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The Velvet Divorce is the nickname created for the dissolution of this country on this day | |
NBC offers 'The Tonight Show' to this comedian | |
This politician succeeds George H.W. Bush as President of the United States of America | |
This team becomes the first team to lose the Super Bowl three consecutive times | |
A ferry in this island country sinks, killing 1,215 people | |
The UN Security Council votes to prosecute international law violations in this European country | |
A truck bomb explodes in a parking garage beneath this New York City landmark | |
Several bombs explode in this Indian city, killing 257 people | |
This director wins the Academy Award for Best Director for his western film, Unforgiven | |
A standoff with this group ends with a fire that kills 76 people | |
Eritrea and this country gain entry to the United Nations | |
Protests against Prime Minister Slobodan Milošević erupt in this city | |
This blockbuster movie about dinosaurs comes roaring into theaters | |
A 7.5 earthquake hits this country, killing 385 people | |
The first version of this operating system is released by Microsoft | |
Fisher Price and this other toy company merge | |
NASA loses radio contact with this spacecraft | |
Computerworld publishes an article called 'Doomsday 2000', the first known publicized reference to this bug | |
This science fiction TV series premieres and goes on to air 9 seasons and 202 episodes | |
Russia withdraws troops from this European country | |
After a helicopter crash, a large battle ensues between American troops and local militia in this country | |
A coup resulting in the death of President Melchior Ndadaye touches off a civil war in this country | |
The Maastricht Treaty takes effect, formally establishing this international group | |
This space shuttle is launched to make repairs to the Hubble Space Telescope | |
This international organization votes unanimously to appoint a High Commissioner for Human Rights | |
Formal relations were established between the Vatican City and this middle-eastern country | |
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