2010 Hundreds of investors staged protests in Bangladeshi capital, Dhaka, in response to the stock exchange's steepest daily fall
1998 House of Representatives approves two articles of impeachment, charging President Clinton with lying under oath to a federal grand jury and obstructing justice
1997 MTV drops video "Smack My Bitch Up" by Prodigy
1996 "Once Upon a Matress," opens at Broadhurst New York City for 187 performances
1995 Queen Elizabeth askes Prince Charles and Diana to divorce
1993 "Red Shoes" closes at Gershwin Theater New York City after 5 performances
1993 Guinee general Lansana re-elected president
1991 "Christmas Carol" opens at Eugene O'Neill Theater New York City for 14 performances
1991 6,000th episode of One Life To Live
1991 Boris Yeltsin takes control of Kremlin
1991 New York Yankee pitcher Steve Howe arrested for cocaine possession
1989 American Airlines purchases Eastern Airline's Latin American route
1989 Larry Bird, of the Celtics, begins NBA free throw streak of 71 games
1988 NASA unviels plans for lunar colony and manned missions to Mars
1988 Oklahoma's College football team gets 3 year probation
1988 Unexploded WW II bomb found in Frankfurt, Germany - 5,000 evacuated
1987 Bruins' Linseman and Blues' Doug Gilmore score goals, 2 seconds apart
1987 Gari Kasparov becomes world chess champ
1986 U.S.S.R. frees dissident Andrei Sakharov from internal exile
1986 Jack Morris agrees to salary arbitration with former team Tigers and accuses owners of collusion against free agency
1986 Michael Sergio, who parachuted into Shea Stadium during game 6 of the World Series, sentenced to 100 hours of community service and fined $500
1985 "Wind in the Willows" opens at Nederlander Theater New York City for 4 performances
1985 Mary Lund is 1st woman to receive a Jarvik VII artificial heart
1985 STS-61-C scrubbed at T -13s because of SRB auxiliary power problem
1984 China Premier Zhao Ziyang and Margaret Thatcher sign Hong Kong Treaty
1984 China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC
1984 Fire at Wilberg Mine in central Utah killed 27 people
1984 Scotty Bowman becomes NHL's all time winningest coach
1984 UK signs agreement with China to return Hong Kong to China in 1997
1984 Wayne Gretzky, 23, is 18th and youngest NHL-er to score 1,000 points
1980 Anguilla becomes a British dependency separate from St. Kitts
1980 Iran requests $24 billion in U.S. guarantees to free hostages
1980 Mutaual Broadcasting cancels Sears Radio Theater
1978 France performs nuclear test
1978 Indira Gandhi ambushed in India
1977 Dutch government of Van Agt/Wiegel forms
1976 Jo Ann Washam/Chi Chi Rodriguez wins Pepsi-Cola Mixed Team Golf Champ
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