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February 7-22: The Winter Olympics are held in this country.
April 15: Pol Pot, leader of this country, dies at age 72.
May 21: Suharto resigns as president of this country.
June 3: A high-speed train derails near the village of Eschede in this country, killing 101.
June 10-July 12: The FIFA World Cup is held in this country.
July 17: Nicholas II and his family are buried, 80 years after being killed.
August 7: The U.S. embassies are bombed in Kenya and this other country, killing 224 people.
September 4: Google is founded in this country.
October 29: Hurricane Mitch makes landfall in this country, killing over 7,000 people.
December 6: Hugo Chávez is elected president of this country.