2010 The United Kingdom gives prisoners serving less than four years the right to vote
2004 President Bush signs the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Act of 2004 which reorganizes intelligence agencies and creates position of national security director
1995 "School after Scandal" closes at Lyceum Theater New York City after 23 performances
1994 KLM's last DC-10 goes out of service
1993 Bangladesh moslem call for murder of feminist Taslima Nasrin
1993 Kevin Scott skates world record 1000 m (1:12.54)
1993 Northern Exposure star Barry Corbin falls off his horse
1993 Tennis star Boris Becker (26) weds Barbara Feltus (27)
1992 "Christmas Carol" opens at Broadhurst Theater New York City for 22 performances
1992 General Suwa finds tooth of 4.4 million year old Australopithecus ramidus
1991 Cleveland Cavaliers beat Miami Heat 148-80, by record 68 pts
1991 NBA's most lopsided game Cleveland beats Miami 148-80
1991 Patrick Manning becomes premier of Trinidad and Tobago
1991 Soap opera "One Life To Live" airs its 6,000th episode
1990 KTBN, Salt Lake City Utah, begins shortwave radio transmissions
1989 78th Davis Cup: Germany beats Sweden in Stuttgart (3-2)
1989 Brazil elects conservative Fernando Collor de Mello president
1989 Michael Bevan scores cricket century on 1st-class debut (114 SA vs. WA)
1989 Patti Rizzo/Mike Hill wins LPGA Mazda Golf Championship
1988 77th Davis Cup: Germany beats Sweden in Gothenburg (4-1)
1988 Bryan Murray becomes 17th NHL coach to win 300 games (Washington Caps)
1988 New York Islanders break 12 game losing streak, beat Devils 5-2
1988 USS Tennessee, 1st sub to carry Trident 2 missiles, commissioned
1988 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R.
1987 Czechoslovakian party leader Gustav Husak resigns
1986 U.S. Congress forms Irangate committee
1986 Mrs Davina Thompson makse medical history by having the 1st heart, lung and liver transplant (Papworth Hospital in Cambridge, England)
1984 New Jersey Devils 1st penalty shot-Rocky Trottier scores against Edmonton
1984 New Jersey Devils 1st shutout, Glenn Resch makes 42 saves beat Minn, 2-0
1983 "Peg" closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater New York City after 5 performances
1983 Bomb attack on Harrod's war house in London, 5 killed, 94 injured
1983 Disco in Madrid catches fire; 83 die
1981 Members of Red Brigades kidnap Brigadier General James L Dozier
1980 Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1980 Mauritania provisional constitution published
1979 Budweiser rocket car reaches 1190 kph
1978 OPEC raises oil prices 18%
1978 Referendum approves new constitution of Rwanda
1977 Bobby Simpson scores 176 Australia vs. India at the WACA, aged 41
1977 Elvis Costello and The Attractions 1st U.S. TV appearance (SNL)
1977 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
1976 Superstation WTBS in Atlanta went national
1975 1st time New York Islanders shut-out New York Rangers, 3-0-Billy Smith's 5th
1975 Lynette Fromme sentenced to life for attempt on President Ford's life
1973 Arabs terrorists shoot passengers on Boeing 737 to Kuwait
1972 New line of control agreed to in Kashmir between India and Pakistan
1972 WGVC (now WUCX) TV channel 35 in Grand Rapids, MI (PBS) 1st broadcast
1971 "Diamonds are Forever" premieres in US
1971 Cease fire between India and Pakistan in Kashmir
1971 Radio Bangladesh begins transmitting
1970 Gdansk, Poland shipworkers strike
1970 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1970 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R.
1969 50m TV viewers saw singer Tiny Tim marry Miss Vicky, on Tonight Show
1969 USAF closes Project Blue Book, concluding no evidence of extraterrestrial spaceships behind thousands of UFO sightings
1967 WEDW TV channel 49 in Bridgeport, CT (PBS) begins broadcasting
1965 Astrodome opens, 1st event is Judy Garland and Supremes concert
1965 British government proclaims ends oil-embargo against Rhodesia
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