1860 – First Taranaki War: The Battle of Waireka begins in New Zealand
1957 – 1st National Curling Championship held
1979 – British government of Prime Minister Jim Callaghan (Labour Party) falls
1982 – JN Duartes’ Christian Democrats win elections in El Salvador
1990 – Michael Jordan scores 69 points, 4th time he scores 60 pts in a game
1997 – “City” soap opera’s final episode on ABC-TV
2009 – The first cases of H1N1 swine flu in the United States occur in two people in California
2014 – Russia increases the price of gas to Ukraine by 80%
2019 – European parliament bans single-use plastics, including cutlery and straws by 2021
2022 – Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signs so called “Don’t Say Gay” bill limiting LGBTQ classroom instruction
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