R&B icon Akon ceremoniously laid the first stone for Akon City, a futuristic Wakanda-like city in Senegal.
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King Henry V of England died aged 35 in Château de Vincennes, France.
After 25 years of fighting with the British, the IRA announced a ceasefire on Britain.
Kyrgyzstan declares its independence from the Soviet Union.
The first-ever inaugural US National Championship for tennis occurred in Newport, Rhode Island, USA.
Hurricane San Ramón was the second of three hurricanes in a row to pass through and destroy houses and plantations across Puerto Rico, Barbados, Saint Kitts, and Nevis.