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1987 - New York Yankees' Don Mattingly ties major league record (Dale Long, 1956) of home runs in eight consecutive games.

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1988 - Death of Nico, singer-songwriter, fashion model, actress and Warhol socialite (born 1938).

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1989 - Death of Donnie Moore, baseball player (suicide) (born 1954).

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1989 - Rebecca Schaeffer, actress (My Sister Sam) is shot dead by a fan at age 21.

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1990 - Buena Vista releases the Hollywood Pictures / Amblin Entertainment live-action feature film Arachnophobia to theaters. This is the first Hollywood Pictures' release.

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1990 - Karl Menninger, psychatrist (Menninger Clinic), dies at age 96 from cancer.

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1990 - Death of Yun Po Sun, President of South Korea (born 1897).

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1990 - Death of Yves Chaland, French cartoonist (born 1957).

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1991 - In Romania, a magnitude 5.6 earthquake occurs. Felt strongly in western Romania and in northwestern Bulgaria. Also felt in southeastern Hungary and in parts of Yugoslavia.

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1991 - Death of André Cools, Belgian politician (assassinated) (born 1927).

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