A massive earthquake hits Gujarat, India; President Clinton denies having "sexual relations with ... Lewinsky"; India becomes a Republic; the world's largest diamond is found in South Africa;

The world's first solar power plant is opened; Idi Amin seizes power in Uganda; the first arcade game is patented; the first winter Olympics begin and the League of Nations is founded.

Japan launches their first lunar probe; the Apple Mac goes on sale for the first time; the UN General Assembly passes their first resolution; the California Gold Rush begins.

The first class of artists are inducted into the Rock 'n'' Roll Hall-of-Fame; the Trieste dives to a record of nearly 11-thousand meters; Walter Frederick Morrison sells the rights to his flying disc to Wham-O toy company.

Eco Morales becomes Bolivia's first indigenous President; the U.S. Supreme Court legalized abortion; the Boeing 747 takes off on its first scheduled flight; Germany and France put aside their differences after enacting the Elysee Treaty,