| 1998 - | Russia's Mir space station was back to normal after the crew replaced part of a computer that malfunctioned December 31, making the vessel go into a spin and lose power, Mission Control said. The gyrodines were fully operational and temperature, orientation and air pressure were normal. |
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| 1989 - | Two Libyan jets were shot down by US aircraft in the Mediterranen |
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| 1985 - | Britain's first baby was born to a surrogate mother for commercial reasons |
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| 1981 - | The Broadway show Frankenstein lost an estimated 2 million dollars, when it opened and closed on the same night. |
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| 1981 - | A broadway show called 'Frankensetin' opened and closed on the same day |
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| 1978 - | The PLO representative in London was shot dead |
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| 1959 - | The Luna 1 spacecraft became the first to leave Earth's gravity |
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| 1951 - | Chinese and North Korean troops captured Seoul, Korea |
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| 1944 - | The British, during WW2, launched an attack on Monte Cassino, Italy |
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| 1936 - | The first ever music chart was compiled, in the United States |
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| 1912 - | Smallest earth-moon distance this century, 356,375 km center-to-ctr |
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| 1907 - | George Bernard Shaws Don Juan in Hell, premieres in London |
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| 1906 - | South Africa beat England by one wicket, their 1st Test win |
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| 1904 - | Stanley Cup |
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| 1904 - | Supreme Court rules Puerto Ricans cannot be denied admission to US |
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| 1902 - | Hugh Trumble takes a hat-trick v England at the MCG |
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| 1885 - | The first successful surgical removal of an appendix was performed, in Iowa, US. |
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| 1885 - | An appendix was successfuly removed for the first time in Iowa, USA |
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| 1809 - | Louis Braille, French deviser of an alphabet for the blind, was born. |
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