President Bill Clinton lifted the Alaskan oil exports ban.
The ban was put in place in 1973.
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Martinique earthquake shook the majority of the Eastern Caribbean.
A wooden relic thought to be from Jesus's manger was returned to Bethlehem.
Joe Biden slipped while playing with his dog, Major, and was left with hairline fractures in his foot.
Bombs in Hilla and Karbala, Iraq, killed 30 Shias and wounded 100 others.
Amateur British chemist Sir James Jay invented invisible ink.