- Details
Sharing the news headlines was the lowest ever UK temperature being recorded of -27.2°C at Altnaharra in the Scottish Highlands and three big aircraft crashed this month, killing a total of 371 passengers.
Queen Elizabeth II formally requested the divorce of Prince Charles and Princess Diana as Ireland became the last European country to legalise divorce.
Elsewhere, Sri Lankan successfully captured the strategic Tamil stronghold of Jaffna marking a crucial turning point in the long-running conflict between the government and separatist forces.
The US FDA approved Saquinavir, marking a significant milestone in HIV/AIDS treatmentand the WHO confirmed a new case of the Ebola virus in the Ivory Coast after it had already claimed 250 lives in Zaire.
Harry Gold was sentenced to 30 years in prison for passing sensitive nuclear research information from the Manhattan Project to Soviet agents.
The Israeli army withdrew from Nablus, and Palestinians took control of Bethlehem, as significant steps in the Israeli-Palestinian peace agreements after which Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres addressed both houses of the US Congress.
The Dayton Agreement is signed in Paris by leaders of various governments ending the conflict in the former Yugoslavia. Aleksander Kwaśniewski was inaugurated as the President of Poland narrowly defeating Lech Wałęsa, the iconic Solidarity movement leader as.
The First Chechen War was reaching a critical stage as an intense armed conflict between the Russian Federation and the separatist Chechen Republic of Ichkeria Poland's first post-communist president.
Elsewhere, Mariah Carey, in collaboration with Boyz II Men, achieved a ground-breaking musical milestone by becoming the first artist in history to have two consecutive singles debut simultaneously at No. 1.
Bill Cottrell, a long-serving cameraman at Walt Disney Company and key contributor to the development of Disneyland, was recognized for his remarkable 50-year career in animation.
Legendary entertainer Dean Martin gave his last public performance at the age of 78.
The beloved comic strip 'Calvin and Hobbes' by cartoonist Bill Watterson concludes its remarkable run after 10 years, believing he had achieved all he could in the medium.
The European Court of Justice ruled that all EU football players have the right to a free transfer between European Union member states at the end of their contracts in a landmark decision, known as the 'Bosman ruling'.
During a Test match between Sri Lanka and Australia at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, spinner Muttiah Muralitharan was controversially no-balled for throwing.
**"Read More" BELOW for the complete story**