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| 1989 |
| | | The supertanker Exxon Valdez spills vast quantities of oil in Prince William Sound, Alaska | |
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| 1993 |
| | | The Branch Dravidians, members of a religious cult, burn to death in their Waco headquarters under siege by the FBI | |
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| 1994 |
| | | The IRA declares a cease-fire in Northern Ireland, a gesture followed a month later by Protestant paramilitaries | |
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| 1994 |
| | | Divorce is legalized in the republic of Ireland | |
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| 1996 |
| | | Archbishop Desmond Tutu chairs South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission | |
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| 1999 |
| | | An amnesty is declared for some 8000 Muslim terrorists held in Algeria's gaols | |
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| 1999 |
| | | Floods and massive mudslides in the Vargas state of Venezuela kill an estimated 25,000 people | |
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| 2001 |
| | | An earthquake kills about 20,000 people in the region of Bhuj in the Indian state of Gujarat | |
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| 2001 |
| | | Crown Prince Dipendra kills nine members of his own royal family at the court of Nepal | |
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| 2002 |
| | | Chechen terrorists take hostage the entire audience of a Moscow theatre in an atrocity resulting in the death of more than 150 people | |
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