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Apartheid ends in South Africa, after two thirds of white voters vote for its abolition in a referendum
English novelist Sebastian Faulks publishes Birdsong, set partly in the trenches of World War I
The Branch Dravidians, members of a religious cult, burn to death in their Waco headquarters under siege by the FBI
Guinea's first democratic election is won by the incumbent president, Lansana Conté
US author A.R. Ammons publishes a book-length poem, Garbage, typed on narrow strips of adding-machine paper
The UN imposes sanctions because of Libya's refusal to cooperate in the Lockerbie air disaster enquiry
US author Annie Proulx wins major awards with her second novel, The Shipping News
Millennium Approaches, the first part of Tony Kushner's Angels in America, is premiered in London
US architect Ieoh Ming Pei completes his underground extension of the Louvre, surmounted by a glass pyramid
US tennis player Pete Sampras wins the first of his record-breaking seven Wimbledon singles titles
Vikram Seth publishes his novel A Suitable Boy, a family saga in post-independence India
The new federalist regime in Ethiopia cedes independence to Eritrea
Eduardo Paolozzi's vast bronze sculpture The Wealth of Nations is installed at South Kyle, near Edinburgh
Scottish author Irvine Welsh publishes his first novel, Trainspotting
Irish author Roddy Doyle publishes a novel that wins the Booker Prize, Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha
Work begins on China's ambitiious and controversial Three Gorges Dam project
The Oslo Accords, brokered by the Norwegian government between the PLO and Israel, are seen as a breakthrough in the Middle East crisis
Rachel Whiteread's Untitled (House) is a concrete cast of the interior of a house in London's East End
President Habyarimana alienates Rwanda's Hutu Power extremists by coming to terms with the Rwandan Patriotic Front
Meeting in Washington, Yitzhak Rabin and Yasser Arafat accept the Oslo Accords, promising autonomy for Palestine within five years
Steven Spielberg directs a film of Thomas Keneally's novel Schindler's Ark, giving it the title Schindler's List
Melchior Ndadaye, the first Hutu president of Burundi, is killed by Tutsis within months of his election
Civil war in Burundi, between Hutus and Tutsis, follows the murder of the first Hutu president
After only three years in opposition, Benazir Bhutto wins a second term as prime minister of Pakistan
Liberal leader Jean Chrétien begins a 10-year spell as Canadian prime minister
