Historical Events
The following events took place on . The list is arranged in chronological order.
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- Andorra joins the United Nations.
- The remains of a prehistoric man are discovered near Kennewick, Washington. Such remains will be known as the Kennewick Man.
- Australian Ian Thorpe becomes the first swimmer to win six gold medals at a single World Championships.
- Nine coal miners trapped in the flooded Quecreek Mine in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, are rescued after 77 hours underground.
- The Provisional Irish Republican Army calls an end to its thirty-year-long armed campaign in Northern Ireland.
- The historic Grand Pier in Weston-super-Mare burns down for the second time in 80 years.
- Airblue Flight 202 crashes into the Margalla Hills north of Islamabad, Pakistan, killing all 152 people aboard. It is the deadliest aviation accident in Pakistan history and the first involving an Airbus A321.
