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Irish author Marina Carr's play Portia Coughlin is performed at the Abbey Theatre
A fatal variant CJD (Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease) is first identified in Britain, linked to BSE but capable of infecting humans
Bill Clinton wins re-election as US president, defeating Republican candidate Bob Dole
Benazir Bhutto is dismissed from government in Pakistan for a second time, again on corruption charges
The guerrilla groups in Guatemala sign a treaty which provides for them to become a recognized political party
Tupac Amaru guerrillas take 460 guests hostage at the Japanese ambassador's Christmas party in Lima, Peru
Dolly the Sheep is cloned in an epoch-making experiment at the Roslin Institute in Edinburgh
Former US Secretary of State James Baker undertakes the difficult task of trying to find a compromise between the Polisario and Morocco over Western Sahara
James Cameron directs Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Wiinslet in the film Titanic, based on the 1912 disaster
Deng Xiaoping dies and is succeeded by Jiang Zemin as China's leader
Ghanaian diplomat Kofi Annan is appointed secretary-general of the United Nations, becoming the first black African in the post
Thousands of Shia Muslims are massacred by the Taliban in Mazar-e-Sharif, in a brief spell before they are driven from the city
Tony Blair leads the Labour party to its greatest ever electoral victory, winning 418 seats at Westminster
Danish choreographer Peter Schaufuss founds his own ballet company at Holstebro
After thirty-two years as the corrupt dictator of Zaire, Mobutu Sese Seko is driven out by Laurent Kabila
The civilian president of Sierra Leone, Ahmad Kabbah, is ousted in a military coup led by Johnny Koroma
Fifteen years after the Falklands War there are 1700 British troops in the islands, guarding 2200 residents
In Canada's general election the Bloc Québecois lose their position as official opposition to the Liberal government
Hong Kong reverts to China with the end of Britain's 99-year lease of the New Territories
Irish author Martin McDonagh's play The Beauty Queen of Leenane is the first in a trilogy
Sojourner, a robot roving vehicle, detaches from Mars Pathfinder to analyse the surface of the planet
The name of Zaire is changed once again, reverting to the Democratic Republic of Congo
Aung San Suu Kyi's husband is diagnosed in England with cancer, but is refused an entry visa to Burma
The Australian report Bringing Them Home confirms widespread forcible removal of Aboriginal children from their parents
Diana, the Princess of Wales, and her friend Dodi Fayed die after a car crash in Paris
