The Netherlands became the first country in the world to allow same-sex marriage.
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Apple was launched from the home of Steve Jobs and with the help of Steve Wozniak.
The lost Roman city of Pompeii was rediscovered by a Spanish engineer Rocque Joaquin de Alcubierre.
The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan began.
The Bolivian city of Potosí was founded after vast deposits of silver were discovered in the mountains nearby.
Shenzhen became the first Chinese city to ban eating cats and dogs.
