Kuala Lumpur International Airport, Malaysia, officially opened.
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Colombia's militant group FARC agreed to lay down their weapons after 52 years of guerilla warfare.
The world's first operating ATM opened in Enfield, London.
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Telegraph wires linked new York and Boston.