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1984
1984 - Microsoft Corp. proposed giving $1 billion in computers, software, training and cash to more than 12,500 of the poorest schools in the U.S. The offer was intended as part of a deal to settle most of the company's private antitrust lawsuits. -
1985
1985 - China announced that it had test-launched an unmanned space capsule that was designed for manned spaceflight. -
1986
1986 - France detonated its fourth underground nuclear blast at a test site in the South Pacific. -
1986
1986 - The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed above 16,000 for the first time. -
1989
1989- The Florida Supreme Court granted Al Gore's request to keep the presidential recounts going. -
1990
1990 - NATO invited Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania, Bulgaria, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia to become members. -
1992
1992 - U.S. Senator Bob Packwood, issued an apology but refused to discuss allegations that he'd made unwelcome sexual advances toward 10 women in past years. -
1993
1993 - The U.S. House of Representatives voted against making the District of Columbia the 51st state. -
1994
1994 - NATO warplanes bombed an air base in Serb-held Croatia that was being used by Serb planes to raid the Bosnian "safe area" of Bihac. -
1995
1995 - The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed above the 5,000-mark (5,023.55) for the first time.