Soon closes at Ritz Theater NYC after 3 performances Tricks closes at Alvin Theater NYC after 8 performancesįormer umpire, now housewife Bernice Gera wins her suit against baseball, initiated on Mato be allowed to umpire. Super Bowl VIII: Miami Dolphins beat Minnesota Vikings, 24-7 in Houston, Texas Most Valuable Player: Larry Csonka, running back.
King of Schnorrers closes at Playhouse Theater NYC after 63 performances Bridge in Washington, DC, and falls into Potomac River, killing 78īarbara Sonntag, Colorado, crochets record 147 stitches/minutes for 30 minutes.
TV anchor Christine Craft wins $325,000 in her case against KMBC-TVĪir Florida 737 took off in a snowstorm, crashes into 14th St.
NCCA institutes eligibility requirements based on college exams.Ĭerebral Palsy telethon raises US$17,100,000. LA Dodger / SD Padre Steve Garvey retiresħ top New York Mafia bosses sentenced to 100 years in prison each
US serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer pleads guilty but insane to the murders of 15 young men and boys.Ĥ2 killed in exhibition soccer match in Johannesburg South Africaġst elected US black Governor inaugurated (Douglas Wilder-Virginia)Ĭomputers across Britain hit by Friday the 13th virus Super Bowl XXVII in Pasadena - Cowboys beat Bills New talks are initiated by president Oscar Luigi Scalfaro to form a new government. Italy's prime minister, Lamberto Dini, resigns after the failure of all-party talks to confirm him. Steve Ballmer is named chief executive officer of Microsoft. This brings the total of those arrested to eleven.Īn earthquake hits El Salvador, killing more than 800. War on Terrorism: Six more suspects were arrested in Bournemouth in England in connection with the investigation into ricin found in London. The Israeli government say that they may consider bringing manslaughter charges against the soldier the man's family claim that he should be tried for murder. Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Tom Hurndall, a British peace activist with the International Solidarity Movement, dies after being shot in the head by an Israeli soldier on April 11, 2003. (CNN)Ĭonflict in Iraq: Sheikh Al-Madaini, a senior aide to the Ayatollah Sistani, 4 bodyguards and his son have been killed in an attack in the Baghdad's suburb Salman Pak. government sources claim he was invited to a feast in the village, but did not attend. The attack kills at least 18 people: eight men, five women and five children. CIA attempts to kill Ayman al-Zawahiri by bombing Damadola, Pakistan, a village near the Afghanistan border. The Greek ship ''Server'' breaks in half off the Norwegian coast, releasing over 200 tons of crude oil. The usual three-hour broadcast was scrapped due to threats of strikers and a boycott. In Beverly Hills, California, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association announces winners of the Golden Globe Awards at a press conference. The new Morgan Stanley Smith Barney will have US$1.7 trillion in client assets. (New Scientist)Ĭitigroup and Morgan Stanley agree to combine their brokerages, with Morgan Stanley paying Citigroup US$2.7 billion for a 51 percent stake in the joint venture. (Al Jazeera)Ĭomputer modelling shows that the Pine Island Glacier and Thwaites Glacier, once described as a major ampquottipping pointampquot for the entire West Antarctic Ice Sheet in the embayment of the Amundsen Sea, has reached their own tipping points for eventual collapse, likely to lead to a sea level rise of up to 52 cm. (The News International)Ģ011-2012 Syrian uprising: Security forces kill at least 13 protesters, including three children, amid ongoing protests in Syria. Kachin conflict:: President of Burma Thein Sein defends the army’s response to the ethnic Kachin rebellion, despite a recent escalation of violence that has further dimmed peace prospects. Police believe it was intentional and are investigating it as a crime. (AFP/Reuters via ABC News Australia)Īn explosion at an illegal gambling hall in Kaili City, China, kills fourteen people and injures seven. (Samaa)Ĭharlie Hebdo shooting: France announces plans to deploy 10,000 troops to protect sensitive sites across the country beginning tonight. Terrorism in Pakistan: At least 15 people are killed and dozens injured after a bomb explodes near a polio centre near the Pakistani city of Quetta. Syrian Civil War: The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons says, for the first time, that they suspect Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and other senior officials of the Syrian government are responsible for the use of chemical weapons in the conflict. (AA)Ī search for missing children is underway after a boat capsized off the Indian coast near Dahanu, Maharashtra. Syrian Civil War: The Syrian government and pro-government militants fire artillery into villages inside the Idlib de-escalation zone, killing one civilian and leaving two civilians injured.