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The Great Fire of Valparaíso ravages the Chilean city of Valparaíso, killing 16 people, displacing nearly 10,000, and destroying over 2,000 homes.

Two suicide bombers kill three Chadian soldiers and injure dozens of civilians at a market in Kidal, Mali.

Minsk Metro bombing kills 15 people and injuries 204 when a bomb is detonated within the Minsk Metro, Belarus.

Merano derailment: A rail accident in South Tyrol kills nine people and injures a further 28.

Zimbabwe officially abandons the Zimbabwean dollar as its official currency.

A suicide bomber penetrates the Green Zone and detonates in a cafeteria within a parliament building, killing Iraqi MP Mohammed Awad and wounding more than twenty other people.

A suicide bomber blows herself up at the entrance to Jerusalem's Mahane Yehuda Market, killing seven people and wounding 104.

United States President Bill Clinton is cited for contempt of court for giving "intentionally false statements" in a civil lawsuit; he is later fined and disbarred.

During the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia, an American McDonnell Douglas F-15E Strike Eagle shoots a passenger train, killing between 20 and 60 people.

The Euro Disney Resort officially opens with its theme park Euro Disneyland; the resort and its park's name are subsequently changed to Disneyland Resort Paris.

Nicaraguan boxer (3-weight world champion)

British guitarist (Heatwave

American sports journalist and writer (Sports Illustrated and ESPN's Page 2)

American professional football player (Buffalo Bills)

American rock drummer (Blackfoot)

American screenwriter

American singer ("I Think I Love You")

Italian businessman and F1 team principal (Renault F1)

President of Malawi (2012-2014)

Finnish architect

American producer (Roseanne

American architect (1st woman to design US federal building)

American lawyer and author (Presumed Innocent)

English rugby league second rower (3 Tests GB; Wigan

English television presenter (Beadle's About)