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Russian spacecraft Soyuz TM-23 returned from Mir space station.
NASA astronaut Frank Rubio and two Russian cosmonauts undocked from the International Space Station and plunged back to Earth landing on the steppe of Kazakhstan to close out an unexpected yearlong stay in space, the longest single flight in U.S. space history.
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The Bosnian government officially declares the end of the Siege of Sarajevo, a pivotal moment in the Bosnian War. This declaration marked a significant turning point in the conflict and represented hope for peace and reconstruction in the war-torn region.
The siege of Sarajevo was a prolonged blockade of Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia and Hertzegovina, during the ethnically charged Bosnian War.
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First appearance of Pokémon in the role-playing video game "Pocket Monsters Red and Green" for Game Boy in Japan.
Mark Waugh scores 126 in World Cup against India.
Pocket Monsters Red and Pocket Monsters Green were the two first installments of the Pokémon franchise and the core series itself. They were released for the Game Boy on this day February 27, 1996, exclusively in Japan.
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Silicon Graphics announced a strategic cash tender offer to acquire 75 percent of Cray Research's stock at US$30 per share, with a total transaction value of US$576 million. John Aymer Dalrymple, 13th Earl of Stair KCVO MBE JP DL died this day,
This significant merger in the high-performance computing sector was expected to be completed by June 1996, representing a major consolidation in the technology industry.
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