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Sojourner, a robot roving vehicle, detaches from Mars Pathfinder to analyse the surface of the planet
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
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
President Clinton is emphatic: 'I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Ms Lewinsky.'
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
Steven Spielberg directs Tom Hanks in Saving Private Ryan, a World War II drama about a US paratrooper
A sudden collapse of the Brazilian stock market follows the earlier slump in the Asian markets
President Clinton admits to having had an inappropriate relationship with Monica Lewinsky
US cruise missiles attack al-Qaeda bases in Afghanistan and a suspected chemical factory in Khartoum
Augusto Pinochet, visiting Britain from Chile for medical treatment, is arrested on an extradition request from a Spanish judge
The first module is launched of the International Space Station, a cooperative venture by five space agencies (USA, Russia, Japan, Canada, Europe)
The US Senate begins an impeachment trial of President Clinton for perjury and obstruction
Marxist guerrillas in Colombia, in partnership with drug cartels, control much of the south of the country
President Clinton escapes impeachment when the Senate divides 55-45 and 50-50 on the two charges, well short of the required two thirds majority
Two teenage boys in Littleton, Colorado, open fire on their fellow students in Columbine High School, killing twelve and one teacher
Buena Vista Social Club, a nostalgic documentary by Wim Wenders, triggers a cult for Cuban music
Sam Mendes directs Kevin Spacey and Annette Bening in American Beauty
Floods and massive mudslides in the Vargas state of Venezuela kill an estimated 25,000 people
The US relinquishes sovereignty over the canal zone to Panama on the last day of the century, as agreed in the 1977 treaty
The British Home Secretary, Jack Straw, judges Augusto Pinochet mentally incapable to stand trial and returns him to Chile
Russell Crowe stars in Ridley Scott's film Gladiator, a revenge drama set in second-century Rome
