The country of Czechoslovakia peacefully dissolved into two nations, the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
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America banned all advertisements of cigarettes on TV and radio.
Same-sex marriage became legal in Austria.
A Scandinavian research collaboration created the first-ever internet domain name Nordu.net.
Ellis Island opened as a US immigration inspection station.
A B747 plane by Air India flying from Bombay, India to Dubai, UAE, crashed with no survivors.
