2010 The 46-year old son of convicted fraud king Bernard Madoff kills himself in a Manhattan apartment
1997 "Sunshine Boys," opens at Lyceum Theater New York City
1997 Federal judge orders Microsoft not to bundle IE4 in Windows
1995 Thomas O Hicks buys NHL Dallas Stars for $84 million
1994 Kelly Robbins and Tammie Green wins LPGA Diner's Club Golf Matches
1994 Russian troops pull inside Tsjetsjenia
1993 59th Heisman Trophy Award: Charlie Ward, Florida State (quarterback)
1993 Eduardo Frei elected president of Chile
1992 Nor'easter storm hits NY, doing 1 billion dollars worth of damage
1992 WNEW AM radio on 1130 in New York City ends transmitting after 58 years
1990 13 die in 83 vehicle accident in Chattanooga Tennessee I-75, due to fog
1990 U.S. 69th manned space mission STS-35 (Columbia 11) returns from space
1989 "City of Angels" opens at Virginia Theater New York City for 878 performances
1989 Mark Davis signs record $3.25 million per year Kansas City Royals contract
1987 Test debut of Carl Hooper, WI vs. India at Bombay
1986 A Bartlett Giamatti becomes president of baseball's National League
1986 South Africa censors press
1985 Computer store owner in Sacramento California killed by package bomb
1985 Dow Jones closes above 1,500 for 1st time (1,511.70)
1985 General Electric acquires RCA Corp and its subsidiary, NBC
1985 NHL Record 62 points scored, Edmonton (36) beats Chicago (26) 12-9 and ties record of 21 goals
1984 "Doug Henning and His World..." opens at Lunt-Fontanne New York City for 60 perf
1984 Mauretania military coup under Col Maawiya Ould Sid'ahmed Taya
1983 1st visit to Lutheran church by a pope (John Paul II in Rome)
1983 72nd Australian Mens Tennis: Mats Wilander beats Ivan Lendl (61 64 64)
1983 Jan Stephens/Fred Couples wins LPGA J C Penney Golf Classic
1981 Argentine president/general Roberto Viola flees
1981 Muhammad Ali's 61st and last fight, losing to Trevor Berbick
1981 Peru's Javier Perez de Cuellar becomes Secretary-General of UN
1981 Spacelab I arrives at Kennedy Space Center
1981 U.N. Sec Council chose Javier Perez de Cuellar of Peru as 5th Sec Genl
1981 Washington Capitals biggest margin of victory (9) beating Toronto 11-2
1980 Dirk Wellham scores 100 on 1st-class debut, NSW vs. Victoria
1979 Geoff Boycott scores cricket century in a limited-over international
1979 Great Britain grants independence to Zimbabwe (Rhodesia)
1978 6 masked men bound 10 employees at Lufthansa cargo area at New York Kennedy Airport and made off with $5.8 M in cash and jewelry
1977 Billboard Awards
1975 1st class postage rises from 10 cents to 13 cents
1975 Great Yankee trade getting Willie Randolph, Dock Ellis and Ken Brett from Pirates for George "Doc" Medich
1973 Houston Astro Caesar Cedino jailed in death of 19 year old woman
1973 NA Soccer League awards LA, SF, Seattle and Vancouver franchises
1973 Ron Santo becomes 1st to invoke no-trade clause of 10-year-1-club vet
1973 West German chancellor Willy Brandt normalizes trade with Czechoslovakia
1972 Astronauts Cernan and Harrison become 11th and 12th on Moon
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