Madison Square Garden in New York City opened North America’s first artificial ice rink.
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After years of court battles, Michael Donald's family was awarded $7 million.
NASA's NEAR Shoemaker spacecraft became the first space probe to land on an asteroid when it touched down on 433 Eros.
Mexican drug lord Joaquín aka 'El Chapo,' was finally brought to justice.
The Soviet Union exiled Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, the winner of the 1970 Nobel Price in Literature winner.
Christian Dior presented 'The New Look Fashion Show.'
