 The 49th Annual Grammy Awards take place at the Staples Center in Los Angeles
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