Portuguese navigators discovered Rio de Janeiro.
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A Scandinavian research collaboration created the first-ever internet domain name Nordu.net.
A B747 plane by Air India flying from Bombay, India to Dubai, UAE, crashed with no survivors.
Ellis Island opened as a US immigration inspection station.
The dwarf planet Ceres was discovered by an Italian monk called Giuseppe Piazzi.
The Euro currency was introduced and adopted by 11 Member States.
