Dmitry Medvedev was elected as the third President of Russia.
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Two trains crashed in a snowstorm in Wellington, Washington, USA, claiming the lives of 96 people.
The Bank of England printed the first one-pound and two-pound banknotes.
The Concorde airplane was tested for the first time in Toulouse, France.
Jupiter's moon was found to have a liquid ocean under a thick crust of ice.
Madonna featured in a Pepsi Commercial during NBC-TV's 'Cosby Show.'
