Kingkongphoto & www.celebrity-photos.com from Laurel — CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons Nelson Mandela was inaugurated as South Africa's first Black president, formally ending decades of apartheid rule.
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Kingkongphoto & www.celebrity-photos.com from Laurel — CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons The pasha of Tripoli declared war on the United States by cutting down the flagstaff of the American consulate, opening the First Barbary War.
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روز اليوسف — Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons 1891 Mahmoud Mokhtar, regarded as the father of modern Egyptian sculpture, was born.
BirthAir France Flight 406 was destroyed by a bomb over the Sahara, killing all 78 people aboard.
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