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1973 Brigitte Reimann, writer, dies at 39. 
1974 Cher files for separation from husband Sonny Bono.
1974 The S-3A Viking ASW aircraft was officially introduced in the Navy in ceremonies at NAS North Island VS-41 accepted the inaugural aircaraft.
1974 David Monrad Johansen, composer, dies at 85
1975 Margaret Thatcher elected leader of British Conservative Party
1975 Edgar "Cookie" Fairchild, bandleader (Jerry Colonna Show), dies at 76.
1976 Kathryn Kuhlman, religious leader/faith healer, dies.
1978 4th People's Choice Awards Star Wars, Carol Burnett and Bob Hope.
1978 Egypt announces it is pulling its diplomats out of Cyprus
1980 Alice Longworth Roosevelt, youngest daughter of Theodore, dies at 96
1981 Flight readiness firing of Columbia's main engines; 20 seconds
1983 Japan launches Tenma satellite to study x-rays (450/570 km)
1983 James G Richardson, (Tim Cassidy-Sierra), dies at 37 in ski accident.
1984 Fikret Dzhamil Amirov, composer, dies at 61.
1985 Clarence Nash, voice (Donald Duck), dies at 80 of leukemia, in Calif
1986 Mike Tyson sexually harasses a woman in Albany NY
1986 The Channel Tunnel project was given the official go ahead.
1986 Francisco Paolo Mignone, composer, dies at 88.
1987 Bomb blamed on Unabomber explodes by computer store in Salt Lake City.
1987 David Hartman quits ABC's "Good Morning America," after 11 years.
1987 Ivan Brkanovic, composer, dies at 80
1988 500 die in heavy rains in Rio de Janeiro Brazil
1988 In this year, Brian Boitano claims Olympics gold medal in figure skating at Winter Olympics in Calgary, Alberta
1988 Peter Kalikow purchases New York Post from Rupert Murdoch for $37.6 million
1989 Total eclipse of the Moon.
1991 Slovenia dissolves all its links with the former Yugoslavia.
1992 Orthodox patriarch Shenouda III visits Netherlands.
1992 Ross Perot says he'll run for President on Larry King Show.
1992 Andrew Schenck, conducter, dies of melanoma at 51.
1994 3 Afghans take 70 Pakistani children hostage.
1994 In this year, Pope John Paul II formally claims juristic discrimination of homosexuals
1998 In this year, Tara Lipinski claims Olympics figure skating gold medal
1998 UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan lands in Baghdad, for peace negotiations.
1999 In this year, Fifteen-year-old U.S. figure skater Tara Lipinski is recorded as becoming the youngest gold medal winner in Winter Olympics history, as she claims the ladies figure skating category at Nagano, Japan
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