2003 Earthquake kills at least 2,266 in northern Algeria
2002 Peg Phillips, actress/theater company founder, Northern Exposure, dies at 84
2002 China Northern Airlines flight 6163 crashes in the ocean near Dalian, China after a fire is reported onboard, killing 112
1998 Twenty nine murdered by Irish terrorists in Omagh, Northern Ireland
1998 Earthquake kills about 5,000 in northern Afghanistan
1998 Negotiators from various factions sign the Good Friday Agreement, a plan for peace in Northern Ireland.
1998 Earthquake kills about 2,300 in northern Afghanistan
1998 U.S. military plane clips cable car lines in northern Italy, kills 20
1996 Muhammad al-Badr, magnate of Northern Yemen (1962), dies
1995 Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Cigar, Desert Stormer, Inside Information, My Flag, Northern Spur, Ridgewood Pearl, Unbridled's Song
1995 Northern Virginia begins using new area code 540
1994 Northern Ireland Sinn Fein proclaims ceases-fire
1994 Morty the Moose, (Northern Exposure), dies at 6
1993 Northern Exposure star Barry Corbin falls off his horse
1993 British premier Major/Irish premier Reynolds signs Downing Street Declaration concerning Northern Ireland self determination
1993 7.5 earthquake strikes northern Japan, 2 die
1992 Actress Peg Phillips (Northern Exposure), falls and breaks 3 fingers
1992 44th Emmy Awards: Northern Exposure, Christopher Lloyd and Dana Delane
1991 Horatio Luro, U.S. horse trainer (Northern Dancer), dies at 90
1991 U.S. troops leave northern Iraq
1991 U.S. begins air drops to Kurd refugees in Northern Iraq
1991 Northern Michigan wins its 1st NCAA hockey title
1991 Phil Mickelson wins PGA Northern Telecom Golf Open
1986 Northern Mariana Islands becomes a Commonwealth associated with US
1985 Republic of Ireland gains consultative role in Northern Ireland
1983 Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus proclaimed
1982 Earthquake hits Northern Yemen; 2,000 die
1982 11 soldiers and 6 civilians die by bomb planted by Irish National Liberation Army exploded in a pub in Ballykelly, Northern Ireland
1979 18 British militia die in ambush/bomb attack in Northern Ireland
1979 Rainbow seen in Northern Wales for a 3 hours duration
1978 Northern Territory of Australia becomes self-governing
1978 Commonwealth of Northern Marianas established
1976 10,000 Northern Ireland women demonstrate for peace in Belfast
1976 Melanie Sibetang, Miss Northern Marianas Universe 1997
1975 Voters in Northern Mariana Is approve commonwealth status with U.S.
1974 Explosion and fire destory Great Northern RR yard in Wenatchee, Washington
1974 Gabe Northern, defensive end for the Buffalo Bills
1974 Northern Ireland is brought under direct rule from Westminster
1973 Sunningdale Agreement in Northern Ireland
1972 Great Britain imposes direct rule over Northern Ireland
1971 Jack Barnhill, Northern Ireland senator, assassinated
1970 Phil A. Mickelson, born in San Diego, California, PGA golfer, 1991 Northern Telecom
1969 British troops intervene militarily in Northern Ireland
1967 Steven C Stricker, Edgerton WI, PGA golfer, 1994 Northern Telecom-2nd
1967 David Wayne Toms, Monroe, Louisiana, PGA golfer, 1992 Northern Telecom-3rd
1964 90th Preakness: Bill Hartack aboard Northern Dancer wins in 1:56.8
1964 90th Kentucky Derby: Bill Hartack aboard Northern Dancer wins in 2:00
1963 Marla Duncan, born in Fairfield, California, Miss Northern California fitness 1990
1963 Beatles begin their own music publishing company (Northern Songs)
1960 Tuindorp-Oostzaan in Northern Amsterdam, flooded
1959 Robin L Freeman, St. Charles, Missouri, PGA golfer, 1993 Northern Telecom-3rd
1958 Northern strip of Spanish Sahara ceded to Morocco
1956 Adam Arkin, Brooklyn, actor, Busting Loose, Pearl, Northern Exposure
1953 Northern Rhodesia becomes part of Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland
1952 Grant Goodeve, Middlebury CT, actor, Northern Exposure
1952 Liam Neeson, born in Northern Ireland, actor, Schindler's List, Les Miserables
1947 Sam Neill, Northern Ireland, actor, Jurassic Park, Dead Calm, Piano
1945 U.S. Northern Tractor Flotilla departs Ulithi to Okinawa
1944 Massive strikes in Northern Italian towns
1943 New Quebec (Chubb) Crater discovered in northern Quebec (3 km dia)
1942 1st U.S. force in Europe during WW II go ashore in Northern Ireland
1941 Japanese troops landed on northern Luzon in the Philippines
1940 German armour division moves into Northern France
1938 John Sheil, Northern Irish High Court judge
1933 Terence Cooper, born in Northern Ireland, actor, Casino Royale
1930 John Cullum, born in Knoxville, actor, Hamlet, Hawaii, Northern Exposure
1929 Holling Gustav Vapor, character on Northern Exposure
1927 John McDermott, Lord Justice of Appeal, Northern Ireland
1924 Crown takes over Northern Rhodesia from British South Africa Co
1921 Anglo-Irish Treaty signed; Ireland receives dominion status; partition creates Northern Ireland
1921 1st parliament for Northern Ireland elected
1920 Basil Kelly, Lord Justice of Appeals, Northern Ireland
1918 Forest fire in Minnesota and Northern Wisconsin kills about 800
1918 1" of snow falls in Northern Pennsylvania
1914 Julie Bishop, born in Denver, Colorado, actress, My Hero, Northern Pursuit, Threat
1914 Northern and Southern Nigeria united in British colony of Nigeria
1911 South Australia transfers Northern Territory to federal government
1909 Kenneth Darling, Commander-in-chief Allied Forces, Northern Europe
1909 John Ridgely, born in Chicago, Illinois, actor, Northern Pursuit, Air Force
1903 Max Adrian, Enniskillen Northern Ireland, actor, Devils, Music Lover
1900 British protectorates of Northern and Southern Nigeria established
1893 Great Northern Railway connects Seattle with east coast
1889 Barry Macollum, born in Northern Ireland
1883 Northern Pacific RR's last spike driven at Independence Creek, Mont
1876 Theodor Daubler, German writer, Northern Lights
1870 Ground broken for Northern Pacific Railway near Duluth, Minn
1864 Campaign in Northern Georgia - Chattanooga Georgia to Atlanta GA
1863 Northern Territory passes from New South Wales to South Australia
1862 Lincoln's Emancipation is published in Northern Newspapers
1853 Northern Daily Times, 1st provincial daily newspaper, starts in London
1838 James J Hill, Canada, RR entrepreneur, Great Northern Railroad
1835 Charles Darwin reaches Coquimbo in Northern Chile
1804 New Jersey becomes last northern state to abolish slavery
1783 Import of African slaves banned by all of the Northern states
1697 English king Willem III travels through northern Europe
1597 Diederik Sonoy, German/Neth governor of Northern quarter, dies at 67
1509 Battle of Agnadello, French beat Venitians in Northern Italy
1375 Westfriese sea wall breaks flooding northern Netherlands
1219 Floods in Northern Netherlands after storm, 1,000s killed
1196 Northern Dutch coast flooded, "Saint-Nicolaas Flood"
1167 Northern Italian towns form Lombardi League
739 P'u-chi Ho-shang Tao-chao, Northern Ch'an Line Zen teacher, dies
732 Ho-tse Shen-hui, Zen teacher disputes founder of Northern Ch'an line
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