2011 A plan to prevent the spread of artemisinin-resistant malaria is launched by the World Health Organization (WHO)
2010 A 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck Haiti, devastating its capital city, Port-au-Prince, an estimated 150,000 were killed and buried later in mass graves
2005 Deep Impact spacecraft is launched from Cape Canaveral
1997 Annika Sorenstam wins LPGA Chrysler-Plymouth Tournament of Champions
1997 HAL became operational (2001: A Space Odyssey)
1997 Ice skater Oksana Baiul injured slightly whiled driving intoxicated
1997 Space Shuttle STS-81 (Atlantis 18), launches into space
1997 Tiger Woods wins Mercedes Championships
1996 Russian troops arrived in Bosnia (joint operation with U.S.)
1995 Major earthquake kills 5,092 in Kobe Japan
1995 Murder trial against OJ Simpson, begins in LA
1995 Pope John Paul II begins visit to SE Asia
1994 Malcolm X's daughter arrested for plotting Louis Farrakham's murder
1994 Steve Carlton (Phillies) elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
1993 Doctors announce Pitts Penguin Mario Limeux has Hodgkin's disease
1993 MTV hostess Martha Quinn marries longtime boyfriend Jordan Tarlow
1992 13th ACE Cable Awards: HBO wins 27 awards
1992 Last building in Gateway area in Cleveland is demolished
1992 U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by Christopher Bowman
1992 Algeria's general elections canceled after strong gains by Islamic Salvation Front in the 1st round
1991 Largest crowd to watch Atlantic Coast Womens Basketball game (11,520)
1991 Melvin Stewart swims world record 200 m butterfly (1:55.69)
1991 U.S. Congress gives George Bush authority to wage war against Iraq
1990 Civil Rights activist Reverend Al Sharpton is stabbed in Bensonhurst Bkln
1990 Romania bans Communist party (1st Warsaw Pact member to do so)
1989 6 claim to survive in rubble, 35 days after Armenian quake (hoax)
1989 Idi Amin expelled from Zaire
1988 Willie Stargell (Pittsburgh Pirate), elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
1987 Britain's Prince Edward resigns from his Royal Marines training
1986 24th space shuttle (61-C) mission-Columbia 7-launched
1986 Chicago Blackhawks Denis Savard scores at 4 seconds of 3rd period
1983 Brooks Robinson and Juan Marichal elected to Hall of Fame
1983 NCAA creates football Kickoff Classic to begin in August
1981 "Dynasty" with Joan Collins premieres on ABC-TV
1981 -35 degrees F (-37 degrees C), Chester, Massachusetts (state record)
1981 Dynasty, a prime time soap opera inspired by Dallas, premieres on ABC
1980 Mike Bratz (Phoenix) begins NBA free throw streak of 57 games
1979 6th American Music Award: Barry Manilow, Linda Ronstadt win
1979 LA's Hillside Strangler, Kenneth Bianchi, arrested in Bellingham
1979 Record blizzard struck midwest killing over 100
1977 "Ipi Tombi" opens at Harkness Theater New York City for 39 performances
1977 Anti-French demonstrations takes place in Israel after Paris released Abu Daoud, responsible 1972 Munich massacre of Israeli athletes
1976 U.N. Security Council votes 11-1 to seat Palestine Liberation Org
1975 Chrysler Corp offers 1st car rebates
1975 Superbowl IX: Pittsburgh Steelers beat Minnesota Vikings, 16-6 in New Orleans Superbowl MVP: Franco Harris, Pittsburgh, RB
1974 "Joker" by Steve Miller Band peaks at #1
1974 Libya and Tunisia announces they are merging as "Islamic Arab Republic"
1972 Tigers sign a lease to build a $126M domed stadium (doesn't happen)
1971 "All in the Family" premieres on CBS featuring 1st toilet flush on TV
1971 "Soon" opens at Ritz Theater New York City for 3 performances
1971 Congressional Black Caucus organizes
1971 Federal grand jury indicts Reverend Philip Berrigan and 5 others, including a nun and 2 priests, on charges of plotting to kidnap Henry Kissinger
1970 Biafran War ends, Biafra surrenders to Nigeria
1970 Boeing 747 makes its maiden voyage
1969 "Golden Rainbow" closes at Shubert Theater New York City after 355 performances
1969 Superbowl III: New York Jets beat Baltimore Colts, 16-7 in Miami Superbowl MVP: Joe Namath, New York Jets, quarterback
1968 Beatles Film Production Ltd changes name to Apple Film Production Ltd
1968 Nighttime version of "Hollywood Squares" premieres on NBC TV
1967 Louisville, Kentucky, draft board refuses exemption for boxer Muhammad Ali
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