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The European Union comes into being with the signing of the Maastricht Treat in the Netherlands, creating the Euro currency and triggering a major shift in internal border policies on the continent and in Great Britain.
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The North American Free Trade Agreement is passed by Canadian, America and Mexican governments, codifying the economic interactions of the three countries.
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A car bomb is detonated in the parking garage of the World Trade Center, causing over 1,000 casualties.
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American and Russian nuclear missiles are for the first time no longer pointed at each other's countries, thanks to the signing of the Kremlin Accords. This marks the most significant thawing of Cold War relations in decades.
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The Rwandan genocide begins in Africa. Close to 1 million people would be slaughtered in a 100 day period in one of the worst incidents of ethnic cleansing in the 20th century.
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The Unabomber mystery is finally solved after Theodore Kaczynski, a former university professor, is arrested by the FBI. This ends a series of letter bomb attacks that occurred over an almost 20 year period.
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Madeleine Albright is appointed the first ever female Secretary of State in the United States.
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Hong Kong is no longer ruled by the United Kingdom as China is given control of the powerful economic center.
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American president Bill Clinton is embroiled in a sex scandal that will eventually see him take the stand to testify about his relationship with a White House intern.
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A series of bombs are set off in Kenya and Tanzania in a concerted attack against U.S. Embassies that would eventually be linked back to Osama bin Laden.