The Paluweh volcano in Indonesia erupted and claimed six lives.
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After a 15-month-long journey from earth, NASA's Magellan went into orbit around Venus and began to map the planet.
Monsanto became liable to pay out $289 million in damages to a groundsman who got terminal cancer from its 'Roundup' weed killer.
In Tanzania, people attempted to siphon petrol from an overturned fuel tanker which exploded.
A century-old fruit cake was discovered in Antarctica that was ''almost edible.”
Floods swept through India, killing over two hundred people and displacing one million.