1960 - At -88.3 degreesCelsius, the lowest-ever temperature up until that point, is measured at the Soviet Vostok Research Station in Antarctica. This record stands until 1983, when, also at the Vostok Station, the even colder temperature of -89.2 degrees Celsius is measured.
1992 – Hurricane Andrew makes landfall in southern Florida as a Category 5 hurricane. It causes a lot of damage and becomes one of the US's costliest natural disasters.
2012 - American cyclistLance Armstrong announces that he is no-longer fighting doping allegations, and is stripped of the seven Tour de France titles he won by the World Anti-Doping Agency.