2011 Following general elections last year, Burma's new parliament is set to convene on January 31
2010 China surpasses Germany, becoming the. world's largest exporter
1998 18th United Negro College Fund raises (rebroadcasted Jan 17th)
1997 "Rehersal," closes at Criterion Theater New York City
1997 1st Comet of 1997 Discovered: Comet 1997 A1
1997 4,000th episode of "Entertainment Tonight"
1997 Dow Corning provides $295 billion to settle breast implant suits
1997 Italy's new 1,000 lire coin shows divided Germany on map
1997 Right-winger Arnoldo Aleman sworn in as president of Nicaragua
1996 Israel frees hundreds of Palestinian prisoners
1996 Jimmy Johnson announced as new coach of Miami Dolphins
1995 "Late Late Show" with Tom Snyder premieres on CBS at 12:30 AM
1994 Ukraine says it will give up world's 3rd largest nuclear arsenal
1994 Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan agrees to abolish trade tariffs
1993 "My Favorite Year" closes at Vivian Beaumont New York City after 37 performances
1993 "Sea Gull" closes at Lyceum Theater New York City after 48 performances
1993 Maiden flight of Ultrair (Houston to LA)
1992 8th Soap Opera Digest Awards
1991 Japan ends routine fingerprinting of all adult ethnic Koreans
1991 U.S. Congress begins debate on Persian Gulf crisis
1990 "Les Miserables," opens at Mechanic Theatre, Baltimore
1990 China lifts martial law (imposed after Tiananmen Square massacre)
1990 NCAA approves random drug testing for college football players
1988 "Don't Get God Started" closes at Longacre Theater New York City after 86 performances
1986 Palau signs Compact of Free Association with U.S.
1986 STS-61-C mission scrubbed T -9m because of bad weather at Kennedy
1985 Daniel Ortega Saavedra inaugurated as president of Nicaragua
1984 Argentine ex-president/general Bignone arrested
1984 Bulgarian Tupolev 134 crashs at Sofia airport in Bulgaria, 50 die
1984 Clara Peller 1st asks, "Where's the Beef?"
1984 Luis Aparicio, Harmon Killebrew, and D Drysdale elected to Hall of Fame
1984 U.S. establishes full diplomatic relations with Vatican after 117 years
1983 NY Supreme Court issues a preliminary injunction barring New York Yankees from playing season-opening series against Tigers in Denver
1982 -17 degrees F (27.2 degrees C) in Braemar Grampian (equals U.K. record)
1982 Bengals beat Chargers in -59 degrees F (-51 degrees C) to win AFC championship
1982 Petra Schneider swims world record 1500 m freestyle (15:43.31)
1981 El Salvador guerrilla group FMLN opens "general offensive"
1981 John Severin sets 100-mi unicycle speed record, 9 h 21 m
1980 Last broadcast of "Rockford Files" on NBC
1980 Jim Stewart, Bruin's rookie goalie allows 3 goals in his 1st 4 minutes and a total of 5 in 1st period; he never again plays in NHL
1979 1st brother Billy Carter makes allegedly anti-Semitic remarks
1979 Entertainer of the Year Awards
1978 Soyuz 27 carring 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 6 space station, launched
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