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Tatiana Troyanos was an American mezzo-soprano remembered as "one of the defining singers of her generation". Her voice, "a paradoxical voice — larger than life yet intensely human…
Tatiana Troyanos, American soprano and actress (born 1938)
Frans Reima Ilmari Pietilä was a Finnish architect and theorist. He did most of his work together with his wife Raili Pietilä; after 1963 all their works were officially attributed…
Reima Pietilä, Finnish architect, co-designed the Kaleva Church (born 1923)
William Edgar Stafford was an American poet and pacifist. He was the father of poet and essayist Kim Stafford. He was appointed the twentieth Consultant in Poetry to the Library of…
William Stafford, American poet and academic (born 1914)
Black British people are a multi-ethnic group of British people of either African or Afro-Caribbean descent. The term Black British developed in the 1950s, referring to the Black B…
Stephen Lawrence, a black British teenager, was murdered while waiting for a bus in Eltham, London, leading to cultural
The Provisional Irish Republican Army, officially known as the Irish Republican Army and informally known as the Provos, was an Irish republican paramilitary force that sought to e…
The Provisional Irish Republican Army detonated a truck bomb in London's financial district in Bishopsgate, killing one
The Zambia national football team represents Zambia in men's association football and is governed by the Football Association of Zambia (FAZ). During the 1980s, they were known as …
Thirty people died, including players and staff of the Zambia football team and the crew, in a plane crash en route to p
"One for the Road" is the final episode of the American television series Cheers. It was the 271st episode of the series and the twenty-sixth episode of the eleventh season of the …
"One for the Road", the series finale of American television sitcom Cheers, was watched by 42
Asiana Airlines Flight 733 was a domestic Asiana Airlines passenger flight from Seoul-Gimpo International Airport to Mokpo Airport, South Korea. The Boeing 737-500 operating the fl…
Asiana Airlines Flight 733 crashed into a mountain during a failed attempt to land at Mokpo Airport, South Korea,…
Wizards of the Coast LLC, also known as Wizards, is an American game publisher, mostly of fantasy and science-fiction games, and formerly an operator of retail game stores. In 1999…
Wizards of the Coast released Magic: The Gathering, the first trading card game.
Galileo was an American robotic space probe that studied the planet Jupiter and its moons, as well as the asteroids Gaspra and Ida. Named after the Italian astronomer Galileo Galil…
The NASA spacecraft Galileo flew by the asteroid 243 Ida and took photographs that later revealed the first known…
Katina P was a Greek oil tanker carrying 72,000 tonnes of oil which sank off the Mozambique coast on 26 April 1992.
The Katina P is deliberately run aground off Maputo, Mozambique, and 60,000 tons of crude oil spill into the ocean
The Westray Mine was a Canadian coal mine in Plymouth, Nova Scotia. Westray was owned and operated by Curragh Resources Incorporated, which obtained both provincial and federal gov…
Westray Mine disaster kills 26 workers in Nova Scotia, Canada
Li Hongzhi is a Chinese religious leader. He is the founder and leader of Falun Gong, or Falun Dafa, a United States–based new religious movement. Li began his public teachings of …
Li Hongzhi gives the first public lecture on Falun Gong in Changchun, People's Republic of China
John William Carson was an American television host, comedian, and writer best known as the host of NBC's The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962–1992).
After 30 seasons Johnny Carson hosted his penultimate episode and last featuring guests (Robin Williams and Bette Midler
Kozarac is a town in north-western Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina, located near the city of Prijedor. It is located 45 kilometres (28 mi) west of Banja Luka. Kozarac is a…
The ethnic cleansing in Kozarac, Bosnia and Herzegovina begins when Serbian militia and police forces enter the town
George Herbert Walker Bush was the 41st president of the United States, serving from 1989 to 1993. Bush was Ronald Reagan's vice president from 1981 to 1989. He was the father of G…
A "joint understanding" agreement on arms reduction is signed by U
The via D'Amelio bombing was a terrorist attack by the Sicilian Mafia, which took place in Palermo, Sicily, Italy, on 19 July 1992. It killed Paolo Borsellino, the anti-Mafia Itali…
A car bomb kills Judge Paolo Borsellino and five members of his escort.
A gas explosion is the ignition of a mixture of air and flammable gas, typically from a gas leak. In household accidents, the principal explosive gases are those used for heating o…
A series of gas explosions rip through the streets in Guadalajara, Mexico, killing 206
The State Union of Serbia and Montenegro, known until 2003 as the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY) and commonly referred to as Yugoslavia, was a country in Southeast Europe loc…
The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, comprising Serbia and Montenegro, is proclaimed
Abkhazia, officially the Republic of Abkhazia, is a partially recognised state in the South Caucasus, which is claimed by Georgia as part of its sovereign territory. It sits on the…
Abkhazia declares independence from Georgia.
Brian Daniel Poe Llamanzares is a Filipino politician, businessman, journalist, and civic leader serving as the representative for the FPJ Panday Bayanihan Party-list in the House …
Brian Poe Llamanzares, Filipino journalist and politician
Lachlan Maranta is a professional Rugby league footballer who plays on the wing for the Wynnum Manly Seagulls in the Queensland Cup.
Lachlan Maranta, Australian rugby league footballer
Jo Jin-ho, commonly known by the mononym Jinho, is a South Korean singer, songwriter, composer, vocal coach and member of South Korean boy group Pentagon under Cube Entertainment. …
Jo Jinho, South Korean singer
Betty Boothroyd, Baroness Boothroyd, was a British politician who served as a member of Parliament (MP) for West Bromwich and West Bromwich West from 1973 to 2000. A member of the …
Betty Boothroyd becomes the first woman to be elected Speaker of the British House of Commons in its 700-year history