1939-Netherlands recognizes Franco-regime in Spain
1941-Nazi SS begin rounding up Jews of Amsterdam
1945-Arab League forms (Cairo)
1967-25,000 U.S. & S. Vietnamese troops launched Operation Junction City, offensive to smash Viet Cong stronghold near Cambodian border
1968-Rock group Genesis release their 1st record "The Silent Sun"
1972-President Nixon, meets with Chinese Premier Chou En-Lai in Beijing
1973-U.S. & China agree to establish liaison offices in Beijing & Washington, D.C.
1982-NYC Mayor Koch announces he will run for New York governor (unsuccessful)
1983-Hindus kill 3000 Moslems in Assam, India
1989-UK physicist Stephen Hawking calls Star Wars a "deliberate fraud"
1989-U.S. authors demonstrate against Iranian death threats against Salman Rushdie, author of "Satanic Rituals"
1991-Bush & U.S. Gulf War allies give Iraq 24 hours to begin Kuwait withdrawal
1992-Rockers Kurt Cobain (Nirvana) & Courtney Love (Hole), wed
1995-Algiers police kill at least 99 prison rioters
1997-Annika Sorenstam wins LPGA Cup Noodles Hawaiian Ladies Open
1998-18th Winter Olympics games close at Nagano , Japan
1941-Nazi SS begin rounding up Jews of Amsterdam
1945-Arab League forms (Cairo)
1967-25,000 U.S. & S. Vietnamese troops launched Operation Junction City, offensive to smash Viet Cong stronghold near Cambodian border
1968-Rock group Genesis release their 1st record "The Silent Sun"
1972-President Nixon, meets with Chinese Premier Chou En-Lai in Beijing
1973-U.S. & China agree to establish liaison offices in Beijing & Washington, D.C.
1982-NYC Mayor Koch announces he will run for New York governor (unsuccessful)
1983-Hindus kill 3000 Moslems in Assam, India
1989-UK physicist Stephen Hawking calls Star Wars a "deliberate fraud"
1989-U.S. authors demonstrate against Iranian death threats against Salman Rushdie, author of "Satanic Rituals"
1991-Bush & U.S. Gulf War allies give Iraq 24 hours to begin Kuwait withdrawal
1992-Rockers Kurt Cobain (Nirvana) & Courtney Love (Hole), wed
1995-Algiers police kill at least 99 prison rioters
1997-Annika Sorenstam wins LPGA Cup Noodles Hawaiian Ladies Open
1998-18th Winter Olympics games close at Nagano , Japan