2010 Booksellers object to plans for the UK and Ireland to make more than a million free books available March 5, 2011
1997 MCI Center opens in Washington D.C., Wizards vs SuperSonics
1995 17th ACE Cable Awards
1994 "Cobb" premieres
1994 Achille Lauro sinks off the coast of Somalia
1994 Andrew Lloyd Webber admitted to the hospital for ulcer treatment
1994 Jury finds Heidi Fleiss guilty of running a call girl ring
1993 A Websters musical "Sunset Promenade" premieres in LA
1993 Dow-Jones hits record 3702.11
1993 Houston Rockets tie NBA record of 15-0 start
1993 Space shuttle STS-61 (Endeavour 5), launches
1992 WQEW-AM radio replaces WQXR on 1560 in New York City
1991 Bobby Bonilla signs record $29 million-5 year pact with New York Mets
1991 Muslim Shites release American held in Lebanon hostage Joseph Cicippio
1990 1st parlimentary election in newly reunified Germany
1990 1st time 12 people in space
1990 79th Davis Cup: USA beats Australia in St. Petersburg (3-2)
1990 Beth Daniel/Davis Love wins LPGA J C Penney Golf Classic
1990 U.S. 69th manned space mission STS-35 (Columbia 11) launches into orbit
1989 55th Heisman Trophy Award: Andre Ware, Houston (quarterback)
1989 KHJ-TV in Los Angeles, California changes call letters to KCAL-TV
1989 Vishwanath Pratap Singh sworn in as president of India
1988 "Naked Gun" premieres, a movie based on TV's "Police Squad"
1988 5 gunmen who hijacked Soviet Aeroflot jet, surrender in Israel
1988 STS-27 Atlantis launched (Secret military mission)
1988 U.N. votes 151-2 (Isr and U.S.) to move PLO debate to Geneva, British abstains
1987 Chicago City Council elects Eugene Sawyer acting mayor
1987 Jennifer Steele, 17, of Colorado becomes Miss Teen of America
1987 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1986 Dow-Jones index hits record 1955.57
1985 "Mystery of Edwin Drood" opens at Imperial Theater New York City for 608 performances
1985 Philipine Chief staff General Fabian speaks of B Aquino's murder
1985 Rupert Holmes' musical "Mystery of Edwin Drood," premieres in New York City
1984 4th meeting of Giants-Jets, Giants even series at 2 with 20-10 win
1984 Bob Holland takes 9-83 for NSW against South Australia, SCG
1984 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R.
1982 1st permanent artificial heart successfully implanted (University of Utah) in retired dentist Barney Clark; lived 112 days with Jarvic-7 heart
1981 Fernando Valenzuela (Dodgers) wins NL Rookie of the Year
1981 Moscone Convention Center, San Francisco opens at 11:30 AM
1981 Spanish government requests membership in NATO
1980 4 American Maryknoll nuns killed by death squads in El Salvador
1979 Crowds attack U.S. embassy at Tripoli Libya
1979 Foots Walker becomes 1st Cleveland Cavalier to score a triple-double
1979 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R.
1978 Chanting "Allah is great," anti-Shah protesters poured through Tehran
1978 Neil Diamond and Barbra Striesand's "You Don't Bring Me Flowers" hits #1
1978 Streisand and Diamond's "You Don't Bring Me Flowers," goes #1
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