Paul McCartney filed a lawsuit to break up The Beatles.
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Queen Victoria chose Ottawa as the new capital of Canada.
A blue moon and a lunar eclipse occurred on the same day.
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.
The New Year's Eve Ball was lowered in New York Times Square for the very first time.
