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The third Star Trek TV series Deep Space Nine premieres in syndication.
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Bill Clinton succeeds George Bush as the 42nd President of the United States.
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Two-year-old James Bulger is abducted, tortured and murdered by two 10-year-old boys, Jon Venables and Robert Thompson. Both are later charged
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World Trade Center bombing: In New York, New York, a van bomb parked below the North Tower of the World Trade Center explodes, killing six and injuring over 1,000.
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Authorities announce the capture of suspected World Trade Center bombing conspirator Mohammad Salameh.
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South Africa officially abandons its nuclear weapons programme. President de Klerk announces that the country's six warheads had already been dismantled in 1990.
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18-year-old student Stephen Lawrence is stabbed to death in London, England; the attack is believed to have been racially motivated.
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An executive order requires the United States Air Force to allow women to fly war planes.
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A Tamil Tigers suicide bomber assassinates President Ranasinghe Premadasa of Sri Lanka.
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Moved to Burien.
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The first Life Ball takes place in Vienna, Austria. In 2011, the event is named the largest public-charity on HIV and AIDS in Europe.
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24 Pakistani troops in the UN forces are killed in Mogadishu, Somalia.
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Kim Campbell becomes the 19th, and first female, Prime Minister of Canada.
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Hurricane Calvin lands in Mexico. It is the second Pacific hurricane on record to land in Mexico in July, and kills 34.
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The Israeli Supreme Court acquits accused Nazi death camp guard John Demjanjuk of all charges and he is set free.
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A federal judge sentences Los Angeles Police Department officers Stacey Koon and Laurence Powell to 30 months in prison for violating motorist Rodney King's civil rights.
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According to Japanese government and TBS networks reports, torrential rain and mudslides kill 72 in Kagoshima, Japan.
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Russian troops withdraw from Poland.
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An earthquake centered in Killari, Maharashtra, India kills over 10,000.
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China performs a nuclear test, ending a worldwide de facto moratorium.
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I was born.
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Greysteel massacre: Three members of the UDA, a loyalist paramilitary group, attacked a crowded bar in Greysteel, Northern Ireland, with firearms, killing eight civilians and wounding thirteen. The bar was targeted because it was in an Irish nationalist and Catholic area.
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Microsoft releases Windows 3.11 for Workgroups to manufacturing.
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Me and my family moved to Downtown Seattle.
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Agreement establishing the Permanent Commission for East African Co-operation signed.
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A train crash at Tattenham Corner railway station lead to the introduction of the current drugs and alcohol policy for railways in the UK.
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Israel and the Vatican establish diplomatic relations.