Brokeback Mountain film was released, directed by Ang Lee, and based on the story by Annie Proulx.
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US Marines landed in Somalia as part of Operation Restore Hope in order to secure the trade routes to deliver food to the people.
Alfred Tennyson's poem 'Charge of the Light Brigade' was published in 'The Examiner.'
A giant ball of fire was seen arching across the sky from Michigan to Pennsylvania.
US President Benjamin Harrison dedicated the Chicago Auditorium which was designed by Louis Sullivan and Dankmar Adler.
The first Women's Pro Basketball League (WBL) game took place, with the Chicago Hustle vs. the Milwaukee Does.
