1945 Ahmad Mahir Pasha, the Egyptian Prime Minister,was assassinated.
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2015 In northern Nigeria two blasts rocked bus stations outside Potiskum and in Kano, killing at least 34 people.
2014 Researchers report that taking acetaminophen during pregnancy can increase the risk of ADHD diagnoses as the babies mature; taking acetaminophen in the first trimester has the lowest risk at 9%, but there is a 63% likelihood of the condition in babies if the drug is taken in the last two trimesters
2013 In Los Angeles, California, the 85th Academy Awards is held; 'Argo' wins best picture, Ang Lee wins for best director, Daniel Day-Lewis wins for best actor, and Jennifer Lawrence wins for best actress
2013 In Greece, Nicos Anastasiades, leader of Cyprus's main opposition Disy party, wins the Presidential race.
2012 In Nigeria suspected members of the Boko Haram sect gunned down five worshippers inside a mosque as evening prayers ended in Kano. Gunmen suspected of being Boko Haram Islamists killed a dozen people when they razed a police station after failing to storm a jail in Gombe city.
2010 Nigeria's ailing Pres. Umaru Yar'Adua returned home after a three-month stay in a Saudi Arabian hospital. An advisor said the leader needed time to recuperate and so the vice president would remain in charge.
2010 French oil giant Total said it is to invest seven billion dollars (5.16 billion euros) in Nigerian oil and gas exploration and production over the next four to five years.
2010 French oil giant Total said it is to invest seven billion dollars (5.16 billion euros) in Nigerian oil and gas exploration and production over the next four to five years.
2009 In Nigeria 2 days of clashes between rival gangs in the southern state of Edo left at least eight people dead.
2008 Fidel Castro resigns as President of Cuba, his brother Raul Castro is unanimously elected.
2006 Christian youths armed with machetes, stones and clubs attacked Muslims in the southeastern Nigerian city of Enugu. A Reuters witness saw a mob beat one man to death. Sectarian violence spread to three more Nigerian cities, claiming at least seven lives and pushing up the death toll in days of killings to at least 127.
2006 A Nigerian court ordered Royal Dutch Shell PLC to pay southern communities $1.5 billion (1.2 billion euros) in compensation for environmental pollution and degradation in the oil-rich Niger Delta. Shell appealed against the court's decision
2004 In central Nigeria suspected Muslim militants armed with guns and bows and arrows killed at least 48 people in an attack on a farming village. Most of the victims died as they sought refuge in a church.
1999 41st Grammy Awards, Celine Dion, Lauryn Hill and Eric Clapton win major awards
Bishop Daniel A.Payne,Reformer Educator of the African Methodist Church.
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1993 35th Grammy Awards: Tears in Heaven, Eric Clapton wins
1991 U.S. and allies begin a ground war assault on Iraqi troops
1989 150-million-year-old fossil egg found
1988 Matti Nykanen becomes winter olympics 1st triple gold medalist
1988 South African apartheid regime bans the UDF
1987 29th Grammy Awards: Higher Love, Graceland, Bruce Hornsby wins
1987 Los Angeles Laker Kareem Abdul-Jabbar scores his 36,000th NBA point
1984 Iraq resumes air attack on Iran
1982 24th Grammy Awards: Betty Davis Eyes, Double Fantasy wins
1981 Britain's Prince Charles announces engagement to Lady Diana Spencer
1966 Coup ousts President Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana
1946 Juan Peron elected President of Argentina
1945 Ahmad Mahir Pasha, the Egyptian Prime Minister, was assassinated.
1945 Egypt and Syria declares war on nazi-Germany
1945 Manila freed from Japanese
1937 1st U.S. group hospital-medical cooperative authorized, Washington, D.C.
1895 Cuban war for independence begins
1864 Rebecca Lee Crumpler earned a doctoral degree from New England Female Medical College in Massachusetts, the first African-American woman to do so.
1821 Mexico gains independence from Spain
1811 Bishop Daniel A.Payne,Reformer Educator of the African Methodist Church was born
1807 17 die and 15 wounded in a crush to witness execution of Holloway, Heggerty and Elizabeth Godfrey in England
1786 Charles Cornwallis appointed governor-general of India
1530 1st imperial coronation by a Pope, Charles V crowned by Clement V
1510 Pope Julius II excommunicates the republic of Venice
Rebecca Lee Crumpler earned a doctoral degree,the first African-American woman to do so.
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