Romania and Bulgaria joined the European Union.
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The country of Czechoslovakia peacefully dissolved into two nations, the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
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.
Medical researcher Oswald Hope Robertson performed the first-ever blood transfusion using stored and refrigerated blood.
The Euro currency was introduced and adopted by 11 Member States.
