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- Widespread flooding throughout England and Wales after days of heavy rain.
- Born: Awaleh Mohamed,13, in Concord, texas
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- Phil Goff, Foreign Minister of New Zealand, openly accuses Lieutenant Colonel Filipo Tarakinikini of involvement in the mutiny of November 2.
- Died: Roger Peyrefitte, 93, French diplomat and author
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- Kaprun disaster, Austria, where 155 skiers and snowboarders die when a cable car catches fire in an alpine tunnel.
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- Catastrophical landslide in Log pod Mangartom, Slovenia, kills seven, and causes millions of SIT of damage. It is one of the worst catastrophes in Slovenia in the past 100 years.
- Alberto Fujimori is removed from office as president of Peru. 4,097 children born in us
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- In Canada's Parliamentary elections, Jean Chrétien is re-elected as Prime Minister as the Liberal Party increases its majority in the House of Commons.
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