| The Free Software Foundation is founded. |
| The Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty is opened for signature. |
| The Rome General Peace Accords end a year civil war in Mozambique. |
| El Al Flight crashes into two apartment buildings in Amsterdam, killing 43 including 39 on the ground. |
| Battle of Mogadishu occurs killing 18 U.S.
Special Forces, two UN Peacekeepers and at least Somalian militia men and civilians. |
| Tanks bombard the Russian parliament, while demonstrators against President Yeltsin rally outside. |
| The second largest cash robbery in U.S.
history occurs in North Carolina |
| Siberia Airlines Flight crashes after being struck by an errant Ukrainian missile. Seventy-eight people are killed. |
| The Maxim restaurant suicide bombing in Israel kills twenty-one Israelis, both Jews and Arabs. |
| SpaceShipOne wins the Ansari X Prize for private spaceflight. |
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