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1990 Former Exxon Valdez captain Joseph Hazelwood goes on trial in Anchorage, Alaska, on charges arising from worst oil spill in U.S. history. 

1990 IN Ottawa Ray Hnatyshyn sworn in as Canada's 24th Governor General 

1991 Battle for Khafji in Saudi Arabia (begins). 

1991 Nelson Mandela and Chief Mangosuthu Buthelezi meet in Durban after 28 years. 

1991 Yasushi Inoue Japanese historian, dies 

1992 Willie Dixon blues composer (I'm a Man, Backdoor Man), dies at 76 

1993 Hank Werba [Herman Werblowski], US journalist (Variety), dies at 79. 

1993 Michel Renault French ballet dancer (Giselle), dies. 

1993 Test debut of Vinod Kambli, prolific Indian batsman 

1994 Jevgeni P Leonov Russian actor (Gori, Moja Zvezda), dies at 67 

1995 Greg Blewett scores century on Test debut vs England, Adelaide 

1995 The San Francisco 49ers make NFL history by winning their fifth Super Bowl, defeating the San Diego Chargers in super Bowl XXIX by a score of 49-26. 

1995 Arthur Guy Clutton-Brock, English agronomist (Rhodesia), dies at 88. 

1996 23rd American Music Award Garth Brooks claims. 

1996 6138th performance of "Cats" is held in London, surpassing record of Broadway's longest-running musical, "A Chorus Line". 

1996 Last day of Test cricket for David Boon. 

1996 Timmins, Ontario's Shania Twain named best new country artist at the American Music Awards. 

1996 Jack Sutherland, journalist, dies at 79 

1997 Eric Schneider, murderer of 2 teachers, executed in MO at 35 

1998 Singers Bobby Brown are discovered guilty of DWI in Fort Lauderdale FL 

1998 Soyuz TM-27 launches to MIR. 

1998 Thick Fog leads to highway carnage in Belgium and Netherlands, 6 die. 

1998 Woman's Clinic in Birmingham AL bombed, 1 killed. 

2007 A suicide bomber results in the deaths of three people in a bakery in Eilat, Israel 

2014 Archaeologists discover the oldest Roman Temple (6th C BC) at Sant’Omobono. 

2017 Attack on mosque in Quebec results in the deaths of 6 and injures 17, shooter is French-Canadian student. 

2017 105th Men's Australian Open: Roger Federer beats Rafael Nadal 6–4, 3–6, 6–1, 3–6, 6–3 to win his 18th Grand Slam. 

2018 F.B.I deputy director Andrew G. McCabe steps down from office 

2018 Cleveland Indians announce they will remove Chief Wahoo logo from uniforms in 2019. 

2018 David Beckham launches a Major League Soccer team in Miami. 

2018 Marvel film "Black Panther" directed by Ryan Coogler and starring Chadwick Boseman premieres in Los Angeles. 

2018 Toronto police arrest landscaper Bruce McArthur for murder after remains of at least 5 people are discovered in potted plants. 

2020 U.S. president Donald Trump signs the United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement, a North American trade agreement set to replace NAFTA. 

2021 COVID-19 pandemic: The European Union invokes Article 16 of the Northern Ireland Protocol following a row over COVID-19 vaccine supplies before reversing the decision 

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