Portuguese navigators discovered Rio de Janeiro.
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A B747 plane by Air India flying from Bombay, India to Dubai, UAE, crashed with no survivors.
America banned all advertisements of cigarettes on TV and radio.
The country of Czechoslovakia peacefully dissolved into two nations, the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
The Euro currency was introduced and adopted by 11 Member States.
Fidel Castro's revolutionary forces overthrew the Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista.
