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Famous basketball player Micheal Jordan announced his retirement.(only to return in 2001)
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An avalanche destroys the Austrian village of Gultur, killing 31 people.
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I was born in the year of the rabbit according to the chinese zodiac calander
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US President Bill Clinton is cited for contempt of court for giving "intentionally false statements" in a sexual harassment civil lawsuit.
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Pope John Paul II travels to Romania becoming the first pope to visit a predominantly Eastern Orthodox country since the Great Schism in 1054.
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Kosovo War: the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and North Atlantic Treaty Organization sign a peace treaty.
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Princess Alexandra of Hanover was born.
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A 7.4-magnitude earthquake strikes İzmit, Turkey, killing more than 17,000 and injuring 44,000.
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NASA announces that it has lost contact with the Mars Climate Orbiter.
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Yachtsman Jesse Martin returns to Melbourne after 11 months of circumnavigating the world, solo, non-stop and unassisted.
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Next transit of Mercury visible in North America
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Severe weather in France kills over 100 people and causes extensive damage to property, trees and the French national power grid.
