Hezbollah is founded.

The complete human genome is first published in scientific journal, Nature.

YouTube is launched

Israel obtains the Dead Sea Scrolls.

Two year old James Bulger is abducted and murdered by two ten year old boys.

A programmer launched the Anna Kournikova virus infecting multi millions of emails using a trick photo of the tennis star.

Eight people a killed in a fire at the Las Vegas Hilton Hotel/Casino

The Davis Cup tennis competition is established.

In Sydney, Australia, the England cricket team is attacked during a riot during a match.

The board game Monopoly is invented.