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A blizzard closes this city's schools for the first time since 1978. | |
Russian troops begin an extended engagement with militant separatists in this region. | |
This musical about 'La Vie Bohème' opens off-Broadway. | |
This chess-playing computer defeats Garry Kasparov. | |
He becomes the 25th Prime Minister of Australia. | |
A California jury finds these brothers guilty of murdering their parents. | |
This Mel Gibson film wins 5 Academy Awards, including Best Picture. | |
This school wins its first NCAA men's basketball championship since 1978, its 6th overall. | |
Theodore Kaczynski, better known by this moniker, is arrested. | |
This mountain sees the death of 8 climbers after a sudden storm descends on it. Jon Krakauer later published the book, 'Into Thin Air,' describing his experiences in the storm. | |
This 'First Lady' of jazz passes away at 79. | |
This South African Nobel laureate retires as Archbishop of Cape Town. | |
Russia reelects this man as president. | |
This famous sheep, the first successfully cloned mammal, is born. | |
She helped the USA gymnastics team win a gold medal with a vault score of 9.712. | |
This golfer wins his third consecutive U.S. Amateur Championship. | |
This rapper succumbs to injuries suffered in a Las Vegas drive-by shooting. | |
This cartridge-based video game console goes on sale in North America. | |
Fred Goldman's wrongful death suit against this man goes to trial. | |
They win their first World Series since 1978, 4-2 over the Atlanta Braves. | |
This man wins 159 electoral votes; Bill Clinton wins 379. | |
This space shuttle lifts off, beginning a record-setting 17 day mission. | |
The United Nations General Assembly votes to confirm him as the next Secretary-General. | |
This astronomer, one of 'billions and billions' of people on the 'pale blue dot,' dies. | |
It is reported that this sci-fi epic, planned for release in 1999, will feature digital actors. | |
This comedian's HBO special 'Unleavened' premieres. | |
This competition for civilian manned spaceflight is formally announced. | |
230 people are killed when this flight explodes minutes after take-off from New York's JFK Airport. | |
In Romer v. Evans, the Supreme Court strikes down an anti-gay ammendment to this state's constitution. | |
This US Secretary of Commerce is killed in a plane crash in Croatia. | |
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