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The first BLACK mayor of NYC
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One of the most popular momnuments
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1st meeting of East German democratically elected parliament, acknowledges responsibility for Nazi holocaust & asks for forgivenesss
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Hubble space telescope is placed into orbit by shuttle Discovery
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Jan 10th - US Congress begins debate on Persian Gulf crisis
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US & 27 allies attack Iraq for occupying Kuwait
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Jul 31st - Senate votes to allow women to fly combat aircraft
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Estonia declares it's independence from USSR itself independent
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Jan 1st - Czechoslovakia separates into Czech Republic (Bohemia) & Slovakia
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Washington state executes Westley Allan Dodd by hanging (the first legal hanging in America since 1965).
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UN authorizes worldwide oil embargo against Haiti
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The U.S. launches a missile attack targeting Baghdad intelligence headquarters in retaliation for a thwarted assassination attempt against former President George H.W. Bush in April in Kuwait.
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Malcolm X's daughter arrested for plotting Louis Farrakham's murder
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Jan 8th - 15th United Negro College Fund raises $12,200,000
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Jan 29th - Superbowl XXIX: SF 49ers beat San Diego Chargers, 49-26 in Miami
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NY becomes 38th state to have the death penalty
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Mar 12th - Worlds Ladies Figure Skating Champ in Birmingham won by Chen Lu
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Jul 23rd - Comet Hale-Bopp is discovered and becomes visible to the naked eye nearly a year later.
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Jan 14th - Jennifer Lopez scored her first UK No.1 single with 'Love Don't Cost A Thing.'
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Jan 15th - Wikipedia, a free Wiki content encyclopedia, goes online.
