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1998 President Bill Clinton testifies before a grand jury investigating his conduct (first president to do so), and admits an 'inappropriate relationship' with Monica Lewinsky

1997 Liggett admits cigarettes are addictive

1996 U.K. admits humans can catch CJD (Mad Cow Disease)

1995 Princess Di admits she cheated on Prince Charles in a TV interview

1992 Tipper Gore (wife of future VP) admits to covering clock on her VCR with black tape so she wouldn't have to watch it blink

1991 U.N. admits Estonia, Latvia, Lithuiania, North and South Korea, Marshall Islands and Micronesia

1991 Mike Tyson admits paternity to Kimberly Scarborough's son

1989 Ben Johnson, Canadian Olympian, admits using steroids

1989 To gain deregulation WWF admits pro wrestling is an exhibition and not a sport, in a New Jersey court

1987 Gary Hart admits on "Nightline," to cheating on his wife

1987 Oliver North admits to shredding Iran-Contra evidence

1983 U.S.S.R. admits to shooting down KAL 007 on 9/2

1981 Billie Jean King admits to a lesbian affair with Marilyn Barnett

1981 Peter Sutcliffe admits he is the Yorkshire Ripper (murdered 13 women)

1981 Washington Post Janet Cooke wins Pulitzer Prize (later admits story a hoax)

1980 Billy Carter admits to being paid by Libya

1979 U.S. admits troops in Vietnam were exposed to the toxic Agent Orange

1974 President Nixon admits he withheld information about Watergate break-in

1967 Paul McCartney admits on TV that he took LSD

1963 Ringo admits he wrote a song "Don't Pass Me By"

1960 AL admits LA and Washington to the league

1952 University of Tennessee admits it's 1st black student

1884 Austria-Hungary admits King Leopold II's Congo Free State

1874 Purdue University (Indiana) admits it's 1st student

1861 Confederate congress officially admits Missouri to Confederate Army

1852 Great Ormond St. Hospital for Sick Children, London, admits 1st patient

1633 Galileo Galilei forced to recant Earth orbits Sun by Pope (but on Oct 31, 1992, Vatican admits it was wrong)

390 Roman emperor Theodosius admits debt on mass murder in Thessalonica



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