Same-sex marriage became legal in Austria.
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A B747 plane by Air India flying from Bombay, India to Dubai, UAE, crashed with no survivors.
The Euro currency was introduced and adopted by 11 Member States.
Fidel Castro's revolutionary forces overthrew the Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista.
Portuguese navigators discovered Rio de Janeiro.
A Scandinavian research collaboration created the first-ever internet domain name Nordu.net.
