2011 Ian Thorpe, an Australian swimmer, announces he will come out of retirement to compete in the London Olympics in 2012
2010 The World Food Programme reports that 4.3 million people suffer from hunger in Sudan, the number has quadrupled since 2009
2009 Iran launches first domestically made satellite, Omid, into orbit
1998 Daniel Baldwin hospitalized in New York City for cocaine overdose
1998 Philippine DC-9 crashes apparently killing all 104 on board
1997 "Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus" closes at Gershwin New York City
1997 Mark O'Meara wins Pebble Beach National Golf Pro-am
1997 NFL Pro Bowl: AFC beats NFC 26-23 (OT)
1997 Royal Caribbean Senior Golf Classic
1996 Ali Landry, 22, (Louisiana), crowned 45th Miss USA
1995 "Moliere Comedies" opens at Criterion Theater New York City for 56 performances
1995 Henry Olonga no-balled for throwing in Zimbabwe-Pakistan Test Cricket
1995 U.S. space shuttle Discovery launched
1993 Frito Lay pays court ordered $2,500,000 to Tom Wait for using his song
1993 Irina Privalova runs world record 50m indoor (6.05 sec)
1992 Colleen Walker wins Oldsmobile LPGA Golf Classic
1992 Danny Everett runs world record 400m indoor (45.02 sec)
1992 David Boon's 13 Test Cricket century, 107 vs. India at Perth
1992 IRS and Willie Nelson settle on $9M tax bill (of $16.7M)
1992 Kieren Perkins swims world record 1500m freestyle (14:32.40)
1992 NFL Pro Bowl: NFC beats AFC 21-15
1991 Aravinda De Silva scores 267 vs. New Zealand at Wellington
1991 U.S. postage is raised from 25 cents to 29 cents
1990 Marina Ogilvy, daughter of English princess Alexandra, weds Paul Mowatt
1990 South Africa's President FW de Klerk promises to free Nelson Mandela and legalizes ANC and 60 other political orgs
1989 0 degrees F (-18 degrees C) or below in 15 U.S. states
1989 FW de Klerk replaces Botha as South Africa's National Party leader
1989 NL announces Yankees' broadcaster Bill White will be 1st black president
1988 David Boon's 6th Test Cricket century, 184* vs. England at Sydney
1987 Kansas City Royal pitcher Dennis Leonard (3X 20 game winner), retires
1987 Philippines adopts constitution
1986 "Jerome Kern Goes to Hollywood" closes at Ritz New York City after 13 performances
1986 Ayako Okamoto wins LPGA Elizabeth Arden Golf Classic
1986 Dalai Lama meets Pope John Paul II in India
1986 NFL Pro Bowl: NFC beats AFC 28-24
1986 Oscar Arias Sanchez elected president of Costa Rica
1985 U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by Brian Boitano
1984 8th Soap Opera Digest Poll Awards
1984 Lebanese army fight in Beirut
1983 Chicago Absp Joseph L. Bernardin is among 18 new cardinals invested
1983 Pope John Paul II names 18 new cardinals
1982 "Late Night with David Letterman" premieres on NBC
1982 Government troops and Moslem-fundamentalists battle in Hamah Syria
1982 San Diego beats Miami 41-38 in OT after blowing a 24-0 lead
1980 FBI releases details of Abscam, a sting operation that targeted 31 elected and public officials for bribes for political favors
1977 Burn up of Salyut 4 Space Station (U.S.S.R.)
1977 Radio Shack officially begins creating TRS-80 computer
1977 Toronto's Ian Turnbull scores 5 goals, NHL REcord for a defenseman
1976 "Honeymooners Second Honeymoon" airs on TV
1976 "Rich Little Show," debuts on NBC-TV
1976 Roger Connor, Fred Lindstrom and ump Cal Hubbard elected to Hall of Fame
1975 Army offensive against rebels in Eritrea Ethiopia
1975 Donna Caponi Young wins LPGA Burdine's Golf Invitational
1975 U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Dorothy Hamill
1975 U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by Gordon McKellen Jr
1974 Barbra Striesand's 1st #1 hit, "The Way We Were"
1974 Pope Paul VI encyclical "To Honor Mary"
1974 Smallest crowd at Cleveland Arena (Cavs vs Golden State-1,641)
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