Nigerian Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala became the first African and first woman to lead the World Trade Organization.
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The Soviet Union announced that all of its troops had officially withdrawn from Afghanistan.
The Greek philosopher Socrates was sentenced to death for corrupting the minds of Athens's youth.
Great Britain ditched their Pence and Shillings currency values for decimal varieties.
Greece legalized same-sex marriage and adoption, becoming the first Orthodox Christian Country to do so.
The first draft of the human genome was published in Nature Magazine.
