All schools and colleges in Delhi, India, were closed for a week due to dangerous levels of smog.
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Asteroid 2005 YU55 came dangerously close to hitting the Earth.
George H. W. Bush was elected as the 41st President of the United States of America.
The Albanian Communist Party was formed, with Enver Hoxha as its leader.
Two hundred bodies were found in a mass grave site between Ethiopia and Somalia.
Canadian country singer Shania Twain released her Greatest Hits album and later received Billboard's 2004 Album of the Year.
