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1911-Remains of a Neanderthal man found in Jersey UK

1965-Bomb destroys USAF base Bien Hoa South Vietnam

1965-Spaghetti-O's first sold

1975-India annexes Principality of Sikkim

1975-Japanese Junko Tabei became first woman to reach Mount Everest's summit

1977-5 die as New York Airway helicopter topples on the Pan Am Building in NYC

1983-Lebanese parliament accept peace accord with Israel

1986-South African President P. W. Botha sends Coetsee to visit Mandela

1989-Soviet President Mikhail S Gorbachev & Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping ended a 30-year rift when they formally met in Beijing

1991-Queen Elizabeth becomes first British monarch to address U.S. congress

1992-Polls show Perot, Bush & Clinton could be in a deadlock

1993-Suleyman Demirel elected President of Turkey

1994-Tennis star Jennifer Capriati arrested on possession of marijuana

1995-Japanese police arrest cult leader Shoko Asahara & charged him with Nerve-gas attack on Tokyo's subways two months earlier