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Rapper Tupac Shakur was shot 4 times in Las Vegas, Nevada while leaving the MGM Grand hotel, after seeing the Mike Tysonn vs. Bruce Seldon boxing match, in what was apparently a drive-by shooting.
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Diana, princess of whales, was killed in Paris in a car crash.
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All California bars, clubs and card rooms must be smoke-free.
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Nancy Mace becomes the first female cadet to graduate from Citadel Military College.
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The constitution of Finland was rewritten after being adopted on July 17, 1919.
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War in Afghanistan: Afghan Northern Alliance fighters take over the capital Kabul.
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Michael Jackson recieves the Artist of the Century award at the American Music Awards.
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Nearly 200 people die in the Daegu subway fire in South Korea.
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12 French soldiers, 3 UN personnel and hindreds of civilians die during the Cote d'Ivoire civil war.
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West Carribean Airways Flight 708 crashes near Machiques, Venezuela, killing the 160 aboard.
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The United Nations commision on Human Rights holds its final meeting.
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Adam Air Flight 574 disappears over Indonesia with 102 people on board.
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Swiss pilot and inventor Yves Rossy becomes first person to fly a jet engine-powered wing across the England Channel.
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Barack Obama, inaugarated as the 44th president of the United States of America, becomes the United States' first African American president.
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A bombing at the German Bakery in Pune, India, kills 10 and injures 60 more.
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At least 300 people killed in deadliest tornado outbreak in the Southern United States since the 1974 super outbreak.
