The Human Genome Project was completed in London, England.
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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.
The Soviet Union agreed to withdraw its troops from Afghanistan.
NATO accidentally bombed a refugee convoy in Kosovo, killing seventy-three.
J.C. Penney's opened their first store in Kemmerer, Wyoming.
