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The British architectural firm of Foster & Partners completes the Hong Kong International Airport
James Thomson and his colleagues create the first human embryonic stem cell line, highly controversial because the method involves the destruction of a human foetus
Garrick's Temple is restored and opens to the public and houses an exhibition on David Garrick's life
Steven Spielberg directs Tom Hanks in Saving Private Ryan, a World War II drama about a US paratrooper
A proposed referendum on northern Irish issues is accepted by all the relevant political parties in what becomes known as the Good Friday Agreement
A UN peacekeeping force takes responsibility for maintaining order in the Central African Republic
Civil war breaks out again in the Congo, after a Tutsi uprising against Laurent Kabila's government
In the referendum to endorse the Good Friday Agreement, the terms are accepted by majorities in both the republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland
Anthony Gormley's massive metal Angel of the North is erected near Gateshead in northern England
President Suharto is finally forced to resign, after more than 30 corrupt and embezzling years as Indonesia's dictator
Bitter and devastating warfare breaks out again between Eritrea and Ethiopia as the result of a border dispute
The Ulster Unionist leader David Trimble becomes First Minister of the newly convened Northern Ireland Assembly
Neighbouring African nations, with an interest in Congo's mineral wealth, take part on both sides in a developing civil war
The TV quiz Who Wants to be a Millionaire?, hosted by Chris Tarrant, has its first transmission in the UK
Violent gangs, calling themselves the Mugabe War Veterans Association, start to 'liberate' more than 100,000 sq km of white-owned farmland in Zimbabwe
Michael Frayn's play Copenhagen dramatizes the visit of Werner Heisenberg to Niels Bohr in wartime Denmark
The Akashi Kaikyo Bridge, linking Shikoku and Honshu in Japan, creates a new record as the longest suspension bridge
224 deaths in simultaneous attacks on US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania are linked to al-Qaeda
The Taliban recapture Mazar-e-Sharif, giving them control of 90% of Afghanistan
A sudden collapse of the Brazilian stock market follows the earlier slump in the Asian markets
The Real IRA kills 26 people and injures about 200 with a bomb planted in Omagh, in northern Ireland
President Clinton admits to having had an inappropriate relationship with Monica Lewinsky
US cruise missiles attack al-Qaeda bases in Afghanistan and a suspected chemical factory in Khartoum
John Madden directs Shakespeare in Love, a romantic comedy set in Elizabethan London
SPD leader Gerhard Schröder replaces Helmut Kohl as German chancellor, in a coalition with the Green party
