2011 In Egypt, a travel ban is imposed on former President Hosni Mubarak and his family
2010 Egypt announces the discovery of a granite head from a statue of Tutankhamun's grandfather, Amenhotep III, buried at a temple in Luxor
2003 United Nations chief weapons inspector Hans Blix said there is no evidence that Iraq has any weapons of mass destruction
1998 "View From the Bridge," closes at Criterion Theater New York City
1998 Vancouver Canucks Mark Messier is 4th NHLer to get 1,600 points
1997 Earthquake in Pakistan, kills 45
1997 FBI agent Earl Pitts pleads guilty to selling secrets to Russia
1997 Smokers must prove they are over 18 to purchase cigarettes in US
1996 38th Grammy Awards: Jagged Little Pill, Alanis Morisette wins
1995 Denver International Airport opens
1994 Brady Law, imposing a wait-period to buy a hand-gun, went into effect
1993 "Anna Christie" closes at Criterion Theater New York City after 54 performances
1993 7th American Comedy Award: Seinfeld wins
1993 Iolanda Chen triple jumps world indoor record hop step (14.46m)
1993 Tony Curtis weds Lisa Deutsch as his 4th wife
1991 "Les Miserables" opens at Theatre Carre, Amsterdam
1991 "Speed of Darkness" opens at Belasco Theater New York City for 36 performances
1991 Don Mattingly named 10th New York Yankee Captain
1991 Noureddine Morceli runs world record 1500m indoor (3:34:16)
1991 U.S. and allied forces grant Iraq a cease fire
1990 Dutch police seize 3,000 kg of cocaine
1990 U.S. 65th manned space mission STS-36 (Atlantis 6) launches into orbit
1989 Gretchen Polhemus, 23, (Texas), crowned 38th Miss USA
1989 Memo by Brian Gumbel criticizing Today Show co-workers becomes public
1989 Red Schoendienst and Al Barlick elected to Hall of Fame
1988 15th Winter Olympic games close at Calgary, Canada
1988 Anti-Armenian pogrom in Azerbaijan, 30 killed
1988 Pat Verbeek becomes 1st New Jersey Devil to score 4 goals in an NHL game
1988 Yvonne van Gennip skates world record 5 km ladies (7:14.13)
1986 European Economic Community sign "Special Act" for Europe free trade
1986 Peter Uberroth suspended 7 baseball players for 1 year, after they admitted in Curtis Strong's trial in September, they used drugs
1984 26th Grammy Awards: Beat It, Michael Jackson wins 8
1982 AT and T looses record $7 BILLION for fiscal year ending on this day
1982 Ayako Okamoto wins LPGA Arizona Copper Golf Classic
1982 FALN (Puerto Rico Nationalist Group) bombs Wall Street
1981 Calvin Murphy (Houston), sets NBA record with 78 consecutive free throws
1981 China throws out Netherlands ambassador due to submarine sale to Taiwan
1980 "The Well-Tuned Piano" by La Monte Young premieres (takes 4 h 12 m)
1980 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1979 Ernest Thompson's "On Golden Pond," premieres in New York City
1977 1st killer whale born in captivity (Marineland, Los Angeles California)
1977 Harbor strike in Rotterdam/Amsterdam ends
1976 18th Grammy Awards: 'Love Will Keep Us Together' Record of the Year, Natalie Cole wins as best New Artist
1976 Ceuta and Melilla (Spanish Morocco) are last European African possession
1976 Spain withdraws from Western Sahara
1975 41 killed in London Underground, as train speeds past final stop
1975 EG signs accord of Lome with 46 developing countries
1975 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1974 Ethiopian government of Makonnen forms
1974 Labour Party wins British parliamentary election
1974 Taiwan police shoots into crowd
1974 U.S. and Egypt re-form diplomatic relations after 7 years
1973 Suriname government of Sedney arrests 13 union leaders
1972 George Harrison is involved in a minor car accident
1972 President Richard Nixon ends historic week-long visit to China
1971 WDRB TV channel 41 in Louisville, Kentucky (IND) begins broadcasting
1971 53rd PGA Championship: Jack Nicklaus shoots a 281 at PGA National Florida Jack Nicklaus wins his 2nd golf grand slam
1970 "Georgy" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 4 performances
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