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1993 Reggie Jackson elected to Hall of Fame 
1993 Washington state hangs serial killer Westley Allan Dodd, the inaugural such execution in the US in 28 years.
1993 George L George, Russian/US journalist/director/producer, dies at 85.
1994 The start of a horror spell of New South Wales bushfires; four die, more than 100 hospitalised in one day, scores of homes destroyed; more than15000 Sydneysiders flee advancing flames.
1994 Thomas P. "Tip" O'Neill, former speaker of the House, dies in Boston at age 81.
1995 Lockheed C-140 Jetstar crashes at Isfahan Persia, 18 killed
1995 Rogers Cablesystems President Colin Watson says "'We now know we have made a mistake" as consumer revolt forces company to withdraw its negative option billing for seven new specialty cable-television channels
1996 Miami Dolphin coach Don Shula announces his retirement.
1996 Muralitharan no-balled for throwing in ODI vs West Indies at the Gabba
1996 The longest US government shutdown ends after 21 days when Congress passes an interim spending measure that allows federal employees to return to work
1996 Yahya Ayyash, the "Engineer", the elusive mastermind behind a wave of Islamic suicide bombings against Israel, is killed in Gaza, apparently by a booby-trapped mobile phone
1997 French trains are diverted to pick up stranded skiers and German rail stations are converted into homeless shelters as the death toll from Europe's longest cold spell in a decade passes 230.
1997 In ocean racing, Montreal solo sailor Gerry Roufs disappears at sea while circumnavigating the Globe.
1998 Ice storm knocks out electricity in Quebec and Ontario
1998 Sonny Bono, half of the Sonny and Cher pop duo and politician, dies in a skiing accident in Lake Tahoe, California at age 62
1998 Vandals decapitate Copenhagen's Little Mermaid
1999 Four US jets fire on and miss four Iraqi MiGs testing the "no-fly" zone over southern Iraq in the inaugural air-to-air confrontation in more than six years
2006 A hotel in Mecca, Saudi Arabia collapses, killing 76 pilgrims visiting to perform hajj
2007 Taiwan High Speed Rail open between Taipei and Kaohsiung.
2007 War in Somalia: The inaugural shots are fired in the battle for control of the border town of Ras Kamboni.
2018 North Korea accepts South Korean invitation for high-level talks
2018 Kitwe in Zambia bans shaking hands and the sale of fresh food in attempt to prevent a cholera outbreak.
2018 "Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House" by Michael Wolff is published by Henry Holt and Company.
2019 Hopman Cup Tennis, Perth: Swiss pair Roger Federer and Belinda Bencic clinch 2-1 win over Germany; beat Angelique Kerber and Alexander Zverev 4-0, 1-4, 4-3; Switzerland's 4th event success
2019 Golden State and Sacramento combine for 41 3-pointers in Warriors' 127-123 win; set new NBA record for 3s in a game; Stephen Curry hits 10 triples while Buddy Hield leads Kings with 8, Justin Jackson adds 5
2019 Bartholomew I of Constantinople issues a formal decree granting independence to the Orthodox Church of Ukraine from the Russian Orthodox Church.
2020 Golden Globes: "1917" Best Drama, "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" Best Comedy/Musical, acting awards Renée Zellweger , Joaquin Phoenix , Awkwafina, Taron Edgerton
2020 Second Libyan Civil War: Turkish President Recep Tayyip ErdoÄŸan announces that Turkish troops will be deployed to Libya on behalf of the United Nations-backed Government of National Accord.
2023 Funeral for Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI presided over by Pope Francis in St. Peter’s Basilica, Rome [1].
2023 Pocahontas revealed as the 12th great-grandmother of actor Edward Norton on PBS's "Finding Your Roots" [1]
2023 The funeral of Pope Benedict XVI is held at St. Peter's Square in the Vatican City. The funeral was attended by an estimated 50000 people
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