Boris Yeltsin resigned as the President of Russia, which left Prime Minister Vladimir Putin as acting President.
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NASA successfully put two satellites designed to study the Moon's interior structure into the Moon's orbit.
Queen Victoria chose Ottawa as the new capital of Canada.
Paul McCartney filed a lawsuit to break up The Beatles.
The Washington Post called Lorde a bigot in a full-page ad after she canceled her show in Israel.
Roman Emperor Commodus survived an assassination attempt.
