2011 A Mongolian bulk carrier sailing off the coast of Oman is seized by Somali pirates
2010 United States Navy troops land near the Haitian presidential palace, bringing food, water, and equipment to aid victims of the earthquake
1997 54th Golden Globes: English Patient, Brenda Blethyn and Geoffrey Rush
1997 Cerebral Palsy telethon
1997 Michelle McGann wins LPGA Healthsouth Inaugural
1996 NHL approves move of Winnipeg Jets to Phoenix
1995 Jean-Claude Juncker (28) sworn in as premier of Luxembourg
1994 -20 degrees F (-29 degrees C) (5:32 AM) coldest day ever recorded in Cleveland Ohio
1994 -36 degrees F (-38 degrees C) in New Whiteland, Indiana (state record)
1993 Israel recognizes PLO as no longer criminal
1993 Oakland A's unveil new elephant logo
1993 Robert M Gates, ends term as 15th director of CIA
1993 STS-54 (Endeavour) lands
1992 "City of Angels" closes at Virginia Theater New York City after 878 performances
1992 Cerebral Palsy telethon raises 23,500,000
1992 IBM announces a nearly $5B loss for 1992
1992 Nature Boy Ric Flair becomes WWF champ at Royal Rumble
1992 Rowdy Roddy Piper beats Mountie to become WWF Intercontinental Champ
1991 42nd NHL All-Star Game: Campbell beat Wales 11-5 at Chicago
1991 48th Golden Globes: Dances with Wolves
1991 Eastern Airlines shuts down operation
1991 Jumbo Tsuruta beats Stan Hansen to win All Japan Triple Crown title
1991 Sergeant Slaughter defeats Ultimate Warrior for WWF championship belt
1990 Test debut of Mushtaq Ahmed, vs. Australia at Adelaide
1989 President Reagan pardons George Steinbrenner for illegal funds for Nixon
1988 "48 Hours" premiers on CBS-TV
1987 Guy Hunt becomes Alabama's 1st Republican governor since 1874
1986 Cerebral Palsy telethon
1986 Israeli premier Simon Peres visits Netherlands
1986 Spain recognizes Israel
1985 "Born In The USA" by Bruce Springsteen peaked at #9
1985 4 die in a car and train crash in Buda Ill
1984 Francesco Moser bicycles world record time: 50,808 km
1984 California Supreme Court rejects quadriplegic Elizabeth Bouvia, who wants to starve herself to death in a public hospital
1983 Klaus Barbie, SS chief of Lyon in Nazi-France, arrested in Bolivia
1982 Aust-WI one-day game that produced a Privy Council libel case
1982 Heater explodes at Star Elementary School-Okla, kills 6 kids and teacher
1981 Muhammad Ali talks a despondent 21 year old out of committing suicide
1981 U.S. and Iran sign agreement to release 52 American hostages
1979 John N Mitchell (former AG) released on parole from federal prison
1978 Eddie Mathews elected to Hall of Fame
1978 Judge William H Webster appointed head of FBI
1977 Ernie Banks elected to Hall of Fame
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