The country of Czechoslovakia peacefully dissolved into two nations, the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
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Same-sex marriage became legal in Austria.
A B747 plane by Air India flying from Bombay, India to Dubai, UAE, crashed with no survivors.
Romania and Bulgaria joined the European Union.
The dwarf planet Ceres was discovered by an Italian monk called Giuseppe Piazzi.
The Union Jack flag was flown for the first time in Dublin, Ireland, to commemorate the union between Great Britain and Ireland.
