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1990 A computer problem disrupts AT and T's long distance telephone service around the U.S. for nearly nine hours 
1990 AT and T experiences long distance problems due to a computer glitch
1990 Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev declares a state of emergency in parts of Azerbaijan and Armenia, due to increased ethnic violence.
1990 VIA cuts half of its passenger network. Included in these cuts are a decision to run just one transcontinental train between Toronto and Vancouver via CN through Winnipeg, Saskatoon, Edmonton and Jasper.
1990 Gordon Jackson, actor (Hamlet), dies after a short illness at 66
1991 Australia beat New Zealand 2-0 to win the World Series Cup.
1991 UN's deadline for Iraq to withdraw from Kuwait passes - (they don't).
1992 Bulgaria recognizes Macedonia.
1992 Cleaning woman finds intimate photos of Sarah Ferguson with US man
1992 EC recognizes Slovenian and Croatian independence
1992 Supreme Court rules 5-3 that Joseph Doherty isn't entitled to asylum.
1992 The federation of Yugoslavia, intact since 1918, crumbles as the European Community recognizes the republics of Croatia and Slovenia
1993 7.5 earthquake strikes northern Japan, 2 die.
1993 Soap opera "Santa Barbara" final show on NBC TV.
1993 Henry Iba, basketball coach, dies at 88
1994 In this year, 15th ACE Cable Awards HBO claims 34 awards, Showtime claims 10
1994 Hague motorist with .51% alcohol in blood, breaks Dutch record (.47%)
1994 Queen Elizabeth falls off her horse and breaks her left wrist
1994 Gyorgy Cziffra, Hungarian/French pianist (Chopin/Liszt), dies at 72.
1995 Southern Alabama begins using new area code 334.
1995 Western Washington begins using new area code 360.
1995 Sollie McElroy, singer, dies at 61
1996 Les Baxter, singer/orch leader/composer (Born Again), dies at 73.
1997 American space shuttle Atlantis docks with Russian Mir space station for the inaugural time.
1997 Chicago Bull Dennis Rodman kicks cameraman, Eugene Amosin the groin.
1997 Space Shuttle Atlantis docks with Mir Space Station.
1997 Jose Ignacio Domecq, wine maker, dies at 82
1998 NASA announces John Glenn, 76, may fly in space again
1998 Amos "Junior" Wells, blues musician, dies at 63
2006 NASA's Stardust mission successfully ends, the inaugural to return dust from a comet
2009 US Airways Flight 1549 makes an emergency landing into e Hudson River shortly after takeoff from LaGuaia Airport in New York City. All passengers and crew members survive.
2010 The longest annular solar eclipse of the 3rd millennium occurs.
2011 Wikipedia the free internet encyclopedia turns 10 years old
2013 83 people are killed and 150 are injured in a rocket attack on Aleppo University, Syria
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