The 101st Space Shuttle mission, STS-97, successfully launched from the Kennedy Space Center.
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Following a ban on exporting beef products from the UK, the government announced that the ban on beef on the bone would be lifted.
German archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann found The Mask of Agamemnon at the Greek site of Mycenae.
Russia passed a stricter ban on 'LGBT propaganda.'
A rainbow in Taiwan was visible for a record-breaking 8 hours and 58 minutes.
The world's first international soccer match took place.
