2011 Pakistan's President, Asif Ali Zardari, launched an emergency polio immunization programme targeting 32 million children under age 5
2010 Six Venezuelan cable television channels are taken off the air by the Venezuelan government after refusing to transmit government messages
2006 Stephen Harper, wins the election in Canada and is the first conservative Prime Minister in 12 years
1998 Pope John Paul II condemns U.S. embargo against Cuba
1996 Chris Cairns scores 120, 96 balls, 10x4, 9x6 in Test New Zealand vs. Zim
1994 Bernie Kosar is 2nd quarterback to throw TD passes in AFC and NFC Champ games
1994 Worldwide Day for peace in Bosnia-Hercegovina
1993 50th Golden Globes: Scent of a Woman, wins
1993 Graham Gooch scores his 100th 100, on tour at Cuttack
1993 Indian Airlines B737 crashes art Aurangabad, 61 die
1993 New York Newsday reports Oregon Senator Bob Packwood sexually harassed 23 women
1993 U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Nancy Kerrigan
1992 "Visit" opens at Criterion Theater New York City for 45 performances
1991 Seinfeld debuts on NBC-TV
1991 World's largest oil spill, caused by embattled Iraqi forces in Kuwait
1990 Dean Jones scores twin Test tons vs. Pakistan at Adelaide Oval
1989 Challenge to "who is a Jew" law filed in Israeli Supreme Court
1989 NBA New Jersey Nets begin a 32+ game road losing streak
1988 45th Golden Globes: Last Emperor, Sally Kirkland, Michael Douglas
1988 62nd Australian Womens Tennis: Steffi Graf beats Chris Evert (61 76)
1988 Bob Benoit bowls 1st 300-pt game in a televised title match
1988 Experimental airplane Voyager, piloted by Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager, complete 1st nonstop, round-the-world flight without refueling lands
1987 Dow Jones rises 64 points then drops 110 points (44.15 pt loss)
1987 Japan 1st exceeds military spending cap of 1% of GNP ($23 billion)
1986 "Jerome Kern Goes to Hollywood" opens at Ritz Theater New York City for 13 performances
1986 Columbia returns to Kennedy Space Center via Davis-Monthan AFB
1986 1st induction of Rock 'N' Roll Hall of Fame (Chuck Berry, James Brown, Ray Charles, Domino, Everly Bros, B Holly, J L Lewis and Elvis Presley)
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