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Dow-Jones hits record 3803.88
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WIndows 95 debuts
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American space shuttle Atlantis docks with Russian Mir space station for the first time
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The Cyprus-registered Evoikos and an empty Thai supertanker Orapin Global collide causing the worst oil spill in the country's history
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Basketball player Michael Jordan announces his retirement only to return in 2001
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President Bill Clinton announces that accurate GPS access would no longer be restricted to the United States military.
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Two passenger jets were hijacked & crashed into the World Trade Center causing both buildings to collapse
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The iPod was introduced by Apple, revolutionizing the portable music industry.
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U.S. invasion of Afghanistan: Operation Anaconda begins.
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Spirit, a NASA Mars Rover, lands successfully on Mars
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YouTube is launched in the United States.
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Apple introduces the iPhone
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Barack Obama becomes the 44th president, first black president in US history.
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Michael Jackson was found dead at his mansion, weeks before his final concerts in London
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NASA's Space Shuttle program ends with the landing of Space Shuttle Atlantis on mission STS-135.
