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The poems forming Ted Hughes's Birthday Letters describe his relationship with Sylvia Plath
A schoolboy wizard performs his first tricks in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Mexico's ruling party, the PRI, loses control of the lower house for the first time in nearly seventy years
In his first year as a professional, US golfer Tiger Woods wins both the British Open and the US Masters
Frank Gehry wins world-wide attention with his design for the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao
Indian author Arundhati Roy publishes her first novel, The God of Small Things
The British film The Full Monty follows six unemployed steel workers in their transformation into male strippers
Bertie Ahern, leader of Fianna Fáil, becomes the prime minister (Taoiseach) of the republic of Ireland
Bob Dylan produces one of his finest albums, Time out of Mind
Larry Page and Sergey Brin, both Ph.D. students at Stanford University, register the domain name google.com
Elton John sings a revised version of Candle in the Wind in Westminster Abbey, as a tribute to Diana, Princess of Wales
In referenda held by the new Labour government, Scotland votes conclusively for devolution but Wales is lukewarm
The Real IRA, a splinter group of the Provisional IRA, declares its commitment to a continuing campaign of violence
The Kyoto Protocol of the United Nations is the first international attempt to reduce global warming
Buddhist monks lead a violent and destructive campaign against Burma's small Muslim community, in a pattern of repression
President Clinton is emphatic: 'I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Ms Lewinsky.'
Nigerian forces expel Johnny Koroma from Freetown and reinstate Sierra Leone's elected civilian president, Ahmad Kabbah
Coastal erosion reveals Seahenge, a 4,000-year-old circle of oak posts in Norfolk
Two boys aged 11 and 13 fire on a school group in Jonesboro, Arkansas, killing four girls and a teacher
The drug Viagra wins government approval in the USA as a treatment for male impotence
The British architectural firm of Foster & Partners completes the Hong Kong International Airport
James Thomson and his colleagues create the first human embryonic stem cell line, highly controversial because the method involves the destruction of a human foetus
Garrick's Temple is restored and opens to the public and houses an exhibition on David Garrick's life
Steven Spielberg directs Tom Hanks in Saving Private Ryan, a World War II drama about a US paratrooper
A proposed referendum on northern Irish issues is accepted by all the relevant political parties in what becomes known as the Good Friday Agreement
