The Soviet Union announced that all of its troops had officially withdrawn from Afghanistan.
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Nigerian Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala became the first African and first woman to lead the World Trade Organization.
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.
US President Rutherford B. Hayes signed a bill allowing female attorneys to argue cases before the Supreme Court.
Heineken International was founded in the Netherlands.
