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In business, Yahoo! launched its initial public offering and the France Telecom introduced its 'Wanadoo' Internet service.
Fighting crime, Federal agents successfully apprehended Theodore 'Ted' Kaczynski known as the 'Unabomber', who had been responsible for a series of mail bombings that killed 3 people and injured 23 others.
In Australia's worst massacre in modern history, Martin Bryant shoot and killed 35 in Port Arthur, Tasmania.
The Qana massacre occurred when at least 106 Lebanese civilians were killed.
Out of this world, NASA Astronomy published a picture which featured an image of the centre of the Whirlpool Galaxy (M51).
There followed many significant accomplishments in the sports of basketball, baseball, golf, cricket and boxing
The record-breaking production of The King and I opened in New York City and the Pulitzer Prize winner, "Delicate Balance", opened at Plymouth Theatre New York City. The ground-breaking musical 'Rent' opens at the Nederlander Theatre in New York City, marking the beginning of a revolutionary theatrical production that would redefine modern musical theatre.
The legendary treasure of Primos, originally discovered by Heinrich Schliemann in Troy in 1873 and taken from Berlin by Russians in 1945, was publicly exhibited in Moscow for the first time.
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