President Bill Clinton lifted the Alaskan oil exports ban.
The ban was put in place in 1973.
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The New Orleans Saints secured their first winning season after being in the NFL for 21 years.
The French Army massacred more than 300 civilians in the Vietnamese village of Mỹ Trạch.
A wooden relic thought to be from Jesus's manger was returned to Bethlehem.
A 7.4 magnitude earthquake struck Hawaii.
Enos, the chimpanzee, was launched into space on the Mercury-Atlas 5 Mission.
