2011 The Tokyo Stock Exchange falls more than five percent on the first day of trading following the 2011 Sendai earthquake
2010 No reports of damage or casualties are reported after a 6.6 magnitude earthquake hits central Japan
1997 68 year old Gordie Howe signs AHL contract with Syracuse Crunch
1997 Iranian military plane crashes, killing 80
1997 Olympic gold medalist Michael Johnson wins 67th James E. Sullivan Award
1997 President Clinton trips and tears up his knee requiring surgery
1996 Australia beat West Indies by 5 runs in amazing cricket World Cup semi
1996 Crufts show at NEC Birmingham, (1995 winner, Joshua, an Irish setter)
1995 1st time 13 people in space
1994 Mexican banker/billionaire Alfredo Harp Helu kidnapped
1994 Soyuz TM-21 launches with V Dezyurov, G Strekalov and N Thagard
1993 "Conversations with My Father" closes at Royale New York City after 462 performances
1993 "Face Value" closes at Cort Theater New York City after * performances
1993 "Saint Joan" closes at Lyceum Theater New York City after 49 performances
1993 3,000th performance of "Nunsense"
1993 Johan Koss skates world record 5km (6:36.57)
1993 Meg Mallon wins LPGA Ping/Welch's Golf Championship
1993 Ricky Ponting hits twin tons for Tasmania aged 18 years 84 days
1993 Worlds Ladies Figure Skating Champ in Prague won by Oksana Baiul (UKR)
1992 Farm Aid V
1992 Soviet newspaper "Pravda" suspends publication
1991 Emir of Kuwait returns to Kuwait City, after the Iraqis leave
1991 Ice Dance Championship at Munich won by Isabel and Phil Duchesnay (FRA)
1991 Ice Pairs Championship at Munich won by N Mishkutenok and A Dmitriev
1991 Men's Figure Skating Championship in Munich won by Kurt Browning (CAN)
1991 British Court of Appeal frees "Birmingham 6" who had been unjustly sentenced in August 1975 to life imprisonment
1990 4th Soul Train Music Awards: Soul II Soul, Janet Jackson
1990 Mikhail Gorbachev becomes president of the Soviet Congress
1987 Providence, with Billy Donovan's 25 points, beats Austin Peay 90-87
1987 Skier Piotr Fijas jumps record 194m
1987 Worlds Ladies Figure Skating Champ in Cincinnati won by Katarina Witt
1987 New York Met Darryl Strawberry charges Red Sox pitcher Al Nipper during spring training exhibition game, causes bench clearing brawl
1986 European Space Agency's Giotto flies by Halley's Comet (605 km)
1985 11th People's Choice Awards: Bill Cosby wins 4 awards
1985 Michael Secrest (U.S.) completes 24-hour ride of 516 miles, 427 yards
1984 Challenger moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS-41-C mission
1983 OPEC cut oil prices for 1st time in 23 years
1982 Sally Little wins LPGA Olympia Gold Golf Classic
1982 Sidath Wettimuny scores Sri Lanka's 1st Test Cricket century
1980 3rd Emmy Sports Award presentation
1980 Ice Dance Championship at Dortmund W Germany won by Regoczy and Sallay
1980 Ice Pairs Championship at Dortmund won by Cherkasova and Shakhrai (U.S.S.R.)
1980 Polish airliner crash kills all 87 aboard (22 are U.S. amateur boxers)
1980 Worlds Ladies Figure Skating Champ in Dortmund won by Anett Potzsch
1978 Marines terminate Molukse action in Province house (1 dead)
1978 NFL permanently adds 7th official (side judge)
1976 Jockey Bill Shoemaker wins his 7,000th race
1976 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1973 Liam Cosgrave appointed president of Ireland
1972 NBA's Cincinnati Royals announce they are moving to KC
1971 Barbra Streisand appears on "The Burt Bacharach Special" on CBS TV
1971 Rolling Stones left England for France to escape taxes
1971 South Vietnamese troops flee Laos
1971 The Rolling Stones leave England for France to escape taxes
1969 Barbara Jo Rubin becomes 1st woman jockey to win at Aqueduct
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