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1982 Eighty-four workers die when an oil drilling rig sinks off the coast of Newfoundland during a storm. 

1982 Off the Newfoundlandthe oil drilling rig Ocean Ranger capsizes and sinks in 18 m waves during a fierce storm on the Grand Banks 315 km east of St. John's; all 84 crewmen, 56 of whom are Newfoundlanders, drown in worst marine disaster in Canada. 

1984 500000 Iranian soldiers move into Iraq 

1985 STS 51-E vehicle moves to launch pad. 

1985 World chess championship match abandoned-Karpov 25, Kasparov 23. 

1986 In this year, Ferdinand Marcos claims rigged Philippines presidential election 

1987 ABC-TV begins broadcasting "Amerika" mini-series. 

1987 Craig Stadler disqualified from Andy Williams Open for kneeling on a towel to make a shot. 

1987 Nikolai Guljajev is recorded as becoming world champion skater 

1988 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 

1989 Israel attacks border strip Taba near Egypt 

1989 Soviet military occupation of Afghanistan ends 

1989 The last Soviet troops leave Afghanistan, ending nine years of military involvement 

1990 Baseball owners lock out players 

1990 U.S. President George Bush meets with Bolivian, Colombian, and Peruvian leaders at an anti-drug summit in Colombia. 

1991 Freighter with dynamite explodes in Phang Nga Thailand, 120 die. 

1992 100th episode of "Cops" airs on the Fox Network 

1992 Jeffrey Dahmer are discovered sane and guilty of killing 15 boys 

1994 US asks Aristide to adopt a peace plan from Haiti 

1995 Burundi premier Anatole Kanyenkiko, steps down. 

1995 Dow-Jones closes at record 3986.17. 

1995 Population of People's Republic of China hits 1.2 billion. 

1997 US female Figure Skating championship won by Tara Lipinski 

1997 US male Figure Skating championship won by Todd Eldridge 

1998 In this year, Dale Eggeling claims Los Angeles Women's Golf Championship 

1999 Fire blazes through a nightclub in Taichung, Taiwan, killing 64 people. 

2011 Libyan protests begin opposing Colonel Muammar al-Gaddafi's rule. 

2012 United Kingdom unemployment rate reaches 17 year high of 8.4%. 

2013 Over 1200 people are injured after a meteor breaks up over Chelyabinsk, Russia. 

2014 Tammam Salam is elected Prime Minister of Lebanon after a 10 month gridlock 

2018 Cyril Ramaphosa is sworn in as South African President, replacing Jacob Zuma. 

2018 inaugural known case of transgender woman breastfeeding reported in "Transgender Health Journal" in US 

2018 Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn steps down in a surprise move 

2024 Caitlin Clark is recorded as becoming the NCAA Division I women's career scoring leader in a game for Iowa against Michigan, scoring a career-high 49 points 

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