| Terracotta Army was discovered in Shaanxi province, China. |
| The Canada Act receives the Royal Assent from Queen Elizabeth II, setting the stage for the Queen of Canada to proclaim the Constitution Act, |
| The Baltimore Colts load its possessions onto fifteen Mayflower moving trucks in the early morning hours and transfer its operations to Indianapolis. |
| The Czechoslovak parliament is unable to reach an agreement on what to call the country after the fall of Communism, sparking the so-called Hyphen War. |
| Catherine Callbeck becomes premier of Prince Edward Island and the first woman to be elected in a general election as premier of a Canadian province. |
| The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above the 10, mark (10,) for the first time, during the height of the dot-com bubble. |
| A magnitude earthquake in India strikes the Chamoli district in Uttar Pradesh, killing |
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