1895-Cuban war of independence begins
1905-Simplon tunnel in Switzerland completed
1933-League of Nations tells Japanese to pull out of Manchuria
1948-Communist Party seizes complete control of Czechoslovakia
1955-Pact of Baghdad between Iraq & Turkey signed
1976-Cuba adopts its constitution
1979-Highest price ever paid for a pig, $42,500, Stamford TX
1979-War between North & South Yemen begins
1981-Britain's Prince Charles announces engagement to Lady Diana Spencer
1982-Wayne Gretzky scores NHL-record 78th goal of season en route to 92
1984-Iraq resumes air attack on Iran
1987-Radio personality Larry King suffers a heart attack
1989-US Boeing 747 loses parts of roof over Pacific, 9 die
1993-35th Grammy Awards "Tears in Heaven"-Eric Clapton wins
1994-Scoreboard is unveiled at new Cleveland Indians' park (Jacobs Field)
1995-Dow-Jones hits record 4011.74
1996-Cuba downs 2 US planes
1997 -Deng Xiaoping, leader of China, cremated (died Feb 19th)
1998-Elton John knighted
1905-Simplon tunnel in Switzerland completed
1933-League of Nations tells Japanese to pull out of Manchuria
1948-Communist Party seizes complete control of Czechoslovakia
1955-Pact of Baghdad between Iraq & Turkey signed
1976-Cuba adopts its constitution
1979-Highest price ever paid for a pig, $42,500, Stamford TX
1979-War between North & South Yemen begins
1981-Britain's Prince Charles announces engagement to Lady Diana Spencer
1982-Wayne Gretzky scores NHL-record 78th goal of season en route to 92
1984-Iraq resumes air attack on Iran
1987-Radio personality Larry King suffers a heart attack
1989-US Boeing 747 loses parts of roof over Pacific, 9 die
1993-35th Grammy Awards "Tears in Heaven"-Eric Clapton wins
1994-Scoreboard is unveiled at new Cleveland Indians' park (Jacobs Field)
1995-Dow-Jones hits record 4011.74
1996-Cuba downs 2 US planes
1997 -Deng Xiaoping, leader of China, cremated (died Feb 19th)
1998-Elton John knighted
