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1990 Giorgio Manganelli, writer, dies at 67. 
1991 Ethiopian rebels seize Addis Ababa.
1991 Brigitte B Fischer, writer, dies.
1992 In this year, 65th National Spelling Bee Amanda Goad claims spelling lyceum
1992 In this year, 65th National Spelling Bee: Amanda Goad claims spelling lyceum
1993 200000 demonstrate against mafia terror
1993 Polish Government of Suchocka falls
1993 Charles Barnett, cricketer (20 Tests for England), dies
1994 "Cafe American" last airs on NBC-TV.
1994 Julius Boros, pro golfer (US Open 1952), dies of heart attack at 74.
1995 An earthquake hits the Russian town of Khabarovsk, killing 2000 people
1995 Earthquake hits Russian town of Khabarovsk, killing 2000 people
1995 Southwestern Florida outside of Tampa begins using new area code 941.
1995 Daniela Rocca, actress (Battle of Austerlitz), dies at 57
1996 John "Jack" Layden, local politician, dies at 70
1997 Bob Dylan hospitalized in England with histoplasmosis.
1997 Linda Finch completes Amelia Earhart attempted around-the-world flight
1997 Tornado in Jarrell TX results in the deaths of at least 28.
1997 Wallace Berg, 42, is 4th American to scale Mount Everest for 3rd time.
1998 Phil Hartman actor/comedian (NewsRadio, Saturday Night Live), shot to death while asleep in his bed by his wife at 49
1998 Phil Hartman, comedian and actor, dies at age 49
2006 President Alvaro Uribe Velez is re-elected in Colombia for a second term. He is recorded as becoming the inaugural president in over a century to serve consecutive terms
2007 Riyo Mori was crowned the new Miss Universe 2007 in Mexico City
2014 Abdel Fattah el-Sisi is elected President of Egypt.
2017 In this year, Swedish film "The Square" directed by Ruben Ostlund claims the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival
2017 Floods and landslides in Sri Lanka kill at least 151
2017 In this year, Indianapolis 500: Takuma Sato claims in 3:13:03.3584
2017 In this year, Tom Dumoulin claims the 100th Giro d’Italia in Milan, 1st Dutchman to win
2018 South Korean boy band BTS are the inaugural K-pop group to top the US Billboard 200 with their album "Love Yourself: Tear"
2018 Coco-Cola launches its inaugural alcoholic drink - Lemon-Do on island of Kyushu, Japan
2018 One million French smokers quit in one year after anti-smoking measures introduced according to Public Health France.
2020 Iranian President Hassan Rouhani calls for new protections for women after the 'honor killing' of a 14-year old by her father.
2020 A court in Rwanda sentences former Mayor of Nyakizu Ladislas Ntaganzwa to life imprisonment for his role in orchestrating the massacre of hundreds of thousands of people in the Rwandan genocide.
2023 India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurates India's new parliament building, amid a boycott by opposition parties (who wanted the President to open it) [1]
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