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Chinese troops open fired on pro-democracy supporters in Beijing. The death toll was near 1,000.
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Mount St. Helens erupted.
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Iraqi President Saddam Hussein declared holy war against Iran
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Ronald Reagan became the 40th President of the US
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US national debt hit $1 trillion.
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Argentine troops seized the Falklan Islands from Great Britain.
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Argentina surrendered to Great Britain, which ended the Falklands Islands conflict.
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Chinese Premier Zhao Ziyang and British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher signed the Sino-British Joint Declaration to transfer Hong Kong back to China in 1997.
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Concerts held at Wembley Stadium and John F. Kennedy Stadium raised over $70 million for African famine relief.
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US President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev met for first time.
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A reactor at Chernobyl nuclear power station in USSR exploded, 31 died, and radioactive contamination reached much of Western Europe.
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Americans held hands from California to New York.
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Stock markets around the world crashed.
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Ceasefire between Iran & Iraq took effect after 8 years of war.
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Al-Qaeda formed.
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Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev and US President George H. W. Bush declared the Cold War over.
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Nelson Mandela released after 27 years imprisonment.
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Hubble space telescope was placed into orbit by shuttle Discovery and sent its first photo from space one month later.
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US deployed troops to Saudi Arabia, beginning Operation Desert Shield.
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East and West Germany were reunified.
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The IRA launched a mortar attack on 10 Downing Street during a cabinet meeting.
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Gulf War ended after Iraq accepted a ceasefire.
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World Wide Web debuted as a publicly available service on the Internet.
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The Maastricht Treaty was signed by 12 countries from the European Community to create the European Union.
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US Marines landed in Somalia for Operation Restore Hope.
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The Rwandan Genocide began with the assassination of Rwandan President and Burundian President, which abruptly ended peace negotiations.
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Nelson Mandela became South Africa's 1st black president.
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Amazon.com founded by Jeff Bezos.
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The Dayton Agreement was signed in Paris by leaders of various governments, which ended the conflict in former Yugoslavia.
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Osama bin Laden issued a message entitled "A declaration of war against the Americans occupying the land of the two holy places".
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US President Bill Clinton signed welfare reform into law.
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United Kingdom returned Hong Kong and the New Territories to the People's Republic of China.
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Diana, Princess of Wales, died in a car crash in a road tunnel.
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Google.com was registered as a domain name.
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The Good Friday/Belfast Agreement for Northern Ireland was signed by the British and Irish governments.
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Omagh bombing in Northern Ireland killed 29 people and injured about 220.
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US President Bill Clinton admitted in taped testimony that he had an "improper physical relationship" with the intern and the had "misled people" about the relationship.
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US President Bill Clinton was acquitted by the Senate in his impeachment trial.
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Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold killed 13 people and injured 24 others before committing suicide at Columbine High School, Colorado.
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Bush won in result of the controversial presidential election.
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Wikipedia was launched by Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger.
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The Netherlands became the first country in the world to make same-sex marriage legal.
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Two planes hijacked by Al Qaeda crashed into New York's World Trade Towers, which caused both towers to collapse and killed 2,752 people
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US President George W. Bush declared a "war on terror".