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After 27 years, Nelson Mandela is released from prison, beginning of the dismantlement of apartheid. He is elected president in 1994.
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The first Gulf War begins
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Largest Poll tax Riot n central London
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Civil War breaks out in the former Yugoslavia
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The dissolution of the Soviet Union is announced
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Riots break out in Los Angeles after a Jury acquits four police officers accused of beating taxi driver Rodney King
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Bill Clinton becomes US President, ending three successive Republican administrations
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Tony Blair ends his eighteen years of conservative rule in the UK
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The Good Friday agreement is signed ending twenty eight years of the 'troubles' in Northern Ireland
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The formation of the Scottish Assembly