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NATO members
-Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia join NATO as full members.
-The Republic of Ireland becomes the first country in the world to ban smoking in all work places, including bars and restaurants. -
Famous Death
Betty Hutton, American actress and singer (b. 1921 -
Famous Deaths
Frank McCourt, Irish-American author. (b. 1930).
Henry Surtees, British racing driver. (b. 1991). -
Tokyo and The Republic of Ireland
-15,000 Japanese anti-nuclear protesters blockade the Japanese Prime Minister's office in Tokyo.
-The Republic of Ireland becomes the first country in the world to ban smoking in all work places, including bars and restaurants. -
Historical Events and Famous Deaths
Historical Events:
3 people are killed and 19 wounded by a car bombing in Peshawar, Pakistan.
New Zealand announces its withdrawal of forces from Afghanistan.
Typhoon Bolaven kills 48 people in North Korea.
Famous Deaths:
Michael Clarke Duncan, American actor, dies from respiratory failure at 54.
Sun Myung Moon, Korean evangelist, dies at 92. -
1st spacecraft
Historical Events:
Voyager 1 spacecraft, launched in 1977, reaches the end of our solar system and enters interstellar space.