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Martin Luther King Jr.,
buried in Atlanta -
David Thompson
scores ties 3rd highest total in the NBA - 73 -
White Sox pitcher Tom Seaver
starts a record 15th opening day game -
Mike Tyson
strikes a parking attendant when asked to move his car -
bunny
World's largest bunny hop at Radio City Music Hall (NYC) -
NFL
NFL announces it will give $3M to CFL & possible "World Classic Bowl" -
Netherlands.
A gunman murdered five people, injured eleven, and committed suicide in a mall in the Netherlands. -
The Lion King
The Lion King becomes highest grossing Broadway show after overtaking The Phantom of the Opera -
earthquake Iran
37 people are killed and 850 are injured after a magnitude 6.1 earthquake strikes Iran -
Stuart Parkin
Stuart Parkin is awarded the Millennium Technology Prize for his work on magnetic storage