The Washington Post called Lorde a bigot in a full-page ad after she canceled her show in Israel.
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Ted Bundy escaped from jail.
The New Year's Eve Ball was lowered in New York Times Square for the very first time.
NASA successfully put two satellites designed to study the Moon's interior structure into the Moon's orbit.
Boris Yeltsin resigned as the President of Russia, which left Prime Minister Vladimir Putin as acting President.
US President Harry Truman officially proclaimed the end of World War II.