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1984 - A gunman with a Jordanian passport kills a Jordanian diplomat in Bucharest, Romania, as he leaves a hotel. 1989 - Following his shipboard summit with Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, U.S. President George H.W. Bush says it is too ... 1791 â€" The first edition of The Observer, the world's first Sunday newspaper, is published. 1829 â€" In the face of fierce opposition, British governor Lord William Bentinck issues a regulation declaring that all who abetted suttee in ...