Nigerian Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala became the first African and first woman to lead the World Trade Organization.
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A trade union was founded that later became the current British Labor Party.
Serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer, who was known as the Milwaukee Cannibal, was sentenced to life in prison.
The first draft of the human genome was published in Nature Magazine.
The silent movie 'IT,' directed by Clarence G. Badger and Josef von Sternberg, was released in the US.
Great Britain ditched their Pence and Shillings currency values for decimal varieties.
