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In London, scientists report the findings of the DNA analysis of a Neanderthal skeleton which supports the "out of…
Miguel Ángel Blanco, a member of Partido Popular (Spain), is kidnapped (and later murdered) in the Basque city of…
The Troubles: The Provisional Irish Republican Army resumes a ceasefire to end their 25-year paramilitary campaign to…
The Troubles: The Provisional Irish Republican Army resumes a ceasefire to end their 25-year paramilitary campaign to…
The fully restored USS Constitution (a.k.a. Old Ironsides) celebrates its 200th birthday by setting sail for the first…
Digital Equipment Corporation files antitrust charges against chipmaker Intel.
FedEx Express Flight 14 crashes at Newark International Airport, injuring five.
Space Shuttle Program: The Space Shuttle Discovery launches on STS-85 from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral,…
Souhane massacre in Algeria; over 60 people are killed and 15 kidnapped.
Netflix is launched as an internet DVD rental service.
The Israeli military commits the Qana massacre in a deliberate shelling of a United Nations compound near the village of
In the United States, the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 is passed into law
Whitewater controversy: President Bill Clinton gives a 41⁄2 hour videotaped testimony for the defense
The body of former CIA director William Colby is found washed up on a riverbank in southern Maryland, eight days after h
Civil rights: The Supreme Court of the United States rules in Romer v
The Burmese military regime jails 71 supporters of Aung San Suu Kyi in a bid to block a pro-democracy meeting
The Burmese military regime jails 71 supporters of Aung San Suu Kyi in a bid to block a pro-democracy meeting
First Chechen War: Russian president Boris Yeltsin meets with Chechen rebels for the first time and negotiates a cease-f
First Chechen War: Russian president Boris Yeltsin meets with Chechen rebels for the first time and negotiates a cease-f