French master chef Vincent La Chapelle formed a Freemason’s Lodge in the Netherlands.
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Two hundred bodies were found in a mass grave site between Ethiopia and Somalia.
All schools and colleges in Delhi, India, were closed for a week due to dangerous levels of smog.
The Camp Fire in California became that state's deadliest blaze after it killed 88 people and caused 52,000 people to be evacuated.
Montana became the 41st state to join the United States of America.
Canadian country singer Shania Twain released her Greatest Hits album and later received Billboard's 2004 Album of the Year.