The Soviet Union announced that all of its troops had officially withdrawn from Afghanistan.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 silent movie 'IT,' directed by Clarence G. Badger and Josef von Sternberg, was released in the US.
The Greek philosopher Socrates was sentenced to death for corrupting the minds of Athens's youth.
The first draft of the human genome was published in Nature Magazine.
Sabena Flight 458 crashed, killing the entire US Figure Skating team.
