Event:
Men's Figure Skating Champions in Tokyo won by Vladimir Kovalev (U.S.S.R.)
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1995 Camilla Parker Bowles and her husband Andrew divorce
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1933 Mount Rushmore dedicated
1882 New York Steam Corp begins distributing steam to Manhattan buildings
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