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1983 "Laverne and Shirley" last airs on ABC-TV 
1983 Lee Chin Yong performs 170 continuous chin-ups in Seoul
1983 NSW Premier Neville Wran steps aside after allegations he sought to influence a magistrate.
1983 John P Strijbos, writer (Called that Bird), dies at 92
1984 International Court of Justice rules on US blockade of Nicaragua
1984 Joaquin Agostinho, Portuguese cyclist, dies at 41
1985 Challenger transports back to Kennedy Space Center via Kelly Air Force Base.
1985 In the New Britian Region a7.3 quake resulted in one person killed. Damage in the Bialla-Hoskins area. Extensive landslides, debris flows and fallen trees in the Nakanai Mountains.
1986 "Rock Me Amadeus" by Falco hit #1 on UK pop chart
1988 Edgar Degas' "Danseresje of 14" sold for $10120000
1989 In this year, FC Barcelona claims 29th Europe Cup II.
1989 General Manuel Noriega's Government nullifies country's elections, which the opposition had won by a 3-1 margin
1990 "Zoya's Apartment" opens at Circle in Square Theater NYC for 45 performances.
1990 French TGV-train hits record speed of 510.6 kph.
1990 Howard Stern holds a mock funeral for rival John DeBella
1990 Susan Oliver, actress (Disorderly Orderly), dies of cancer at 61.
1991 Oakland A's Jose Canseco is seen leaving Madonna's apt
1992 Bible Land Museum opens in Jerusalem Israel
1993 Fire in clothing factory at Bangkok, results in the deaths of 145
1993 Last TV appearance of Mies Bouwman.
1993 Premier Lubbers opens Terminal West on Schiphol.
1994 Barbra Streisand's begins inaugural concert tour in 30 years
1994 Drew Barrymore (19) files for divorce from Jeremy Thomas (31).
1994 Nelson Mandela sworn in as South Africa's inaugural black president
1994 Nelson Mandella sworn in as the president of South Africa.
1994 Silvio Berlusconi forms Italian Government with 5 neo-fascists
1995 30th Academy of Country Music Awards Reba McEntire claims
1995 Britain lifts a 23-year ban on ministerial talks with Sinn Fein
1995 In South Africa, 104 miners killed in an elevator accident
1996 "Twister" premieres.
1996 2 US Marine helicopters collided during joint US and British war games.
1996 A storm hits Mt Everest, killing eight climbers in one of the worst disasters since Everest was inaugural conquered in 1953
1997 In Northern Iran a 7.5 quake, At least 1567 people killed, 2300 injured, 50000 homeless, 10533 houses destroyed, 5474 houses damaged and landslides in the Birjand-Qayen area
2005 A hand grenade ostensibly thrown by Vladimir Arutinian lands about 10 feet (30 m) from United States President George W. Bush while he is giving a speech to a crowd in Tbilisi, Georgia, but malfunctions and does not detonate
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