NOW & THEN

0 On this day in 1745 the Battle of Prestonpans was fought as British Honduras, became independent.

1985: Mexico counted at least 2,000 dead from an earthquake that devastated four states.

1988: British rower Sean Crowley, 25, became the youngest person to row the Atlantic solo.

1991: Boxing safety row erupted after Michael Watson was critically injured in middleweight title fight with champion Chris Eubank.

1994: Scientists announced that 4.4-million-year-old human remains found in Ethiopia represented the missing link between apes and early man.

1999: Chi-chi earthquake in central Taiwan left 2,400 people dead.

2008: The United States claimed their first Ryder Cup win since 1999 with a crushing 16½11½ victory over Europe.