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Impeachment trial of president Bill Clinton begins in the US Senate
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n the village of Racak, in Kosovo, Serbs murder 45 unarmed ethnic Albanians. Nemanja Jovanovic writes in July 2014: "Those Albanians weren't unarmed. They were militia without uniforms." He gives explanation for his claim.
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he People's Republic of China launches the first spacecraft, Shenzhou One.
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General Hospital actor Steve Burton 29 weds model sheree Gustin 22 at a cliffside church in Dana point california
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In China, government restrictions are applied on internet use, aimed especially at Internet cafes.
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Princess of Monaco Caroline 42 weds dynastic head of the house of hanover and britain's king george i descendant prince Ernst August 45 in Monaco
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Princess of Monaco Caroline (42) weds dynastic head of the House of Hanover and Britain's King George I descendant Prince Ernst August (45) in monaco
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Actress Angelina Jolie (23) divorces actor Jonny Lee Miller (26) after 3 years of marriage
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US president Bill Clinton acquitted by the senate in his impeachmeant trial
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Singer Prince (Rogers Nelson) (40) divorces belly dancer Mayte Garcia (25) after 2 years of marriage
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Columbine high school massacre: Eric harris and Dylan Klebold kill 13 people and injure 24 others before committing suicide at Columbine high school colorado
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Bollywood actor Ajay Devgan (29) weds actress Kajol Mukherjee (24) on a traditional Maharashtrian style ceremony in Juhu, Varsha
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In elections promised by the leaders of a military coup in May, the winner, a former army colonel, Mamadou Tandja, takes office as president. He will remain in office as of this writing in 2008.
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Hungary, Poland and the Czech Republic join NATO.
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Wiktoria Gasiewska Polish actress
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Tatum McCann American actress
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Smallville actress annette O' toole 46 weds Laverne and Shirley actor Michael Mckean 51 at the regal biltmore hotel in los angeles california
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Smallville" actress Annette O' Toole (46) weds "Laverne and Shirley" actor Michael McKean (51) at The Regal Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles, California
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NATO launches air strikes against Yugoslavia (basically Serbia and its capital, Belgrade). It is the first time NATO has attacked a sovereign country.
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Prince Beltran of Bulgaria
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Kosovo War:NATO commences air bombardment against Yugoslavia, marking the first time NATO has attacked a sovereign country
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President Clinton says that Russia will pay a heavy price for its military offensive in Chechnya.
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Talk show host Wayne Brady (26) weds dancer Mandie Taketa
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The world Trade Organisation rules in favor of the united states in the long-running trade dispute with the european union over bananas
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In Kenya, the Turkish National Intelligence Agency, with assistance from US diplomacy and the CIA, capture the Kurdish rebel leader, Abdullah Ocalan.
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Across Europe and in Australia, Kurds protesting the capture of Abullah Ocalan seize consulates, take hostages, set fires, fight police and threaten suicide, to no avail. Ocalan will remain in Turkish custody.
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Columbine high school massacre:Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold kill 13 people and injure 24 others before committing suicide at columbine high school colorado
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In Iraq, a moderate Shia, the Grand Ayatolah Mohammad Sadeq al-Sadr and two of his sons are assassinated. An area in Baghdad will be named for him, and one of his sons, Muqtada al-Sadr, will replace him as a Shia leader.
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White supremacist John William King is found guilty of kidnapping and killing African-American James Byrd Jr. by dragging him behind a truck for three kilometers.
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Bollywood actor Ajay Devgan 29 weds actress Kajol Mukherjee 24 on a traditional maharashtrian style ceremony in Juhu Varsha
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The international criminal tribunal for the former yugoslavia indicts slobodan Milosevic and four others for war crimes against humanity committed in kosovo
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Media tycoon Rupert Murdoch (68) divorces journalist Anna Torv (55) after 31 years of marriage
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n Algeria the government begins releasing from prison Islamic militants not charged with murder.
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Princess Alexandra of hanover daughter of Princess Caroline of Monaco
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Prince Nikilai of Denmark
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Elián Gonzales has been released into the custody of an uncle in Miami. Elián's father, in Cuba, wants custody of his son and files a complaint with the United Nations.
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Fishermen rescue a five-year-old boy clinging to an inner-tube three miles off the coast of Fort Lauderdale, Florida. He is Elián Gonzalez. His mother and eleven others fleeing Cuba had drowned.
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The day of six Billion: the proclaimed 6 billionth living human in the world is born: Bill Clinton,Jiang Zemin,Tony Blair,Hilary Swank,Kevin Spacey,Lauryn Hill
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Actress Linda Hamilton (43) divorces director James Cameron (45) due to irreconcilable differences after 2 years of marriage
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n his home in England, former Beatle George Harrison is stabbed several times in the chest by an intruder who believes he is on a mission from God. Harrison survives but from now on will rarely be seen in public.
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eltsin announces that he is resigning as Russia's president. This leaves leaves Vladimir Putin as "acting president."