2011 A state of emergency due to snow is declared in St. Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota
2010 The Chinese Ministry of Commerce announced foreign direct investment into China has risen for the sixth consecutive month, up $8.3 billion year-on-year
2001 43rd Grammy Awards, U2, Steely Dan, Macy Gray and Sting win major awards
1998 Cup Noodles Hawaiian Ladies Golf Open
1997 "Empire Strikes Back, special edition," premieres
1997 STS-82 (Discovery 22) lands
1996 Soyuz TM-23, launched into orbit
1995 CFL's Sacramento Gold Miners become San Antonio Texans
1995 RAF-pilot Jo Salter is 1st woman to fly in a tornado
1993 43rd NBA All-Star Game: West beats East 135-132 (OT) at Salt Lake City
1993 Sergei Bubka pole vaults world record indoor (6.15 m)
1992 Kristi Yamaguchi of U.S. wins Olympic gold medal in women's figure skating
1991 "Lost in Yonkers" opens at Richard Rodgers Theater New York City for 780 performances
1991 Neil Simon's "Lost in Yonkers," premieres in New York City
1991 U.S.S.R. announces Iraq agrees to a proposal to end Persian Gulf War U.S. calls the plan unacceptable
1990 32nd Grammy Awards: Wind Beneath My Wings, Nick of Time wins
1989 Pete Rose meets with Commissioner Ueberroth to discuss his gambling
1989 U.S. bust Chinese ring, capture record 820 lbs heroin ($1 Billion street value)
1988 Actor Dudley Moore marries actress Brogan Lane
1988 Gustafson skates world record 10km (13:48.20)
1988 Televangelist Jimmy Swaggert confesses his sins to his congregation
1987 Cindy Rarick wins LPGA Tsumura Hawaiian Ladies Golf Open
1987 Syrian army marches into Beirut
1986 AIDS patient Ryan White returns to classes at Western Middle School
1986 Tennis star Jimmy Connors fined $20,000 and suspended for 10 weeks
1985 Evert van Benthem wins 13th Friese 11 city skateing race
1985 Largest NBA crowd to date 44,970 (Atlanta at Detroit)
1985 Tim Raines is awarded a $12 million salary for 1985 by arbitrator
1983 Donald Davis runs 1 mile backwards in 6 minutes 7.1 seconds
1983 NBA San Diego Clippers begin a 29 game road losing streak
1982 "Ain't Misbehavin'" closes at Longacre Theater New York City after 1604 performances
1982 "Little Me" closes at Eugene O'Neill Theater New York City after 36 performances
1982 Beth Daniel wins LPGA Bent Tree Ladies Golf Classic
1981 "Yorkshire Ripper" Peter Sutcliffe, murderer of 13 women, captured
1981 Japan launches Hinotori satellite to study solar flares (580/640 k)
1981 NASA launches Comstar D-4
1980 Eric Heiden skates Olympic record 1500m in 1:55.44
1980 Hanni Wenzel is 1st Liechtensteiner to win Olymp gold (giant slalom)
1979 Japan launches Hakucho x-ray satellite and Corsa-B (550/580 km)
1979 2 Iowa girls High School basketball teams play 4 scoreless quarters game was won 4-2 in 4th overtime period
1977 74 Unification Church couples wed in New York City
1976 "Rockabye Hamlet" closes at Minskoff Theater New York City after 7 performances
1976 Cardinal Willebrands installed as archbishop of Utrecht
1975 John Lennon releases "Rock 'n' Roll" album
1975 John Mitchell, H. R. Haldeman and John D. Ehrlichman sentenced to 2-8 yrs
1974 Israeli forces leave western Suez
1974 Silver hits record $5.96 an ounce in London
1974 Yugoslavia adopts constitution
1973 Chicago Black Hawks, record 262nd NHL game without being shut-out
1973 Israeli fighters shoot Libyan aircraft down, killing 108
1972 Michael Weller's "Moonchildren," premieres in New York City
1972 Richard Nixon becomes 1st U.S. president to visit China
1971 Ruth Jessen wins LPGA Sears Women's World Golf Classic
1971 Series of tornadoes cuts through Mississippi and Louisiana killing 117
1970 Jackson 5 make TV debut on American Bandstand
1970 Pathet Lao conquerors Xieng Khuang and Muong Suy
1969 1st launching of heavy N-1 rocket at Baikonur Kazachstan (explodes)
1969 Ted Williams signs 5-year contract to manage Washington Senators
1968 150,000 demonstrate against leftist students in West-Berlin
1968 Baseball announces a minimum annual salary of $10,000
1966 Indonesia's president Sukarno fires General Nasution
1964 U.K. flies 24,000 rolls of Beatle wallpaper to U.S.
1963 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1962 Minister De Pous confirms natural gas reserves in Groningen Netherlands
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