2011 The most expensive painting ever auctioned, 'Nude, Green Leaves and Bust', by Pablo Picasso, goes on display in London's Tate Gallery
2010 Iraqi voters take part in parliamentary elections and a referendum on the Status of Forces Agreement
1997 11th Soul Train Music Awards
1997 Athens, Buenos Aires, Cape Town, Rome and Stockholm are finalists for 2004 Olympics site
1997 5 sue Japanese Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto, because his smoking has violated the country's constitution guaranteeing a wholesome life
1996 1st surface photos of Pluto by Hubble Space Telescope
1996 British Steel in Workington wins Lithuanian multi-million pound order
1996 Magic Johnson is 2nd NBA player to reach 10,000 career assists
1995 Dollar worth 1.5330 Dutch guilder (record)
1995 New York becomes 38th state to have the death penalty
1994 8th American Comedy Award: Carrot Top wins
1994 Charles Taylor resigns as President of Liberia
1994 David Platt appointed captain of English football team
1994 U.S. Navy issues 1st permanent order assigning women on combat ship
1994 ANC chief Nelson Mandela rejects demand by white right-wingers for separate homeland in South Africa
1993 23rd Easter Seal Telethon raises
1993 Different Strokes actor Todd Bridges arrested for stabbing a tenant
1992 Nicole Stevenson swims world record 200m backstroke (2:06.78)
1991 Iraq continues to explode oil fields in Kuwait
1990 3 passengers killed and 162 injured as subway train derails in Philadelphia
1990 H. Wayne Huizenga buys Joe Robbie Stadium and 15% of Dolphins for $30M
1989 Iran drops diplomatic relations with Britain over Rushdie's book
1989 Partial eclipse of the Sun in Hawaii, North West North America, Greenland
1988 Howard Stern's 1st pay-per-view "Underpants and Negligee Party"
1988 Jim Abbott, 1-handed pitcher, wins 58th James E. Sullivan Award
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