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2019

Lionel Messi scores for FC Barcelona in a 3-0 victory over Eibar, his 400th goal in La Liga; he becomes the first player to reach this milestone in any one of Europe’s top five leagues.

2016

The Powerball lottery in the United States breaks a record. The jackpot is $1.6 billion (US). Three tickets are winners.

2012

The Costa Concordia runs aground in Italy. Of the 4,232 people on board, 31 lose their lives.

1994

Figure skater Tonya Harding’s bodyguards, Shawn Eric Eckardt and Derrick Brian Smith, are arrested and charged with assaulting figure skater Nancy Kerrigan.

1978

NASA selects its first six female astronauts.

The band The Police records its first album, Outlandos d’Amour.

1957

Wham-O introduces the Pluto Platters, the first flying disc (Frisbee).

1942

German U-boats begin attacking American ships off the East Coast.

1928

Ernst F. W. Alexanderson unveils the first television set.

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