The world-famous British boy band, Take That, announced their breakup.
The Irish paramilitary organization IRA ends an 18-month ceasefire by exploding a large bomb in London.
A suicide bombing in Sri Lanka kills 91 people.
France stops nuclear testing.
French President Jacques Chirac announced France's nuclear test program had finished.
Germany first observed the International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
NASA mission STS-72 landed at the Kennedy Space Center after eight days in space.
Lowest temperature ever recorded in the United Kingdom.
Israel gave control of the city of Bethlehem to Palestine.
The name 'Euro' was officially adopted for European Currency.
The Dayton Agreement was signed in Paris by leaders of various governments. This ended the conflict in the former Yugoslavia.
President Bill Clinton lifted the Alaskan oil exports ban.
Ireland ended its ban on divorce.
Queen Elizabeth II had hip surgery at King Edward VII Hospital.
US/Russian STS 74 Atlantis space shuttle was launched from Kennedy Space Center.
André Dallaire tried to assassinate Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chrétien.
Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin assassinated.
The Canadian province of Quebec came close to becoming an independent country.
Subway fire kills 289 in Azerbaijan.
The British singer Cliff Richard was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II.
Saddam Hussein was reelected president of Iraq through a referendum.
The 51 Pegasi b planet was discovered. It was the first discovered exoplanet around a sun-like star.
O.J. Simpson acquitted in the killings of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Lyle Goldman.
Israel and PLO Sign the Oslo II Accords.
The psychological crime thriller movie 'Se7en,' starring Morgan Freeman, premiered in New York.
The STS-69 became the 100th successful crewed NASA spaceflight.
A bill in New York to reinstate the death penalty became law.
Disney bought Capital Cities, ABC, and ESPN for $19 billion.
Armenian Constitution is adopted.
The shuttle Atlantis and the Russian space station Mir joined, forming the largest artificial satellite to orbit the earth.
Following the Sega Saturn's success in Japan, the console was released in North America on this day.
President Bill Clinton declared this day as the National Day of Mourning.
The FBI arrested an American terrorist, Timothy McVeigh, who was responsible for the Oklahoma City bombing.
168 die in the Oklahoma City bombing.
Bank of Tokyo and Mitsubishi Bank merged to become the world's largest bank.
The Schengen Agreement enters into force.
Japanese terrorists release poisonous gas in the Tokyo subway.
The FDA approved the first chickenpox vaccine.
Mississippi formally ratified the Thirteenth Amendment and became the last state to approve the abolition of slavery.
The Great Hanshin earthquake hits Kobe, Japan.
Malcolm X's daughter, Qubilah Shabazz, was arrested for making arrangements to kill Louis Farrakhan, who she believed killed her father in 1965.
Date skipped in Kiribati.
Whitey Bulger, an organized crime boss, fled Boston after fearing arrest from the FBI.
The original PlayStation was launched in Japan.
The Sega Saturn was released in Japan.
Sweden votes to join EU.
The chemical element Darmstadtium (#110) was discovered/created in Germany.
Susan Smith murdered her two children and tried to pin on a made-up Black man.
Two Israelis and a Palestinian share the Nobel Peace Prize.
NASA's space probe Magellan burned in the Venus atmosphere.
