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1985 Arthur Ashe is named to International Tennis Hall of Fame 
1985 Bloodbath at Langa (Uitenhage) South-Africa, 19 killed
1985 Michael Redgrave, actor (Goodbye Mr Chips, Mr Arkadin), dies at 77.
1986 199.22 million shares traded in New York Stock Exchange
1986 August de Boodt, Belgian politician, dies at 90.
1987 PSV sells soccer player Ruud Gullit to AC Milan (ƒ17 million).
1987 Dean Paul Martin, actor (Billy-Misfits of Science), dies at 35.
1989 Australian Prime Minister Bob Hawke weeps on television as he admits to having an extra-marital affair.
1989 The inaugural sea test of Trident 2 missile self-destructs, Cape Canaveral
1989 Milton Frome, actor (Family Jewels), dies
1990 "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" opens at Eugene O'Neill NYC for 149 performances.
1990 Namibia is recorded as becoming independent of South Africa, Sam Nujoma is recorded as becoming president.
1991 27 lost at sea when 2 US Navy anti-submarine planes collide.
1991 A Saudi transport plane trying to land in bad weather and heavy smoke from burning Kuwaiti oil wells crashes, killing 92 Senegalese soldiers and six Saudi crew.
1991 Largest wrestling crowd in Japan (64500) at Tokyo Dome
1991 Tatsumi Fujinami beats Ric Flair for NWA wrestling championship
1991 The Canadian Supreme Court rules 9-0 that the fetus is not a legal person
1991 UN Security Council panel decided to lift the food embargo on Iraq.
1991 Leo Fender, inventor (Fender guitar), dies.
1992 John Ireland, actor (Rawhide), dies of leukemia at 78
1993 Pope John Paul II declares Duns Scotus, a saint
1993 South Africa White Wolves kill 5 year old black girl
1994 66th Academy Awards "Schindler's List", Tom Hanks and Holly Hunter win.
1994 Dudley Moore arrested for hitting girlfriend
1994 Dack Rambo, actor (Jack Ewing-Dallas), dies from AIDs at 52
1995 Daan Wildschut, Dutch painter/author, dies at 81.
1996 Eric Brand, diplomat, dies at 73
1997 World Ice Dance won by Oksana Grishuk and Evgeny Platov (Russia).
1998 Australian cricket team suffers its worst defeat in 60 years, beaten by an innings and 219 runs by India in Calcutta.
2005 10 killed in the Red Lake High School massacre in Minnesota, the worst school shooting since the Columbine High School massacre.
2006 Swedish Minister for Foreign Affairs Laila Freivalds steps down after over a year of criticism
2012 Greek Parliament votes in favour of an international bailout deal
2013 12 people are killed and 30 are injured by a car bombing in Peshawar, Pakistan
2014 Russia formally annexes Crimea amid international condemenation
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