On this day 1981, representatives of the United States and the Soviet Union began to negotiate intermediate-range nuclear weapon reductions in Europe.
On this day in 1995, Operation Desert Storm officially ended.
On this day in 1998, Exxon and Mobil signed a US$73.7 billion agreement to merge, thus creating ExxonMobil, the world's largest company at the time.
On this day in 2001, Gary Ridgway (aka The Green River Killer) was arrested in Renton, Washington, United States.