NASA lost radio contact with the Mars Polar Lander moments before the spacecraft entered the Martian atmosphere.
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Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev and US President George H. W. Bush declared an end to the Cold War.
Agatha Christie mysteriously disappeared for 11 days.
State troopers in Victoria, Australia, killed more than 30 gold miners at the Battle of the Eureka Stockade.
Spotify announced Drake as the most-streamed star of the 2010s with 28 billion streams, and Ed Sheeran's 'Shape Of You' as the most-streamed track with 2.4 billion streams.
HAL Laboratory's Super Smash Bros. Melee was released by Nintendo for the GameCube.
