The French Revolutionary War began after France declared war on Austria.
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The Soviet Union agreed to withdraw its troops from Afghanistan.
NATO accidentally bombed a refugee convoy in Kosovo, killing seventy-three.
Demonstrations broke out in Tbilisi, Georgia, after attempts by the USSR to repress the Georgian language.
Sputnik 2 soviet spacecraft burned up, returning through Earth's atmosphere.
The Titanic collided with an iceberg off the coast of Newfoundland at 23:40 and started to sink.
