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Soviet Special Purpose Police Unit troops killed seven Lithuanian customs officials in Medininkai in the most serious…
U.S. president George H. W. Bush delivered a speech in the Ukrainian parliament in Kiev warning against independence…
U.S. president George H. W. Bush delivered a speech in the Ukrainian parliament in Kiev warning against independence…
British computer programmer Tim Berners-Lee posted a public invitation to collaborate on a system of interlinked,…
The Warsaw radio mast (pictured), then the tallest structure ever built, at 646.38 metres (2,120.7 ft), collapsed due…
The Warsaw radio mast (pictured), then the tallest structure ever built, at 646.38 metres (2,120.7 ft), collapsed due…
At the Tailhook Association symposium in Las Vegas, U.S. Navy and Marine Corps aviators were alleged to have sexually…
Gruinard Island in Scotland, the site of biological warfare testing by British scientists, was declared free of anthrax
Gruinard Island in Scotland, the site of biological warfare testing by British scientists, was declared free of anthrax
The Hubble Space Telescope was launched aboard STS-31 by Space Shuttle Discovery
Violeta Chamorro took office as President of Nicaragua, becoming the first female head of state in the Americas to have
Paperback Software, a company founded by Adam Osborne, was found guilty of copyright infringement for using Lotus 1-2-3'
Paperback Software, a company founded by Adam Osborne, was found guilty of copyright infringement for using Lotus 1-2-3'
Singing Revolution: The Soviet economic blockade of Lithuania (pictured) was lifted when the Lithuanian parliament…
Singing Revolution: The Soviet economic blockade of Lithuania (pictured) was lifted when the Lithuanian parliament…
Singing Revolution: The Soviet economic blockade of Lithuania (pictured) was lifted when the Lithuanian parliament…
The Taiwanese military ordered the deportation of dozens of illegal immigrants from mainland China in sealed boat…
Jamaat al Muslimeen, a radical Islamic group, began a coup attempt against the government of Trinidad and Tobago by…
Jamaat al Muslimeen, a radical Islamic group, began a coup attempt against the government of Trinidad and Tobago by…
British Conservative member of Parliament Ian Gow was killed outside his home in a car bombing by the Provisional…