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Gunmen
gunmen holds at least 400 childrens and teacher in an elementry school in Manila, Philippines. -
Earthquake
An earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter scale in Northern Afghanistan kills more than 5,000 people. -
Titanic
the best picture Oscar is awarded to "titanic" directed by James Cameron at the Academy Awards. Titanic with 14 nominations wins a total of 11 oscars. -
Second Congo War
Second cango War begins and kills 3,900,000 people before it end end in 2003. this was the bloudist war after WW2 -
Terrorist Bombs
terrorists bomb the US embassies in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and Nairobi, kenya. 224 people are killed and over 4500 were injured. -
Google
google, Inc is founded in Menlo Park, California, by Standford University. -
Pipeline Explosion
A pipeline explodes in Jesse, Nigeria results in 1,082 deaths -
Huricane Mitch
HUrican Mitch makes a landfall in central America killing an estimate of 18,000 people.