The country of Czechoslovakia peacefully dissolved into two nations, the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
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Fidel Castro's revolutionary forces overthrew the Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista.
The dwarf planet Ceres was discovered by an Italian monk called Giuseppe Piazzi.
The Julian Calendar was used for the first time.
The Euro currency was introduced and adopted by 11 Member States.
A B747 plane by Air India flying from Bombay, India to Dubai, UAE, crashed with no survivors.
