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On This Day In History
Displayed is Monday, February 8
In 1998:
1st female ice hockey game in Olympic history Finland beats Sweden 6-048th NBA All-Star GameNHL stops season until Feb 24th to accomodate the Olympics
In 1996:
NFL and Cleveland allows Art Modell to move his NFL franchise to Balt but he had to leave the Browns name behind
In 1995:
6.4 earthquake at Trujillo, Colombia (46+ killed)
In 1994:
Jack Nicholson uses a golf club to attack a carKapil Dev sets world record for Test Cricket wickets with 432M”tley Cr?e drummer Tommy Lee charge with possession of loaded firearm
In 1993:
Suchoi-24 crashes into Tupolev passenger flight, 134 dieGM sues NBC, alleging that Dateline NBC program had rigged 2 car-truck crashes to show that 1973-87 GM pickups were prone to fires
In 1992:
Im Too Sexy by Right Said Fred peaks at #116th Winter Olympic games opens in Albertville, FranceUlysses spacecraft passes Jupiter
In 1991:
Roger Clemens signs record $5,380,250 per year Red Sox contract
In 1990:
David Hares Racing Demon, premieres in London60 Minutes commentator Andy Rooney suspended by CBS for racial remarks attributed to him by a gay magazine
In 1989:
5 cm of snow falls in outskirts of Los AngelesJockey Chris Antley begins record of 64 consecutive winning daysUS Boeing 707 crashes into Santa Maria mountain, 145 die
In 1988:
NASA launches DOD-2
In 1987:
37th NBA All-Star GameNancy Lopez wins LPGA Sarasota Golf Classic
In 1986:
5 7 Spud Webb of Atlanta Hawks wins NBA Slam Dunk CompetitionUS male Figure Skating championship won by Brian Boitano
In 1985:
1st-class cricket debut of Jimmy Adams (age 17), Jamaica v BarbadosBruce Morris, Marshall Univ, makes a 92 5¬ basketball shotMichael Gross swims world record 800m freestyle (7Opposition leader Kim Dae Jung returns to South-Korea
In 1984:
14th Winter Olympic games opens in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia1st time 8 people in spaceAs take Yankees pitcher Tim Belcher as Type A free agent compensationSoyuz T-10 launches with crew of 3 to Salyut 7
In 1983:
35th NHL All-Star GameBaseball orders Mickey Mantle to sever ties with Claridge CasinoEric Peters sets transatlantic sailboat record (E-W)-46 daysTina Howes Painting Churches, premieres in NYCWayne Gretzky sets NHL all star record of 4 goals in 1 periodChampion thoroughbred Shergar kidnapped in Ireland; never found Lloyds of London pays $10.60 million insurance
In 1982:
Dodgers trade Davey Lopes to As breaking up the longest-playing infield (Cey-Russell-Lopes-Garvey)
In 1981:
5 OClock Girl closes at Helen Hayes Theater NYC after 12 perfsBrigadoon closes at Majestic Theater NYC after 133 performancesSally Little wins LPGA Elizabeth Arden Golf ClassicUS female Figure Skating championship won by Elaine ZayakUS male Figure Skating championship won by Scott Hamilton
In 1979:
Josh Keaton was bornUS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
In 1978:
Crown Prince Sad Abdallah al-Salim Al Sabah becomes PM of Kuwait
In 1977:
David 'Phoenix' Farrell was bornEarthquake in SF, at 5.0, strongest since 1966Hustler publisher Larry Flynt sentenced due to
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