1688 - France declares war on Germany
1838 - Anti-Corn-Law League forms to repeal English Corn Law
1951 - USSR performs nuclear test
1952 - American fast food restaurant chain "KFC" [Kentucky Fried Chicken] opens its first franchise in Salt Lake City, Utah
1962 - US Circuit Court of Appeals orders Meredith admitted to University of Mississippi
1976 - Newspaper heiress Patricia Hearst sentenced to 7 years for her part in a 1974 bank robbery. Released after 22 months by US President Jimmy Carter
1983 - Braves Dale Murphy is 6th to hit 30 HRs and steal 30 bases in season
1983 - Test cricket debut of Shoaib Mohammad, son of champion Pakistan batsman Hanif Mohammad; scores 6 in drawn 2nd Test v India in Jullundur; goes on to play 45 Tests
1988 - Carl Lewis runs world record 100m (9.92 sec)
1990 - Supreme Soviet gives approval to switch to free market
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