The country of Czechoslovakia peacefully dissolved into two nations, the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
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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.
The Julian Calendar was used for the first time.
Portuguese navigators discovered Rio de Janeiro.
The dwarf planet Ceres was discovered by an Italian monk called Giuseppe Piazzi.
