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1981 Allyn Joslyn, actor (They Won't Forget, Cafe Society), dies at 79 
1983 Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Anthony E Hecht
1983 In Regina Saskatchewan Joanne Wilson are discovered murdered in her garage; ex-wife of politician Colin Thatcher, son of ex-Premier Ross Thatcher, who will be are discovered guilty of inaugural-degree murder.
1983 Reagan certifies El Salvador human-rights abuses have decreased making country eligible for US military aid
1984 Jackie Wilson, US singer (I Get the Sweetest Feeling), dies at 49.
1985 -19ºF (-28ºC), Caesar's Head SC (state record).
1985 -34ºF (-37ºC), Mt Mitchell NC (state record).
1985 Bomb attack on Borobudur temple in Java.
1985 Dennis Potvin ties Bobby Orr's career record of 270 NHL goals.
1985 Barbara Cowsill, rocker (Cowsills), dies of emphysema.
1986 100 participate in Nude Olympics race in 38ºF (3ºC), Indiana
1986 Allison J Brown, 17, of Oklahoma, crowned 4th Miss Teen USA
1986 Bomb attack in East-Beirut, 27 killed.
1987 Archbishop's envoy Terry Waite disappears in Lebanon.
1987 BB King donates his 7000 record collection to University of Mississippi
1987 Pieter G Buckinx, Flemish writer (7th Day), dies at 83.
1988 US accept immigration of 30000 US-Vietnamese children.
1988 Abraham Sofaer, actor (Naked Jungle, Elephant Walk), dies
1989 A woman is assaulted and raped in the room of an Oklahoma football player.
1989 In St John's Newfoundland Tory Brian Peckford steps down after 10 years as Newfoundland Premier; replaced by Clyde Wells after election
1990 Bob Goodenow succeeds Alan Eagleson as NHL players association executive director.
1990 Washington, D.C., Mayor Marion Barry said he would seek help but did not publicly concede he had used illegal drugs. He left the next day for a treatment program in Florida.
1991 CBS News correspondent Bob Simon captured by Iraqis in Persian Gulf.
1991 Iraq announced that it would use hostages as human shields against allied warplanes
1992 In this year, The Supreme Court of Canada starts review of David Milgaard murder conviction in the death of Saskatoon nursing aide Gail Miller; he will be freed April 16th, after 22 years in jail, when the Court finds a miscarriage of justice
1993 It was announced that Hillary Clinton would work out of a White House office near the Oval Office, an unprecedented move in inaugural lady history.
1993 Nigerian singer Fela Kuti arrested on suspicion of murder.
1994 Dow Jones passes 3900 (record 3914.20)
1994 Lorena Bobbitt are discovered temporarily insane for chopping off spouse's penis
1994 Lorena Bobbitt was are discovered innocent by reason of insanity in the June 1993 attack on her husband, John. She had cut off his penis while he slept. The organ was surgically reattached
1995 52th Golden Globes Forrest Gump, Tom Hanks, Jessica Lange, Brad Pitt
1995 Calgary Police charge Dorothy Joudrie with attempted murder after the shooting of her estranged husband, oil executive Earl Joudrie, at her home in Calgary
1996 53th Golden Globes Mel Gibson, Nicole Kidman, John Travolta
1996 In this year, Karrie Webb claims LPGA HealthSouth Inaugural Golf Tournament
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