Same-sex marriage became legal in Austria.
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The country of Czechoslovakia peacefully dissolved into two nations, the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
The dwarf planet Ceres was discovered by an Italian monk called Giuseppe Piazzi.
America banned all advertisements of cigarettes on TV and radio.
The Euro currency was introduced and adopted by 11 Member States.
Fidel Castro's revolutionary forces overthrew the Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista.
