Romania and Bulgaria joined the European Union.
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A B747 plane by Air India flying from Bombay, India to Dubai, UAE, crashed with no survivors.
Fidel Castro's revolutionary forces overthrew the Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista.
Portuguese navigators discovered Rio de Janeiro.
Same-sex marriage became legal in Austria.
A Scandinavian research collaboration created the first-ever internet domain name Nordu.net.
