2011 Lawmakers in Nepal vote to elect a new Prime Minister
2010 Somali pirates seize a North-Korean flagged cargo ship south of Yemen
2002 Super Bowl XXXVI, Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans, New England Patriots beat St. Louis Rams 20-17
1998 Florida Panther Dino Ciccarelli's is 9th NHLer to score 600 career goals
1998 New York Yankees replace general manager Bob Watson with Brian Cashman
1998 Stamps commemorating Princess Diana go on sale across Britain
1998 U.S. military plane clips cable car lines in northern Italy, kills 20
1997 Carl Sagan Public Memorial at Ithaca New York
1997 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Detroit, Michigan on WKRK 97.1 FM
1995 STS-63 (Discovery 19), launches into orbit
1994 "Les Miserables," opens at Kallang Theatre, Singapore
1994 Actor Jean-Claude van Damme (32) weds Darcy Lapier (28) in Bangkok
1994 President Bill Clinton lifts U.S. trade embargo against Vietnam
1994 STS-60 (Discovery) launches into orbit
1993 Cincinnati Red owner Marge Schott suspended for 1 year due to racist comments
1993 Federal trial of 4 police officers charged with civil rights violations in videotaped beating of Rodney King begins in Los Angeles California
1992 Labor strike at Royal Canadian Mint ends
1992 Maximum New York State unemployment benefits raised to $300 per week
1991 Meg Mallon wins Oldsmobile LPGA Golf Classic
1991 NFL Pro Bowl: AFC beats NFC 23-21
1990 Darryl Strawberry enters Smither Center for Alcohol rehabilitation
1990 Jockey Billy Shoemaker (58), retires after 40,350 horse race
1990 New York Met Darryl Strawberry voluntarily enters Alcohol rehab center
1989 Bill White named NL president; 1st black major-league sports head
1989 Military coup overthrows Alfredo Stroessner, dictator of Paraguay
1989 Start 1st Test Cricket, New Zealand vs. Pak, washed out
1987 Expos trade Jeff Reardon to Twins for Neal Heaton
1987 San Diego Yacht Club celebrates return of America's Cup
1986 President Reagan announces formation of Commission on Challenger Accident
1985 "Harrigan 'n Hart" closes at Longacre Theater New York City after 5 performances
1985 Joanne Carner wins LPGA Elizabeth Arden Golf Classic
1984 10th Space Shuttle Mission (41B)-Challenger 4 launched
1983 U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Rosalynn Sumners
1982 Columbia Shuttle moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating for STS-3 mission
1982 Greatest helicopter lift, 56,888 kg, Podmoscovnoe, U.S.S.R.
1982 John Sharples of England finishes disco dancing 371 hours
1981 Australia beats New Zealand 3-1 to win World Series Cup
1981 Gro Harlem Brundtland elected premier of Norway
1980 30th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 144-136 (OT) at Washington
1980 Larry Holmes TKOs Lorenzo Holmes in 6 for heavyweight boxing title
1980 Mohammed Ali tours Africa as President Carter's envoy
1979 "YMCA" by Village People peaks at #2 on pop singles chart
1979 Minnesota Twins trade Rod Carew to California for 4 players
1979 U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Linda Fratianne
1979 U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by Charles Tickner
1978 Australia beat India 3-2 on 6th day of final test
1978 India needing 493 to beat Australia at Adelaide, all out 445
1977 Martin Dihigo John Lloyd elected to Hall of Fame
1976 26th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 123-109 at Philadelphia
1975 Billy Herman, Earl Averill, and Bucky Harris elected to Hall of Fame
1974 "Pajama Game" closes at Lunt Fontanne Theater New York City after 65 performances
1974 Sandra Palmer wins LPGA Burdine's Golf Invitational
1973 Dr. Hook's "Cover of "Rolling Stone"" enters Top 40 and peaks at #6
1973 President Nixon signs Endangered Species Act into law
1972 11th Winter Olympic games opens in Sapporo, Japan (1st in Asia)
1972 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1971 KTSC TV channel 8 in Pueblo-Colorado Spgs, CO (PBS) 1st broadcast
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