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No one was elected into the Hall of Fame for the second time in three years.
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The world's largest oil spill occured, caused by embattled Iraqi forces in Kuwait
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A rare tropical storm had developed in the Southern Hemisphere, near Angola. It was the first to be documented by satellites.
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A space shuttle called STS-42 got launched into space
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Martin Luther King Jr.'s holiday is observed in all 50 states for the first time
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A ship reck occured near Ranong Thailand. The disaster killed 200 people.
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A U.S. female figure skater, Nicole Bobek, won the Figure Skating Championship.
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A blizzard hits eastern United States killing at least 50 people.
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A 6.5 earthquake hits Southern Mexico.
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The space shuttle named Atlantis has successfully returned back to planet Earth.
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Liberals beat Conservatives in France.
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"Diary of Anne Frank" opens at the Music Box Theater in New York City.
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An earthquake that measured 6.1 in northeast Afghanistan ended up killing about 5,000 people.
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Disney's Animal Kingdom opens at Walt Disney World near Orlando, Florida.
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This is the last upside-down date until January 1, 6000.
