 1991, Boris Yeltsin, drunk, took the oath of office for the first elected president of Russia. Drunk. 32 years ago in 1992, Captain Joseph Hazelwood was cleared of criminal charges for the environmental damage caused by the Exxon Valdez oil spill. That was a bit of a surprise, wasn't it? Yeah, that he was cleared. The court overturned his conviction because he's the one who reported the spill. Aww.