A Scandinavian research collaboration created the first-ever internet domain name Nordu.net.
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Medical researcher Oswald Hope Robertson performed the first-ever blood transfusion using stored and refrigerated blood.
The Euro currency was introduced and adopted by 11 Member States.
The Union Jack flag was flown for the first time in Dublin, Ireland, to commemorate the union between Great Britain and Ireland.
A B747 plane by Air India flying from Bombay, India to Dubai, UAE, crashed with no survivors.
Ellis Island opened as a US immigration inspection station.
