This Day In History
- Arts
- 1994 "Creep" single released by TLC – their first US No.1 (Billboard Song of the Year 1995).
- Politics
- 0802 Empress Irene is deposed and banished to Lesbos. Conspirators place Nikephoros, the minister of finance, on the Byzantine throne.
- 1984 Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was assassinated by two Sikh security guards.
- Sports
- 1994 American tennis star Venus Williams makes her professional debut as a 14 year old with a 6-3, 6-4 win over former NCAA champion and world No. 58 Shaun Stafford in the Bank of the West Classic in Oakland, California.
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