1997 Event Mark McGwire joins Babe as only players to hit 50 home runs in 2 consec yrs 1997 Event Quarterback Brett Favre, re-signs with Green Bay Packers for $50M for 7 yrs 1989 Event Soviet President Gorbachev in Beijing for 1st Sino-Soviet summit in 30 yrs 1988 Event U.S. agrees to talk to Palestine Liberation Org (1st time in 13 yrs) 1988 Event Soviets stop jamming Radio Liberty; 1st time in 38 yrs 1988 Event Oldest known insect fossils (390 million yrs) reported in Science 1985 Event Denny McLain, pitcher; convicted of racketeering, sentenced to 25 yrs 1984 Event Arnold Palmer fails to make U.S. Open golf tournament 1st time in 32 yrs 1975 Event Australian Prime Minister removed by crown (1st elected Prime Minister removed in 200 yrs) 1975 Event John Wooden's final game, UCLA, wins 10th NCAA championship in 12 yrs 1975 Event John Mitchell, H. R. Haldeman and John D. Ehrlichman sentenced to 2-8 yrs 1974 Event Art Modell gets snowed in and misses his 1st Cleveland Brown game in 33 yrs 1973 Event Helgafell, island of Heimaey Iceland erupts for 1st time in 7,000 yrs 1971 Event John Sinclair (sentence: 10 yrs, sold 2 marijuana joints) is freed 1963 Death Joseph Self, murderer, executed; last Washington state execution in 25 yrs 1962 Event Ohio ends suit against Reds when they agree to stay in Cincinnati for 10 yrs 1960 Event Eillen Fulton begins playing Lisa on As the World Turn (for > 30 yrs) 1954 Event Last day of Test Cricket for Khalid Hassan aged 16 yrs, 356 days 1950 Event Gillette and Mutual buy All Star and World Series rights ($6M for 6 yrs) 1906 Event Shoemaker Wilhelm Voigt (Captain of Kopenick) sentenced to 4 yrs 1896 Event Cave of Winds at Niagara Falls goes almost dry for 1st time in 50 yrs 1861 Event Leipzig Observatory discovers short-period (6.2 yrs) Comet d'Arrest 1790 Death Jeremiah Carlton, laziest man in history, heir to a large fortune at 19 went to bed and stayed there for next 70 yrs, dies at 89 1717 Event Prussian king Frederik Willem I gives compulsory education to 5-12 yrs
