On This Day

1989 - An editorial in the "New York Times" declared that the Cold War was over.

1990 - Iraqi President Saddam Hussein threatened to incinerate half of Israel with chemical weapons if Israel joined a conspiracy against Iraq.

1992 - Mob boss John Gotti was convicted in New York of murder and racketeering. He was later sentenced to life in prison.

1995 - The costliest strike in professional sports history ended when baseball owners agreed to let players play without a contract.

1996 - Russia and Belarus signed a treaty that created a political and economic alliance in an effort to reunite the two former Soviet republics.

1998: Papon guilty of war crimes Former French cabinet minister Maurice Papon has been found guilty of war crimes for his part in deporting Jews from France during World War II.

1982: Argentina invades Falklands Argentina has invaded the British territory of the Falkland Islands in the south Atlantic. 1998: Papon guilty of war crimes Former French cabinet minister Maurice Papon has been found guilty of war crimes for his part in deporting Jews from France during World War II.

2002 - Israeli troops surrounded the Church of the Nativity. More than 200 Palestinians had taken refuge at the church when Israel invaded Bethlehem. 1982: Argentina invades Falklands Argentina has invaded the British territory of the Falkland Islands in the south Atlantic. 1998: Papon guilty of war crimes Former French cabinet minister Maurice Papon has been found guilty of war crimes for his part in deporting Jews from France during World War II.