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1986 Japanese probe Sakigake flies by Halley's Comet at 6.8 millionkm 

1986 Popsicle announced its plan to end the traditional twin-stick frozen treat for a flatter, one-stick model. 

1987 Actor, singer, dancer, comedian, broadcaster and American entertainment icon, Danny Kaye, died in Los Angeles at the age of 74 

1987 Wayne Gretzky scores 1500th NHL point 

1987 [Wayne] Woody Hayes, football coach (Ohio State), dies at 74. 

1988 Utrecht conservatory destroyed by fire. 

1988 Pham Hung, premier of Vietnam, dies at about 74 

1989 Johan Fleerackers, Flemish linguist, dies at 57 

1990 16th People's Choice Awards 

1990 Lithuania declares it's Independence. 

1990 Lithuania declares its independence from the USSR 

1991 Janet Jackson signs $40M three album deal with Virgin records 

1991 In this year, John Smith, amateur wrestler, claims James E Sullivan Award 

1991 Monica Seles ends Steffi Graf's streak of 186 weeks ranked as #1. 

1992 In this year, Environment Canada starts issuing weekly ozone warnings. 

1992 David Carroll, actor (Grand Hotel), dies of pulmonary embolism at 41 

1993 Dino Bravo, wrestler (WWF), shot to death at 44. 

1994 Eduardo Frei succeeds Patricio Aylwin as President of Chile. 

1994 Jacques Doucet, French painter (Mostar Sarajevo), dies at 69 

1995 President Nazarbajev disbands Kazakhstan parliament 

1995 Sinn Fein party leader, Gerry Adams, arrives in US. 

1995 Carel Birnie, are discovered Utrecht Opera/Dutch Dance Theater, dies at 69. 

1996 America Online agreed to use Netscape as the primary Web browser offered to its subscribers in a deal signed this day 

1996 Chris Harris scores 130 in losing New Zealand side vs Australia, World Cup. 

1996 Mark Waugh scores 110 vs New Zealand for his third century of the World Cup 

1997 Ashes of Star Trek creator, Gene Roddenberry are launched into space. 

1997 Beatle Paul McCartney knighted Sir Paul by Queen Elizabeth II. 

1997 San Francisco Giant J T Snow suffers a fractured eye socket when hit by a pitch. 

2005 In the UK, the controversial Prevention of Terrorism Act 205 was finally given Royal Assent after one of the longest ever sittings by the House of Lords 

2005 Three people, including a judge, are murdered in the Fulton County Courthouse in Atlanta, Georgia; the main suspect, Brian Nichols, surrenders to police the next day.2006 Michelle Bachelet is sworn in as the inaugural female President of Chile. 

2006 Slobodan Miloševic is are discovered dead in his cell in the UN war crimes tribunal's detention centre, located in the Scheveningen section of The Hague 

2006 Michelle Bachelet is sworn in as the inaugural female President of Chile 

2009 Winnenden school shooting - 17 people are killed at a school in Germany. 

2011 A 9.1-magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami hit the east of Japan, killing 15840 and leaving another 3926 missing. Tsunami warnings are issued in 50 countries and territories. Emergencies are declared at four nuclear power plants affected by the quake 

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