Greece legalized same-sex marriage and adoption, becoming the first Orthodox Christian Country to do so.
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Sabena Flight 458 crashed, killing the entire US Figure Skating team.
Heineken International was founded in the Netherlands.
The first draft of the human genome was published in Nature Magazine.
Serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer, who was known as the Milwaukee Cannibal, was sentenced to life in prison.
A meteor exploded over Chelyabinsk, Russia, which sent shockwaves that smashed windows and injured 1,500 people.
