The Soviet Union announced that all of its troops had officially withdrawn from Afghanistan.
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Heineken International was founded in the Netherlands.
The first draft of the human genome was published in Nature Magazine.
US President Rutherford B. Hayes signed a bill allowing female attorneys to argue cases before the Supreme Court.
Sabena Flight 458 crashed, killing the entire US Figure Skating team.
The silent movie 'IT,' directed by Clarence G. Badger and Josef von Sternberg, was released in the US.